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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 17

Gabrielle Bell, "That's What I Get for Looking for Love On Tinder", 2018

Estimate: $2,000 - $2,000
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Gabrielle Bell
That's What I Get for Looking for Love On Tinder, 2018
Ink on Watercolor Paper
12 x 9 inches (30.48 x 22.86 cm)

Courtesy of Steven Kasher Gallery

Selected by Isabella Kapur

Gabrielle Bell was born in England and raised in California. In 2001 she moved to New York and released her autobiographical series Lucky, published by Drawn and Quarterly. Her work has been selected for the 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Best American Comics and the Yale Anthology of Graphic Fiction, and she has contributed to McSweeneys, Bookforum, The Believer, and Vice Magazine. The title story of Bell’s book Cecil and Jordan in New York has been adapted for the film anthology Tokyo! by Michel Gondry. The film triptych was directed by Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon Ho. Bell’s graphic novel The Voyeurs was named one of the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and the Atlantic. Her first full-length graphic memoir, Everything is Flammable, was published by Uncivilized Books in June 2017. Inappropriate, was published in January 2020 by Uncivilized Books and was nominated for two Ignatz Awards (Outstanding Collection and Outstanding Story), and was named one of the best graphic novels of the year by Library Journal. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 12.00 in
Width: 9.00 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.