The Hepatitis C Trust’s Art On A Postcard Secret Auction - Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry & more

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The Hepatitis C Trust’s Art on a Postcard Secret Auction opens this November for its 3rd year at Maddox Gallery in Mayfair.

International household names including Damien Hirst, Grayson Perry, Maggie Hambling, Oliver Jeffers, Peter Blake, Harland Miller, Gilbert & George and a host of Royal Academicians such as Ken Howard RA, Mick Rooney RA, John Wragg RA, Rebecca Salter RA, and Steven Farthing RA, as well as emerging talent are within the 400 plus postcard sized artworks up for auction. As always, proceeds from the auction will go towards the Hepatitis C Trust’s campaign to eliminate the virus as a major public health concern by 2030.

Members of the public will be able to view the artworks in person at Maddox Gallery from Saturday 12th November and online at www.auctions.dreweatts.com from Thursday 27th October. Art on a Postcard has partnered with Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions to do a live webcast auction meaning it will be possible to watch the auction live as well as bid on-line on November 17th 2016.

A list of the contributing artists can be found at http://www.artonapostcard.com/#/about-secret-auction/. The work will be anonymous until the auction has ended. This is a unique opportunity for both established and budding art collectors to get their hands on original works from world renowned artists. 

Grayson Perry, ‘I’m delighted to be part of this year’s The Hepatitis C Trust’s Art on a Postcard Secret Auction. While the secret auction democratises art, funds raised will help The Trust in it’s work towards ridding the county of hepatitis C, a killer disease which disproportionally affects an underprivileged community.’

Gemma Peppe, Director of Art on A Postcard hand-picked all the artists and has a clear vision for the significance of the postcard sized works, ‘At the start of this project in 2014, we were conscious to create something that was truly inclusive and engaging but that also was true to our current economic and political landscape. Postcard sized artwork does just that. Small works of art are a symbol of the austerity we have been living through, economical for our artists to make and our audience to buy, perfectly sized to fit easily onto the wall of a London apartment, and if none of the above, great, collectible, artworks in their own merit.’

Art on A Postcard is the fundraising arm of The Hepatitis C Trust. The Hepatitis C Trust is working towards eliminating hepatitis C in the UK by 2030. In 2015 our campaigning led to the Scottish Government committing to our program of elimination.