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Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction

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This weekend's first Art Project Los Angeles was a rousing success as more than 700 guests enjoyed the event, a three-day, red-carpet charity art auction and artists reception at world-renowned Hollywood auction house Bonhams & Butterfields. Presented by Westime and Richard Mille, the event raised more than $235,000 to benefit AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA).

Print-quality, post-event photos courtesy of AIDS Project Los Angeles are available online here. You are welcome to reproduce these images for public distribution with credit to APLA / Joshua Nantais. Captions are also available upon request.

Attending guests bid on an exceptional collection of artwork, sculpture, photography, furnishings and more during the live and silent auctions. Up for auction were works by world-class artists including Basquiat, Haring, Hockney, Longo, Picasso, Ruscha, and Warhol, as well as works from exciting local and emerging artists, and a never-before-seen, limited edition Richard Mille watch valued at $90,000.

All proceeds benefit APLA programs and services, including the Necessities of Life Program, which provides food to low-income Angelenos who are facing HIV/AIDS and hunger.

Photo credit: Joshua Nantais

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
A VIP guest poses with a RM 011 Ti Americas BLACK? limited-edition, Richard Mille watch valued at $90,000. The watch was auctioned during the event.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
A limited-edition, Richard Mille watch displayed at the event.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
John Lloyd Young 

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
John Lloyd Young (Jersey Boys) poses with a VIP guest.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
Staff displays artwork during the live auction.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose on the red carpet at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
Live auction artwork

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
VIP guests pose on the red carpet at Art Project Los Angeles.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
Staff displays artwork during the live auction.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
A VIP guest poses with event artwork.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
Jackie Collins poses with Art Project Los Angeles VIP guests.

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
The Red Diamond wine booth at Art Project Los Angeles

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image
Jackie Collins poses with manager Barry Krost.

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Guests place their bids at Art Project Los Angeles.

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APLA Executive Director Craig E. Thompson with author Jackie Collins

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A Marilyn Monroe portrait for the Art Project Los Angeles auction.

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John Lloyd Young

Photo Flash: Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction Image

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