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2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work"

Tue, Sep 29, 2026 12:00PM EDT - Wed, Oct 14, 2026 12:00PM EDT
  2026-09-29 12:00:00 2026-10-14 12:00:00 America/New_York Drawing Center Drawing Center : 2026 Benefit Auction: "The World Is The Work" https://auction.drawingcenter.org/auctions/the-drawing-center/2026-benefit-auction-the-world-is-the-work-24728
This year's benefit auction and exhibition, "The World Is The Work", brings together artists, curators, and art lovers from The Drawing Center's community. Each guest curator will present a selection of five or more works on paper by artists they admire. Works will be on view at The Drawing Center from October 7 through October 11, and will be available for purchase through a silent auction benefiting The Drawing Center and participating artists. Bidding will begin on September 29 at 12:00 pm ET and end on October 14 at 12:00 pm ET. The Drawing Center rbrickman@drawingcenter.org
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Bea Scaccia, "Twirling", 2026
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Bea Scaccia, "Twirling", 2026

Estimate: $3,300 - $3,300
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Bea Scaccia

Twirling, 2026
Ink, watercolor and flash paint on paper
12 inches (30.48 cm) diameter

Courtesy of Bea Scaccia Studio

 

Selected by The Drawing Center

 

Bea Scaccia was born in Veroli, Italy, in 1978; she earned her BA and MFA at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome with Gino Marotta. In 2011, she moved to New York City, where she currently lives and works.

 

In her paintings and animations, Scaccia reworks the elements that collectively give rise to illusions of beauty and constructions of appearance and compresses them into unstable and uncanny compositions. She investigates the cultural links between feminine splendor and monstrosity, emphasizing the absurdity of our social norms.

 

Solo exhibitions include Gagosian Park & 75, New York (2026); Maruani Mercier, Brussels (2025); Richard Saltoun, Rome (2025); Art Brussels, Maruani Mercier, Brussels (2024); JDJ Tribeca, New York (2022); the Katonah Museum of Art, New York (2021); Cuchifritos Gallery, New York (2014): Galleria Ugo Ferranti, Rome (2010).

 

Group exhibitions include JDJ Tribeca (2025); Harper’s Singapore (2024); Harper’s, New York (2023); Pm/Am, London (2023); Analog Diary, New York (2023); Sargent’s Daughters West, Los Angeles (2023); Galleria Nazionale, Rome (2022); Magazzino Italian Art, New York (2020); The Centre for the Less Good Idea, Johannesburg (2020); American University’s Katzen Arts Center, Washington, D.C. (2016).

 

She was invited to the 18th Quadriennale, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome—in the session curated by Francesco Bonami (October 2025). Her work is present in important public and private collections, including the William Louis-Dreyfus Foundation and the Portland Museum of Art.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 12.00 in
Width: 12.00 in

Artworks purchased at the auction will be available for pickup at The Drawing Center beginning on October 19, 2026. Wrapping of the artwork is provided.

Please call ahead (212.219.2166 x216) to let us know when you plan to come pick up your work.

Shipping is the responsibility of the purchaser. Upon request, our staff will provide a list of shippers who deliver to destinations within the United States and overseas.