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PRESS RELEASE | CHRISTIE’S X CHARITYBUZZ: New Referral Program Download Charity Auction Request Form Upcoming events Future History: The Katz Legacy SAN FRANCISCO 2 DECEMBER - 9 DECEMBER 2021 Learn more Live It Up: Christie’s celebrates International Day of Persons with Disabilities NEW YORK 3 DECEMBER - 7 DECEMBER 2021 Learn more The Nile Rodgers Collection To Benefit the We Are Family Foundation NEW YORK 16 DECEMBER 2021 Learn more The Future is Unwritten Healing Arts Initiative WORLDWIDE THROUGH DECEMBER 2021 Learn more if I could only MUNICH & ONLINE THROUGH 2021 Learn more Next at Christie's LONDON JANUARY 2022 Learn more Recent events Unquestioning Love | An auction to benefit the New York City AIDS Memorial NEW YORK NOVEMBER 2021 Learn more Property Sold to Benefit LAXART NEW YORK 12 NOVEMBER 2021 Learn more Property Sold to Benefit Public Art Fund NEW YORK 12 NOVEMBER 2021 Learn more Amid Autumn Glow: A benefit auction by Freunde Haus Der Kunst MUNICH & ONLINE 12 OCTOBER - 29 OCTOBER 2021 Learn more Brightening Lives: Works sold to benefit Rays of Sunshine Children’s Charity LONDON 5 OCTOBER - 19 OCTOBER 2021 Learn more Elena del Rivero: The Archive of Dust, The Photocollages 2011-2021 NEW YORK 9 SEPTEMBER - 12 SEPTEMBER 2021 Learn more Load more Honours Asia Society honours Christie's with Philanthropic Leadership Award Our Chairman Marc Porter accepted the Philanthropic Leadership Award on behalf of Christie’s at the Asia Society of Southern California Annual Gala for our work on the Peggy and David Rockefeller Collection, which raised more than $835 million for charity. Find out more Must see exhibitions MUSEUMS Jasper Johns: a brand new kind of museum exhibition The curators of the Mind/Mirror retrospective, which explores Johns's 70-year career, discuss the show’s unique concept POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART ‘Contemporary African art is entrenched now’ The ninth edition of 1-54 is mirrored by an exhibition at Christie’s. Curator Christine Eyene selects nine artists who reflect the show’s themes MUSEUMS The extraordinary collection of Fayez S. Sarofim revealed A Texas museum unveils more than 200 Egyptian, American and European masterworks, assembled over 60 years View all Art talks MUSEUMS Meet the women museum directors changing the way we think about art In celebration of International Women’s Day, we profile seven women museum directors who are deploying art as a force for change ART WORLD NEWS What I’ve learned: Lydia Fenet, auctioneer and author Christie's charity auctioneer reflects on commanding an audience, empowering women, and her book on finding success POP CULTURE & COLLECTIBLES The best art-world podcasts to listen to right now From unsolved art crimes to rare archive recordings — Harry Seymour rounds up the pick of art-world listening from around the globe View all Studio visits FINE ART Studio visit: Jenny Hata Blumenfield The Los Angeles-based ceramic artist offers insights into the ideas behind her art, and her response to the imperial monochromes from the Alsdorf Collection FINE ART Studio visits — Artists discuss their work and workplaces A series of exclusive Christies.com films in which artists invite us into their studios to discuss their work POST-WAR & CONTEMPORARY ART Aboudia: ‘It’s possible to grow up on the street and become someone’ The Ivorian artist discusses his phantasmagorical canvases and their connection to the graffiti of African street children View all Christie’s Museum Services Christie’s has been a leader in working with museums and non-profit institutions for over three decades. Our experienced team partners with institutions large and small, including historical societies, libraries, universities and art museums. We are also committed to working with our institutional clients to cultivate their patrons through sponsorships, in-kind support, educational events and programming. More about Museum Services Explore our sponsorship highlights below. Sponsorships in the Americas 1/4 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Sponsorship of the opening celebration for Yoshitomo Nara at LACMA 2020 In 2020, Christie’s will support the opening celebrations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara, one of the most beloved Japanese artists of his generation. His widely recognizable portraits of menacing figures reflect the artist’s raw encounters with his inner self. Spanning over 30 years from 1987 to today, the exhibition views the artist’s work through the lens of his longtime passion—music. Featuring album covers Nara began collecting as an adolescent, paintings, drawings, sculpture, ceramics, an installation that recreates his drawing studio, and never-before-exhibited idea sketches that reflect the artist’s empathic eye, this exhibition shines a light on Nara’s conceptual process. One of the main highlights will be Miss Forest, a 26-foot outdoor painted bronze sculpture that will grace Wilshire Boulevard. Met Breuer Sponsorship of the opening celebration and scholarship around Gerhard Richter: Painting After All 4 March–5 July, 2020 Christie’s supported the opening reception, catalogue and education programs for the final exhibition to be held at the Met Breuer museum, a major exploration of the work of Gerhard Richter. The exhibition considers the artist’s six-decade-long preoccupation with the dual means of representation and abstraction to explore the material, conceptual and historical implications of painting. Visit the museum © BFA.com Met Breuer Sponsorship of the opening celebration and scholarship around 4 March–5 July, 2020 Christie’s supported the opening reception, catalogue and education programs for the final exhibition to be held at the Met Breuer museum, a major exploration of the work of Gerhard Richter. The exhibition considers the artist’s six-decade-long preoccupation with the dual means of representation and abstraction to explore the material, conceptual and historical implications of painting. © BFA.com Sponsorships in the UK & Europe In the UK and Europe, Christie’s sponsors the following art institutions: The National Gallery, London Tate Royal Academy of Arts Victoria & Albert Museum British Museum The Courtauld Gallery Christie’s Art Restitution Services The Nazi-era (1933-1945) saw the unprecedented and orchestrated spoliation of art in Europe. Its consequences continue to resonate strongly in today’s art world as seventy years on, unrestituted works of art continue to come to light, often when offered for sale. With the benefit of experience and insight developed over more than a decade, Christie’s takes very seriously its responsibility to ensure that we do not knowingly sell spoliated but unrestituted art works. We are also committed to the ongoing research and identification of such objects, and in helping resolve restitution claims for works consigned for sale. In this, we are privileged to work as both part of the art world and as part of the restitution community. Find out more Corporate Social Responsibility Art is central to Christie’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program and it constitutes the prism through which we consider our activities vis-à-vis the workplace, community, and environment. We believe in the power of art in society and we endeavour to use our position in the art market as a positive force. To that end, Christie’s strives to manage our people and practices responsibly in order to leave a positive, enduring impact on society, and to enhance the communities in which we live and work through cultural stewardship and arts advocacy. Find out more Christie’s Education As leaders in the Arts and Culture community, whether educating our clients on the art of collecting, leading art forum lecture programs or offering short courses on the art market, education is a core value and primary mission for Christie's. Christie’s Education is unique in being wholly owned by Christie’s auction house, signaling the importance Christie’s places on practical experience of art through education as the key to professional success. 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