4th Annual Art Project LA to Benefit AIDS Project LA, 6/28-30

The Fourth Annual ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES, featuring an art auction and red carpet reception, will benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles. The three-day event at the beautifully-renovated Bonhams includes live and silent auctions known to feature works by Basquiat, Ruscha, Warhol, and more. ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES runs Friday, June 28 through Sunday, June 30, 2013:

Friday, June 28: Art preview open to the public
Saturday, June 29: Red carpet reception and live and silent auctions
Sunday, June 30: Art pickup

It all takes place at Bonhams, 7601 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif. Individual tickets ($50) available at apla.org/artproject.

ART PROJECT LOS ANGELES, created by Hamilton-Selway Fine Art Gallery and benefiting AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), is a premier, red-carpet reception and art auction that has featured works by Basquiat, Haring, Hockney, Longo, Picasso, Ruscha, Warhol, along with a range of local artists, sculptors, photographers, home furnishers, and more.

This year's event is sure to feature a star-studded Entertainment Support Committee. Past Committee members have included Pamela Anderson, Diahann Carroll, Stockard Channing, Joan Collins, Kathy Griffin, Tom Hanks, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Mario Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Debra Messing, Olivia Newton-John, Pauley Perrette, Allee Willis, Rita Wilson, John Lloyd Young, and others.

AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA), one of the largest non-profit AIDS service organizations in the United States, provides bilingual direct services, prevention education and leadership on HIV/AIDS-related policy and legislation. With more than 30 years of service, APLA is a community-based, volunteer-supported organization with local, national and global reach. For more information, visit apla.org.

Bonhams, founded in 1793, is one of the world's largest auctioneers of fine art and antiques. The Present Company was formed by the merger in November 2001 of Bonhams & Brooks and Phillips Son & Neale. In August 2002, the company acquired Butterfields, the principal firm of auctioneers on the West Coast of America. Today, Bonhams offers more sales than any of its rivals, through two major salerooms in London: New Bond Street and Knightsbridge; and a further three in the UK regions and Scotland. Sales are also held in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Carmel, New York and Connecticut in the USA; and Germany, France, Monaco, Hong Kong and Australia. Bonhams has a worldwide network of offices and regional representatives in 25 countries offering sales advice and valuation services in 60 specialist areas. For a full listing of upcoming sales, plus details of Bonhams specialist departments go to bonhams.com.