The three-day exhibition will be opened by Sabina Higgins on Thursday, 29 Feb
If you have been thinking about investing in Irish art and want to help raise money for a very worthy cause, be sure to check out this auction.
Art for Gaza is a three-day exhibition at Copper House Gallery, Dublin, and a worldwide online auction of the artworks by Whyte’s Irish Art & Collectables Auctioneers. The art has been generously donated by leading Irish artists and the entire proceeds of the auction, without deduction of costs, will go to Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders, specifically for their work in Gaza.
Artwork for sale ranges in price from €100 upwards and includes pieces kindly donated by REM singer Michael Stipe, Game of Thrones actor Liam Cunningham, the late Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan, Guggi, Mick Mulcahy, Charlie Tyrell, Brian Henderson, Imogen Stuart, Alice Hanratty, Tim Booth, Dorothy Cross, Brian Bourke, Jay Murphy, Jim Fitzpatrick, Rowan Gillespie and many more.
The exhibition will be opened by Sabina Higgins, wife of President Michael D. Higgins, on Thursday 29 February at 6pm and Irish Palestinian singer Roisin El Cherif will perform on the night. However, bidding for the timed online auction starts on Saturday 24 February at bid.whytes.ie, closing on Saturday, 2 March at 5pm.
