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Timed Auction

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.
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Timed Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot
Lot 92

Ian Miyamura, "Untitled", 2026

Estimate: $3,000 - $3,000
Starting Bid
$1,600

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $100
$1,000 $200
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$20,000 $2,500
$50,000 $5,000
$100,000 $10,000
$200,000 $20,000

Ian Miyamura

Untitled, 2026
Oil, graphite, inkjet print on paper
Unframed: 5 13/16 x 8/14 inches (14.76 x 21.45 cm)
Framed: 9 1/16 x 11 1/2 inches (23 x 29.21 cm)

Courtesy of the artist; Bureau, New York

 

Selected by The Drawing Center

 

Ian Miyamura (b. 1991, Kailua, Hawaiʻi) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. He holds an MFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art (2021) and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2013). Solo exhibitions include Novel (forthcoming), Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2026); They Learned to Look Up and Down, Bureau, New York (2025); Chaos Spawn, François Ghebaly, Los Angeles (2024); Bureau at Paris Internationale (2023); and OCTOBER 31, 4th Ward Project Space, Chicago (2022). Group presentations include: Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York (2026); Total Matters, The Meeting, New York (2026); Everything looks dark now, Bel Ami, Los Angeles (2026); Fifteen-Year Anniversary Exhibition, Bureau, New York (2025); Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, Adams and Ollman, Portland, OR (2025); Invisible Architecture, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago (2023); My Condolences, M+B Gallery, Los Angeles (2023); A Tournament of Lies, The Wassiac Project (2022). Miyamura’s work has been discussed on Angelic Transmissions (East Village Radio) and in Cultured, Diva Corp USA, Hyperallergic, and White Hot Magazine.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 9.00 in
Width: 11.50 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.