AHA! (Annual Hallwalls Auction)

For forty-three years, Hallwalls has supported the creation and presentation of new work by artists of every ethnicity, age, and gender. On May 31, 2018, Hallwalls presents an art auction featuring 40 internationally and regionally acclaimed artists. Every artwork will be auctioned live.

Donating artists include Bruce Adams, Laylah Ali, Jozef Bajus, Roberley Bell, Jeremy Boyle & Mark Franchino, Kyle Butler, Ellen Carey, Jay Carrier, Carlo Cesta, Charles Clough (a Hallwalls founder), Jim Dine, Laurel Farrin, Erin Finley, Pam Glick, Wayne Gonzales, Frederick Hayes, George Afedzi Hughes, Richard Huntington, Jacob Kassay, David Kramer, Mark Lavatelli, Joan Linder, Robert Longo (a Hallwalls founder), Michael Mararian, Frank McCauley, Jillian McDonald, Ruben Ochoa, John Opera, Tony Oursler, Joseph Piccillo, Joshua Reiman, Gary Sczerbaniewicz, Katherine Sehr, Guy Richards Smit, Michael Snow, Betty Tompkins, virocode, Adam Weekley, Jacqueline Welch, Katarina Wong.

Doors open at 7:00pm for registration and an hour-long preview of the artworks; the live auction begins promptly at 8:00pm. Artworks can also be viewed on the Hallwalls website.

The open bar includes signature cocktails, champagne, wine, and beer with mixologists Buffalo Bar Biddies behind the bar. A selection of hearty hors d'oeuvres is available throughout the event, catered by Joe Lyons’ Buffalo Catering Company.

DJ Undersound will be spinning tunes before and after the live auction.

Thursday, May 31, 2018 from 7–10 p.m. in Asbury Hall, 341 Delaware Avenue.

hallwalls.org or 716-854-1694