Benefit auction for medical aid in Gaza
Physicians for Human Rights—Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society
Paddle8
Bidding starts online on September 10, 11am (EST) / 5pm (CET)
Bidding ends September 21, 3pm (EST) / 9pm (CET)
Public presentation of works:
Kuelhaus Berlin
Luckenwalder Str.3
10963 Berlin
Wednesday 17 September, 5–8pm
Thursday 18 September, reception, special public presentation at 6:30pm
Friday 19 September, noon–6pm
Saturday 20 September, noon–6pm
Sunday 21 September, noon–6pm
In an unprecedented show of support from the creative community, over 180 international artists have donated works to Closer to Gaza, a benefit auction to raise money for urgently needed medical aid and supplies in Gaza.
These artists have come together in a demonstration of their support of the people of Gaza and as a stance against the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian Territories. The works sold will benefit Physicians for Human Rights—Israel and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, two NGOs working to promote and protect the right to health of Palestinians. The current situation in Gaza remains dire: The World Health Organization warns of an unfolding health and humanitarian disaster due to Protective Edge, the Israeli military operation launched on July 8 into the Gaza strip. This offensive has resulted in widespread destruction and a high number of civilian casualties. According to the WHO (August 28): 2,130 Palestinians have been killed, with an additional estimated 11,066 injured Palestinians including 3,374 children, 1,970 women and 410 elderly people. To date in Gaza at least 17 hospitals and 50 public health clinics (out of 97 total) have been bombed, damaged, or closed. There are over 290,000 displaced persons.
The works will be available for bidding online starting on September 10 on Paddle8, and will be on display at Kuehlhaus Berlin from September 17 to 21, parallel to Berlin Art Week. Bidding will also be possible at Kuelhaus via interactive digital kiosks. Closer to Gaza was initiated by Berlin-based artists Dani Gal and Assaf Gruber in collaboration with L40 – Verein zur Förderung von Kunst und Kultur am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz e.V with the support of Kuehlhaus Berlin.
Participating artists include Øystein Aasan, David Adamo, Nevin Aladağ, Jörg-Thomas Alvermann, Athanasios Argianas, Mehraneh Atashi, Nathan Azhderian, Ilit Azoulay, Silvia Bächli, Caroline Bachmann & Stefan Banz, Elena Bajo, Rosa Barba, Yael Bartana, Thomas Bayrle, Nina Beier, Neil Beloufa, Shannon Bool, Andy Boot, Ulla von Brandenburg, Kerstin Brätsch and DAS INSTITUT, Veronica Brovall, Sophie Bueno-Boutellier, Jota Castro, Sunah Choi, Meg Cranston, Mariechen Danz, Jiří David, Jeremiah Day, Anne de Vries, Richard Deacon, Andreas Diefenbach, Aleksandra Domanovic, Olivia Dunbar, Jimmie Durham, Michaela Eichwald, Slawomir Elsner, Köken Ergun, Ayşe Erkmen, Christian Falsnaes, Omer Fast, Discoteca Flaming Star, Andreas Fogarasi, Alicia Frankovich, Kasia Fudakowski, Dani Gal, April Gertler, Tue Greenfort, Assaf Gruber, Clegg & Guttman, Armin Haeberle, Mark Hamilton, Mona Hatoum, Natalie Häusler, Iris Häussler, Caroline Heider, Rodrigo Hernández, Gregor Hildebrandt, Heide Hinrichs, Benedikt Hipp, Lukas Hoffmann, Emil Holmer, Laura Horelli, Klaas Hübner, Renata Kaminska, Boaz Levin & Adam Kaplan, Thomas Kilpper, Daniel Knorr, Nuri Koerfer, Zlatko Kopljar, Tomasz Kowalski, Susanne Kriemann, Skafte Kuhn, Agnieszka Kurant, Oliver Laric, L/B, Ines Lechleitner, Daniel Lergon, Deborah Ligorio, Kalin Lindena, Roman Liška, Ella Littwitz, Maria Loboda, Thomas Locher, Mahony, Antje Majewski, Katharina Marszewski, Xavier Mary, Sara Masueger, Hadley+Maxwell, Michaela Meise, Michele Di Menna, Maggie Michael, Zoe Claire Miller, Simon Dybbroe Møller, Jonathan Monk, Jana Müller, Christian Philipp Müller, Alexandra Müller, Warren Neidich, Olaf Nicolai, Anna Ostoya, Stefan Panhans, Aude Pariset, Drago Persic, Nathan Peter, Mario Pfeifer, Michael Pfrommer, Pablo Pijnappel, Falke Pisano, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Agnieszka Polska, Elodie Pong, Patricia Reed, Ariel Reichmann, Sophie Reinhold, Barak Reiser, Lisa Reitmeier, Mandla Reuter, Mykola Ridnyi, Alex Martinis Roe, Kirstine Roepstorff , Roee Rosen, Martha Rosler, Daniel Roth, Valentin Ruhry, Aykan Safoğlu, e.belit sağ, Sam Samiee, Karin Sander, Gabriel Rossell Santillán, Yorgos Sapountzis, Tomás Saraceno, Wilhelm Sasnal, Eran Schaerf, Martin G. Schmid, Julia Schmidt, Roman Schramm, Maya Schweizer, Marinella Senatore, Jeremy Shaw, Heji Shin, Caterina Silva, Jiří Skála, Mark Soo, Loredana Sperini, Tobias Spichtig, Natalia Stachon, Karin Suter, Megan Francis Sullivan, Pilvi Takala, Jay Tan, Slavs and Tatars, Mathilde ter Heijne, Tillmann Terbuyken, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Niels Trannois, Rinus Van de Velde, Guido van der Werve, Hannelore Van Dijck, Toon Verhoef, Danh Vo, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Shira Wachsmann, Emma Waltraud Howes, Holly Ward, Klaus Weber, Gernot Wieland, Ai Weiwei, Claudia Wieser, Adrian Williams, Alexander Wolff, Susanne M. Winterling, Amir Yatziv, Benjamin Yavuzsoy, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, Müge Yilmaz, Natalia Zaluska, Honza Zamojski, Holly Zausner, Zuza Ziółkowska, and Elizabeth Zvonar.
