Damien Hirst - Mickey (2012)
Francesco Vezzoli is Selling Himself for a Good Cause
Francesco Vezzoli, the Italian artist known for weeping supermodels depicted as renaissance Madonnas, has produced a self-portrait to benefit the Emilia Romagna region of Italy, which was hit by an earthquake, earlier this year. He's issuing just 399 copies of Con Amore, Francesco Vezzoli, on Yoox.com for $399 — a steal for a hot-ticket artist who's repped by the Gagosian, has collaborated with Miuccia Prada, and whose individual works have sold for $80,000.
Source: New York Magazine
KATE MOSS has donated this portrait of herself for a charity auction in aid of the NSPCC, to be held at Bonhams on May 17. The photograph, which was taken by Sølve Sundsbø, has a starting price of £3,000.
Carey Mulligan Puts Her Met Gala Dress on eBay
Carey Mulligan is selling her Met Gala dress on eBay, with all proceeds going to Oxfam America. Because really, what was she going to do with that old thing — a custom Prada halter dress made of silver and gold metal paillettes — anyway? The auction went live late last night with a starting price of $500, and miraculously, there haven't been any bids yet. The dress's approximate size is 38–40 (that's a 2–4 in the U.S.). The auction will close on Saturday, May 19, and the dress will be delivered to the top bidder by June 11.
Source: New York Magazine
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“H&M Fashion Against Aids”
When a fashion statement is worth more than clothes.
For the past five years H&M has collaborated with International Illustrators to create bright fashion forward pieces to bring world wide awareness to HIV/AIDS. H&M donates 25% of the proceeds of their “Fashion Against Aids” sales to HIV/Awareness charities.
This spring 2012 collection consisting of clothing shoes and accessories will be available in over 300 H&M Stores as well as online a starting Thursday April 26th.