Photo Coverage: New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend - Auction for the Arts

By: Jan. 06, 2006
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To launch the fifth annual New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend, a five-day national and international celebration of art and culture, the auction house Christie's hosted the first New York Times Auction for The Arts on Jan. 5. For more information, visit the Web site at nytimes.com/alweekend.

Many of the celebrity participants from the last five years of Arts & Leisure Weekend are donating one-of-a-kind personal items and experiences to the auction. Net proceeds from the auction will benefit The Actors' Fund of America. The honorary chairs for the event are Tony Award winners Brian Stokes Mitchell and Bebe Neuwirth, and Golden Globe winner Lynn Redgrave.

Arts & Leisure Weekend is The Times's annual event of national and international celebrations of art and culture. This year more than 1,500 cultural institutions are participating throughout the United States and Europe. The weekend includes a wide range of arts and leisure activities from interviews with celebrities to free admission at museums around the country and the world.

 

 


Joel Grey


Joel Grey auctions off an original photograph


An original photograph by Joel Grey


Ron Rifkin


Jess Cagle, Joel Grey, and Ron Rifkin


Jess Cagle, Joel Grey, and Ron Rifkin


Lynn Redgrave


Joel Grey, Lynn Redgrave, and Joseph P. Benincasa (Executive Director, The Actors' Fund of America)


Renée Fleming


Joel Grey, Renée Fleming, and Lynn Redgrave


Ron Rifkin and Joel Grey


Christo and Jeanne-Claude

Some of the many auction items: Photo Coverage: New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend - Auction for the Arts

Photo Coverage: New York Times Arts & Leisure Weekend - Auction for the Arts





























 


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