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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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Kevin Beasley, "The gate", 2024
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Kevin Beasley, "The gate", 2024

Estimate: $30,000 - $30,000
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Kevin Beasley
The gate, 2024
Graphite, Canson "C" à grain 180gsm paper
Unframed: 11 3/4 x 16 1/2 inches (29.85 x 41.91 cm)
Framed: 16 1/4 x 21 1/8 inches (41.28 x 53.66 cm)

Courtesy the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York

Selected by Gary Garrels

Kevin Beasley (b. 1985, Lynchburg, Virginia) lives and works in New York. He earned a BFA in Painting and Sculpture from the College for Creative Studies, Detroit (2007), and an MFA in Sculpture from Yale University(2012). A selection of recent solo exhibitions include PROSCENIUM | Rebirth / Growth: The Watch / Harvest / Dormancy: On Reflection, Storm King Art Center, New York (2025); A body, revealed, Hill Art Foundation, New York (2022); A view of a landscape, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2018); and Kevin Beasley, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston (2018). In 2023, Beasley released A View of a Landscape, a 300-page book and double LP record, conceived as equal elements and designed together, produced in collaboration with The Renaissance Society and the University of Chicago Press. Beasley has participated in group exhibitions internationally, including House of Nisba, Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Ancestral: As Afro-Américas, Museum of Brazilian Art, São Paulo (2024); and the 15th Gwangju Biennale, Soundscape of the 21st Century, Gwangju, South Korea (2024). Most recently, Tell it anyway with Ralph Lemon was performed as part of Ceremonies Out of the Air at MoMA PS1, New York (2024), commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (2024). Beasley’s work is held in major public collections, including the Art Institute of Chicago; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, among others.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 16.25 in
Width: 21.12 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.