Dan Boardman, MeMeMe, 2021/2022
Support Silver Eye’s exhibitions and artists while building your photography collection
Silver Eye Center for Photography’s biennial Benefit Auction is our most important fundraiser. Proceeds from the Auction support our exhibitions and artists and keep our gallery admission free. When you place a bid at the Auction, you are helping to create a future for Silver Eye that keeps compelling, thoughtful, beautiful, and challenging art in our community and the world.
The one hundred lots on exhibit in our gallery from September 2–October 22, 2022 represent the most talented,
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Admission to the Benefit Auction 2022 exhibition is FREE.
Purchase Tickets for Auction Events:
Auction Preview Party
September 1, 2022, 7-9pm
Join us for an opening celebration and a first look at all the incredible works up for bid! Buy tickets: $15
The Last 3 Photographs I Bought
September 21, 2022, 6.30-7.30pm
Meet contemporary photography collectors and hear what they choose to collect and why! Register: Free (Suggested donation: $20)
Stories from the Auction
October 13, 2022, 6.30-7.30pm
Join Silver Eye staff as they discuss some of their personal highlights from this year’s auction. They will also answer questions about purchasing and collecting photographs. Register: Free
Silver Eye Live Benefit Auction
October 22, 2022, 5.30pm
Live auction begins at 6.00pm. Food by Sprezzatura. Auctioneer Alison Oehler will take us through seventy lots generously donated by artists and estates in support of Silver Eye. Buy tickets: $85
Silver Eye Silent Benefit Auction
Ends October 24, 2022
See Artsy for each lot’s ending time. Thirty lots including pieces by some of the most exciting contemporary artists working with photography and established icons are available for bid in a silent auction. Online-only bidding does not require a ticket, but does require Artsy registration.
Email: info@silvereye.org
INDIVIDUAL DATES & TIMES*
- Sep 2, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Sep 3, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Sep 6, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Sep 7, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Sep 8, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
- Sep 9, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Sep 10, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Sep 13, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Sep 14, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Sep 15, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
- Sep 16, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Sep 17, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Sep 20, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Sep 21, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Sep 22, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
- Sep 23, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Sep 24, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Sep 27, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Sep 28, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Sep 29, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
- Sep 30, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Oct 1, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Oct 4, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Oct 5, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Oct 6, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
- Oct 7, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Fri)
- Oct 8, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Sat)
- Oct 11, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Tue)
- Oct 12, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Wed)
- Oct 13, 2022 at 11:00 am - 05:00 pm (Thu)
LOCATION
4808 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15224
