online auction instead of Dorset arts week

very exciting to see that auction starts tomorrow

THE AUCTION HUB - THE DORSET ART WEEKS ONLINE AUCTION 7- 19 JULY

Posted 25 June 2020

Above: Gerry Dudgeon - A Way Through The Trees

• Following the cancellation of this year’s Dorset Art Weeks – the UK’s largest free arts
  festival – over 80 artists present their works in an online auction open from 7 -19 July

• Featuring over 200 items, covering: paintings, prints, photographs, drawings, sculpture,
  ceramics, glass, textiles, jewellery, mixed media, furniture and stoneware

• The auction will be held in conjunction with The Auction Hub and Dorset Visual Arts

www.theauctionhub.uk/daw

In light of the postponement of what would have been the 14th Dorset Art Weeks festival an auction
with works by over 80 of the participating artists will now take place online at The Auction Hub.

The much anticipated biennial event, to have been held across the county from 23 May to 7 June,
would have seen hundreds of artists opening up their studios to UK and overseas visitors. The
festival contributes £2m to the Dorset economy.

The Auction Hub – founded in 2019 by James Harvey with online technology by Auctionet – was a
sponsor of Dorset Art Weeks 2020 and James hit upon the idea of an online auction to take the place
of the festival and provide a sales platform for artists’ specially created works. Commenting on the
auction initiative James said, ’Dorset Art Weeks is a key, high profile event in the Summer calendar,
with artists preparing up to two years in advance. We are delighted to present this online auction,
showcasing the incredible talent from the county, to local, national and international audiences. The
sheer range of items on offer will attract and delight many bidders and buyers during these
exceptional times’.

Bidding starts from £50 for Ann Sim’s cheeseboard in ash, with whimsical images applied by hand,
up to £16,000 for Aqueous III by Andy Hopper, sculptor and Master Blacksmith; his sculpture is
forged in stainless steel and measures over a metre in height.

Many works in the auction take their inspiration from the countryside and coastlines to be found
across the vast expanses of Dorset. Whereas other artists bring their experience of working and
living outside the county and the UK to their works created in Dorset.