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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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Lot 149

Blair Whiteford, "Beachhead", 2026

Estimate: $3,500 - $3,500
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"Beachhead", 2026
Charcoal and pastel on paper
11 x 14 inches
Courtesy of the artist

 

Selected by Josh Smith

 

 

Blair Whiteford (b. 1990, New York) lives and works in New York. He received his MFA from Yale University in 2019 and BFA from Ringling College of Art and Design in 2013. 

 

Solo and two-person exhibitions include Garden of Infinite Foundation, Matthew Brown, New York (2024); An Episode of Wind, Pond Society, Shanghai (2023); A Hand That Utters to the Foot of a God, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2022); Sowing a Seed in a Field Made of Ash, Jack Barrett, New York (2021); Flesh Beloved, Slipping Window, Union Pacific, London (2019); Hoodwinked, with Rory Rosenberg, Gern en Regalia, New York (2017); Leisure, with Blake Daniels, FRESH Exhibitions, Savannah, GA (2014); and The Nighttime Monument, SO WHAT SPACE, New York (2013). 

 

Recent group exhibitions include PROGRAM, Matthew Brown, New York (2024); The Descendants, WOAW Gallery at K11 Musea, Hong Kong (2023); Made in the Dark, CLEARING, New York (2023); Papertrail, Matthew Brown, Los Angeles (2023); ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-SIX BILLION STEPS TO THE SUN, Clearing, New York, NY (2022); Supermoon, Clearing, Beverly Hills, CA (2022); Complete Metamorphosis, Super Duchess Gallery, New York (2019); Fratirnete 188, Dwight st., New Haven, CT (2019); Again Always, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2019); You Can Get in and Not do Anything, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2018); Keeper of a Fever, No Place Gallery, Columbus, OH (2018);  Group Show 1, Page Gallery, New York (2016); Flux Hustle, No Holds Barred, New York (2015); What We Saw Made Present, Crossley Gallery, Sarasota, FL (2013).

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.