Art on a Postcard Auction Winter Auction 2023 - Private View

Art on a Postcard (AOAP) is delighted to announce the highly anticipated ninth edition of its winter auction, with a private view hosted by contemporary art gallery Gathering. This year's extraordinary collection boasts a remarkable line-up of over 500 works curated by six distinguished guest curators: Frankie Shea, Katherine Kittoe, Millie Foster, Ed Cross, Ell Pennick, and Verity Babbs. The auction aims to raise funds for The Hepatitis C Trust's unfunded helpline, a vital resource for the many thousands of people who received infected blood or blood products.

Bidding for the Winter Auction is open until 23 November. Bid here.

The stellar roster of featured artists includes London-based including London-based artist Rana Begum, Thomas Dane Gallery’s Hurvin Anderson RA, world-renowned textile designer Kaffe Fassett MBE, Stephen Friedman Gallery’s Anne Rothenstein, celebrated Scottish painter Andrew Cranston, LA contemporary artist Kim Dingle, Glasgow-born Jack Milroy, rising star Matthew Eguavoen, based in Lagos, Nigeria, New Contemporary Tom Harker, popular abstract artist John Simpson, Sheffield based Ryan Mosely, NYC based artist, famed for his instantly recognisable drawings, doodles, characters and murals Jon Burgerman, Dutch artist Bobbye Fermie, and the Chilean Marco Bizzarri headlining this year’s show.

Tuesday, 21 November | 6-8pm | Gathering, W1B 5LU

Sponsored by Fabal Lager

Bidding for the Winter Auction will be open from 9 - 23 November. Find out more about the auction here. Thumbnail image is Motonori Uwasu's piece, 'House and Car (1)'

About The Hepatitis C Trust

The Hepatitis C Trust is the national charity for people with hepatitis C. It is a patient-led and patient-run organisation; most of its board, staff and volunteers have had hepatitis C themselves. It is committed to eliminating hepatitis C in the UK by 2030.

Its strategy is based around pillars of better prevention, increased diagnosis, and treatment for all. It has established strong partnership models of working with substance misuse and homeless service providers across the UK. In substance misuse services, it delivers staff training, peer-led education about the importance of testing and availability of new treatments, and personal one- to-one support from initial diagnosis through to treatment. It runs a range of support services, including a confidential national helpline run by staff and trained volunteers, all with personal experience of living with hepatitis C.

http://www.hepctrust.org.uk/

About Dreweatts Auctioneers

Dreweatts Auctioneers was established in 1759 and is one of the foremost auction houses in the UK. It comprises 22 specialist departments ranging from Fine Art (Old Master Paintings, British & European Pictures, Modern & Contemporary art), Jewellery and Watches, Silver, Wine, Books and Manuscripts, British & European Ceramics & Glass, Decorative Arts & Modern Design, Ephemera, Furniture, House Sales & Collections, Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments, Asian Ceramics and Works of Art and Live Steam and Model Engineering. It holds regular specialist sales from a highly qualified expert team, totalling more than 70 sales per year including curated interiors sales, single owner collections and house sales.

https://www.dreweatts.com/

About Gathering

Founded in 2022 in the heart of Soho, London, Gathering is a contemporary art gallery presenting a diverse exhibition programme of emerging voices alongside established artists. The gallery seeks to celebrate complex and committed artistic practices – to create thoughtful and engaging exhibitions. Gathering is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition and works with The Anti-Slavery Collective and Embode.

GLASSHOUSE, Gathering’s project space, fosters emergent creative practitioners alongside Gathering’s main exhibitions. Expanding outwards from the gallery’s Viewing Room, GLASSHOUSE encompasses exhibitions, performances and events from artists and creatives at a wide range of career stages.

https://www.gathering.london/

About Fabal Lager

At Fabal, we know our grains to our grist and in seeking to create the ultimate, artisanal, English Lager we use an innovative blend of pressed and malted barleys for a delicate balance of malt sweetness and malt dryness. 

Our classic English lager is about luxury that doesn’t cost the earth and embedded in the fabric of everything we do, is the traditional makers’ ethos of ‘do it once and do it well’.

That means that while we will never scrimp on the quality of our ingredients, we respect our environment and through recycling, repurposing and mindful sourcing, we produce our beers sustainably. Fabal is created in it’s totality from only English ingredients and suppliers, including Archer hops from Worcestershire, malted barley from the Warminster Malt Loft and pressed barley and glass from Yorkshire.

We are delighted to be supporting Art on a Postcard. By celebrating the incredible artists and crafts people behind the platform, we hope to shine a light on the brewers and maltsters who bring their skill and craft to our beer.