{"id":28258,"date":"2018-05-14T14:54:39","date_gmt":"2018-05-14T14:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=28258"},"modified":"2018-05-14T15:04:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-14T15:04:06","slug":"paddle-8-and-amfar-gala-cannes-to-team-up-for-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/paddle-8-and-amfar-gala-cannes-to-team-up-for-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle8 and amfAR Gala Cannes to Team Up for Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most exclusive events during Cannes is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amfar.org\/25th-amfAR-Gala-Cannes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">amfAR Gala<\/a>. The glamorous event will once again return to the ultra-luxe H\u00f4tel du Cap for the 25th\u00a0annual amfAR Gala Cannes on May 17, 2018. The gala raises crucial funds, more than $210 million since inception for amfAR\u2019s life-saving research programs and keeping the fight against AIDS in the global media spotlight. The glitzy party will be even more special as twenty-five inspiring women have come together as Honorary Chairs of the gala in celebration of it&#8217;s 25th anniversary, including\u00a0Alessandra Ambrosio, Poppy Delevigne, Scarlett Johansson, among others.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This year,<a href=\"https:\/\/paddle8.com\/auction\/amfar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Paddle8<\/a>, everyone&#8217;s favorite online auction house, will be a part of the gala&#8217;s fundraising efforts as the online auction partner. Whether you attend or admire from far, bidders will have the opportunity to purchase works by\u00a0Ai WeiWei, Rita Ackerman, Chris Martin, Robert Mapplethorpe and Sterling Ruby, Joe Bradley, Andre Butzer and Bernar Venet.\u00a0 The sale will culminate at the annual gala in Cannes on\u00a0Thursday, May 17\u00a0during the Cannes Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Gilkes, Co-founder and President of Paddle8 told Art Zealous, \u201cPaddle8 specializes in helping nonprofit organizations expand their fundraising efforts. \u00a0We are thrilled to partner with amfAR Gala Cannes, as one of the marquee philanthropic events in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The auction closes on May 17, 2018, so get bidding <a href=\"https:\/\/paddle8.com\/auction\/amfar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><em>top image\/\/\u00a0BERNAR VENET, 223.5\u02da Arc x 14, 2008<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most exclusive events during Cannes is the amfAR Gala<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":28259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28258"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}