Summer Party Silent Auction Teaser

If you haven't boght your tickets to the MFA's Summer party on 6/13, you need to do so ASAP. The benefit print by David Hilliard looks like it will be selling out very soon. Also, last night was the jury meeting for the silent auction. Approximately 30 pieces were chosen from almost 300 submissions. It was a hard process to deliberate and narrow the selections down to a size that could be shown in the MFA's rotunda. However, I think people will be very pleased with the results. There are a variety of media including painting, prints, photographs, and jewelry and a price range that goes from about $250 to $4,000. Starting bids are either half of the retail price or $1,000, whichever is less. You may be hearing more about specific pieces over the next few weeks, but that's it for now- the selected artists haven't even been notified yet!

Spotted: New Art on Gossip Girl

Although having Georgina back on the show (in her own words, "You can tell Jesus that the bitch is back") is quite exciting, so are Lilly Bass's new art purchases each week. A few weeks ago she was buying a Cecily Brown for her bedroom. This week a new piece by Doug and Mike Starn appeared on the wall that separates the kitchen from the rest of the apartment. It is one of their snowflake pieces, with three snowflakes vertically. I wonder how Rufus feels that she uses an art consultant, when he is in the art business himself, owning a gallery in Brooklyn...