NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART HONORS JANE DICKSON AT 2024 ‘TAKE HOME A NUDE’ BENEFIT AT SOTHEBY’S

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New York Academy of Art’s “To Take Home a Nude” Art Auction and Party
Sotheby’s NY
October 21, 2024
1334 York Avenue, New York, NY 10021

On October 21, 2024, the New York Academy of Art hosted its 32nd annual Take Home a Nude art auction and party at Sotheby’s. This year’s event honored American artist Jane Dickson, whose distinctive, vivid portrayals of urban life have captivated audiences and critics. With an uncanny eye and masterful skill, Dickson captures gritty, haunting, nocturnal cityscapes that delve deep into overlooked corners of urban existence. Her work explores the underbelly of society through subjects like strip clubs, diners, motels, sex workers, and their respectable counterparts: suburban homes, driveways, or businessmen, each rendered in an eerie light that suggests the viewer question what’s going on beneath the surface. Known for using unconventional surfaces like carpet and sandpaper, Dickson’s paintings render urban subjects in haunting textures, layered in neon and darkness. Currently, her work is on display at KARMA Gallery in Los Angeles, “Art We There Yet,” a comprehensive survey of her highway paintings. 

The evening was attended by notable guests, including Honoree artist Jane Dickson; Board Chair Eileen Guggenheim and Academy President David Kratz; co-chairs Julia Chiang, KAWS (Brian Donnelly), Alan Cumming, and Grant Shaffer. Among the attendees were prominent figures from the worlds of art, film, and fashion, including Charlie Ahearn, Jules de Balincourt, Will Cotton, FUTURA2000, Cynthia Rowley, Brooke Shields, Eric Shiner, and many more.

The Take Home a Nude gala is the New York Academy of Art’s fall flagship fundraiser, comprised of silent and live auctions and ends with an elegant dinner accompanied by Academy artists and live drawing models. Hundreds of guests from the worlds of film, media, fashion, art, and business attend the party. About 200 donated artworks by prominent artists are sold to benefit the Academy’s programs. Works featured in this year’s auction were donated by artists including Julies de Balincourt, Will Cotton, Bill Saylor, Chris “Daze” Ellis, UNTITLED’s Indira Cesarine, and many more. Take Home a Nude is generously sponsored by Cadogan Tate.

About the New York Academy of Art
Founded in 1982 by artists, scholars, and patrons of the arts, including Andy Warhol, the New York Academy of Art is an educational and cultural institution combining intensive technical training in fine arts with active critical discourse. The Academy believes that rigorously trained artists can best realize their artistic vision. Through major exhibitions, a lively speaker series, and an ambitious educational program, the Academy is a creative and intellectual center for all artists dedicated to highly skilled, conceptually aware figurative and representational art.

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