http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/seattle_artists_getting_a_20_percent_rai This week's paper is online now, and I want to add to my In Art News account of the 20th anniversary Artist Trust auction, because I just got a press release that says Artist Trust grossed more than $260,000 at the sparkly affair on Saturday night. That means Artist Trust will give 20 percent more money directly to artists in 2007. (In 2006, 52 artists received some $70,000 in GAP grants.) The fundraiser was a record for the organization. I reported that video artist Gary Hill summoned an easy $20,000 by offering $10,000 of his own, but it turns out... Copyright 2008 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 16:20:14 -0800 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:00:29 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss i was there at the event and some of those pieces were like any typical art aution: maybe 1 or 2 amazing pieces, the rest including michael spaffords work were about as interesting as a 15 hour documentary on the history and diaspora of kleenex.

]]> brad http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/seattle_artists_getting_a_20_percent_rai#c620580 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/02/seattle_artists_getting_a_20_percent_rai#c620580 Arts Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:00:29 -0800