In early June 2014, the second edition of a charity auction was held, benefiting an association chosen by IESA students.

First-year students of the Bachelor in Art Expertise and Art Trade raised a total of €25,340, a nice sum to help build a school for street children in Madagascar. This auction was organized for the benefit of the humanitarian association Les enfants du soleil, which works for the reintegration of young people into Malagasy society.

The sale took place at the Polo Club de Paris under the gavel of Maître Rémi le Fur, auctioneer and creator of AuctionArt, a company that organizes specialty sales (vintage photography, rare books, modern art…). It was also sponsored by Gonzague Saint Bris, a renowned festival organizer, writer and journalist.

In Vino Caritas was a resounding success, as 160 people attended and all 58 lots offered were sold. Some works found buyers at a price well above their starting price (€250 for each item up for sale), creating a pleasant surprise for the students involved in the project and the organizer Karine Milon, a teacher at IESA arts&culture.

Among the particularly coveted works, notable ones include a terracotta sculpture by Li Bin sold for €1300, which poetically lifts the everyday object, and Alexandre de Poplavsky’s Grand Toy rabbit from Château Latour, acquired for €1000, which revisits black and white using the marker, his favorite technique.

Congratulations to all the students and their teachers who supported them on this project! This resounding success bodes well for next year’s edition.