The Friends' Association PIN.
Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne has again invited to the annual PIN auction.
Auctioneer Robert Ketterer was able to announce a sum of around three million euros at the live auction at the end of the evening.
In every way: a party!
Is there a new lockdown coming for the museums?
Of course, that was one of the most discussed questions on the evening of November 20, 2021 in the Pinakothek der Moderne.
250 - instead of the usual 800 - invited guests met in compliance with the 2G-Plus rule for the annual benefit auction of the PIN.
Friends of the Pinakothek der Moderne.
So that money can be washed into the coffers of houses hit by the pandemic.
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Jeff Koons' "Balloon Dog (Orange)" brought in 38,000 euros.
© Pinakothek der Moderne
In the crisis you realize which companions you can rely on, they say. The directors of the Pinakothek der Moderne and the Brandhorst Museum know: on their PIN. Friends can be relied on. And how! After a record value of 2.2 million euros had come together at the only digital auction in 2020, the bidders in the festively decorated rotunda on Saturday went one better. PIN announced the phenomenal total of EUR 2,798,000. Friends chairwoman Dorothée Wahl at the end of the live auction. “We can't express how grateful we are to you,” she called out to the guests. Already at one of the top lots, William Kentridge's “Untitled (Calligraphic Birds II)”, she had been heard muttering: “God in heaven, that's crazy!” The work brought in 280,000 euros (gallery price: 196,000 euros ).Kentridge will donate half of this to young artists in South Africa. The other half goes to the PIN. Friends. And indirectly to everyone who loves to experience great art in the Pinakothek der Moderne and in the Brandhorst Museum. It is best to continue analog.
