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The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq raised more than $700,000 this week in an auction of artwork from the gallery’s permanent collection. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq raised more than $700,000 this week in an auction of artwork from the gallery’s permanent collection. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? The Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq raised more than $700,000 this week in an auction of artwork from the gallery’s permanent collection.
Hosted Wednesday in Toronto by Cowley Abbott, this was the third and final deaccession sale of its kind designed to raise money for the gallery’s Legacy Fund, used for the purchase of work by Indigenous, racialized and contemporary Canadian artists. Several of the 19 pieces in the lot sold above pre-auction estimates, surpassing the WAG’s goal of raising $500,000 through the sale. Among the high-earning artwork was Ivan Eyre’s surreal 1992 cityscape , which sold for $264,000 — triple the top end of estimates.
A heated bidding war caused William Kurelek’s painting to sell for $216,000, 14 times higher than the top-end estimate of $15,000. Winnipeg Jets Game Days On Winnipeg Jets game days, hockey writers Mike McIntyre and Ken Wiebe send news, notes and quotes from the morning skate, as well as injury updates and lineup decisions. Arrives a few hours prior to puck drop.
Tom Thomson’s and Kent Monkman’s also both exceeded expectations. More than $2 million has been raised for the WAG’s Legacy Fund via the auction initiative. Eva Wasney has been a reporter with the Arts & Life department since 2019.
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