Venice Family Clinic Art Walk Auction Opens

VENICE, CA — People can now start bidding for the Venice Family Clinic Art Walk & Auction, organizers announced.

Bids are starting on Artsy this week. The auction helps to support important work at the community clinic and promotes incredible work from artists.

"We’ve lined up more than 200 works by nationally recognized contemporary artists for this year’s silent art auction," organizers said.

The auction ends May 12 — and locals are encouraged not to wait for bidding. People can also register now to join the first Virtual Art Talk happening Thursday with Shana Nys Dambrot, arts editor at L.A. Weekly.

Other Virtual Art Talks for 2021 are planned. Visit the website to join and for more information.

People can join the silent online auction featuring works from contemporary, recognized artists, including Kelly Akashi, Matthew Brandt, Bumblebeelovesyou, Yasmine Nasser Diaz, Sam Durant, Amir H. Fallah, Kim Fisher, Jona Frank, FriendsWithYou, Alexandra Grant, Sayre Gomez, Haas Brothers, Channing Hansen, EJ Hill, Farrah Karapetian, Miles Regis, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Ed Ruscha, Liza Ryan, Analia Saban, and Gregory Siff.

Check out the full list of 2021 participating artists and the invitation to this year's event. Anyone with questions about the artwork can contact Julia Tanigawa at jtanigawa@mednet.ucla.edu or 310-664-7930.