Dead Darlings is an anonymous art auction founded in 2005 as a platform to explore the complex love triangle between artist, artwork, and collector. Our events combine elements of performance and exhibition. Our focus is on artefacts whose value is ambiguous: dead darlings. This refers to a work that an artist has created, yet for any variety of reasons, has not brought to light. The auction offers works at absurdly low starting prices mocking one of the art market’s most solemn manifestations. We also aim to extend the label of “art collector” to people who would not otherwise be able to afford original contemporary art works. We try to reflect on why a particular work has been designated in such a way, challenging notions of value, demand, desirability and commerce.

List of artists names in alphabetical order

Adrianus Kundert
Alex Fischer
Alexandra Leykauf
Andrea Imwiehe
Anika Schwarzlose
Anna-Lena Wenzel
Annaleen Louwes
Anne Wölk
Charlott Weise
Christopher Sage
Coca Dai
Corinna Loria
Corinna Rosteck
Dora Lionstone
Ekaterina Kovalenko
Elisa Duca
Emmanuelle Wilhelm
Erik Alkema
Floor Meijers
Frauke Boggasch
Gijs Assmann
Graziella Tomasi
Hanna Mattes
Hyeseung Jung
Ine Lamers
Irina Birger
Isabel Friedrich
Janine Eggert
Jean-Philippe Paumier
Johannes Schwartz
Joseph Miceli
Kristina Chernobaeva
Lilly Urbat
Lorenza Wistuba
Lotte Reimann
Luis Campos
Marina Stanimirovic
Marte Kiessling
Martina della Valle
Meii Soh
Patricia Morosan
Ralf Pflugfelder
Rei Matsushima
René Wirths
Römer + Römer
Sholem Krishtalka
Sibylle Jazra
Sina Khani
Soji Shimizu
Sophie Aigner
Stefan Alber
Thomas Monses
Victoria Hohmann
Voin de Voin
Vronsky
Xiyu Tomorrow

Bestuhl (Saal) 

Einlass ab 14:00 Uhr / Auktion staret ab 17:00 Uhr