NEW YORK, NY.- The Walker Art Center presents Avant Garden 2018, the Center’s Annual Benefit and Auction, live to bidders worldwide exclusively on Paddle8 August 24 – September 8. The sale will culminate at the Avant Garden event at a silent auction in Minneapolis on September 8, 2018.

The Avant Garden 2018 auction include 35 works, ranging in value from $3,000 to $65,000, by artists by artists including Larry Bell, Jenny Holzer, Michael Krebber, Dianna Molzan, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Sigmar Polke, Laure Prouvost, Allen Ruppersberg, and more.

Avant Garden 2018, the Walker Art Center’s annual benefit, returns for a one-of-a-kind experience on Saturday, September 8. The evening promises a signature Walker party experience, with gourmet food, craft cocktails, an art auction, live music, dancing, special guests and a celebration of the new fall exhibition Siah Armajani: Follow This Line. Proceeds from Avant Garden support the Walker Art Center’s award- winning artistic and educational programming.

Highlights:

• Betty Parsons, Wyoming Magic, 1974, acrylic on paper. Estimate: $20,000.

• Alfredo Jaar, The Silence (for S.K.), 2002, lightbox with color transparency. Courtesy of Galerie Lelong. Estimate: $36,000.

• Raymond Pettibon, No Title (Now g’bye babies…), 2017, ink, watercolor and acrylic on rice paper. Estimate: $35,000.

The Walker Art Center is a catalyst for the creative expression of artists and the active engagement of audiences. Focusing on the visual, performing, and media arts of our time, the Walker takes a global, multidisciplinary, and diverse approach to the creation, presentation, interpretation, collection, and preservation of art. Walker programs examine the questions that shape and inspire us as individuals, cultures, and communities.