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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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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, "Flying Pelican III", 2026
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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, "Flying Pelican III", 2026

Estimate: $12,000 - $12,000
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$7,200
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Tunji Adeniyi-Jones
Flying Pelican III, 2026
Linen Pulp paint and cotton blowout on Cotton Base Sheet
30 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches (77.47 × 57.15 cm)
Courtesy of Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, made in collaboration with Dieu Donné, New York

Selected by Rebecca DiGiovanna

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones (b. 1992, London, United Kingdom) is an artist living and working in New York, NY. Adeniyi-Jones received a BFA from The Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, in 2014, and an MFA from Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, in 2017. Recent solo exhibitions include Immersions, White Cube Seoul (2025); Deep Dive, White Cube Hong Kong (2023); Spotlight, FLAG Art Foundation, New York (2023); Tranquil Dive, Morán Morán, CDMX, Mexico (2023); Emergent Properties, Nicelle Beauchene Gallery, New York, NY (2022); Voix Intérieures, White Cube, Paris, France (2022) among others. His work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Imagining Black Diasporas: 21st Century Art And Poetics, LACMA, Los Angeles (2025); Nigeria Imaginary, Venice Biennale (2024); The Speed Of Grace, Simões de Assis, Sâo Paulo, Brazil (2024); PUBLIC PRIVATE, Pond Society, Shanghai (2023); Sounds of Blackness, Metropolitan Museum of Manila (The M), Philippines (2023); When We See Us: A Century of Black Figuration in Painting, Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town (2022); In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ (2022); Out of the Fire: The 14th Dakar Biennale, Senegal (2022); Fire Figure Fantasy: Selections from the ICA Miami’s Collection, ICA Miami, FL (2022); All Things Bright and Beautiful, Birmingham Museum of Art, AL (2022); among others. Adeniyi-Jones’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; LACMA, Los Angeles, CA; the Norval Foundation, Cape Town; the Aishti Foundation, Lebanon; the Dallas Museum of Art, TX; the Nasher Museum of Art, Durham, NC; Pérez Museum, Miami, FL; Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL; The Studio Museum, Harlem, NY; among others.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 30.50 in
Width: 22.50 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.