#GIVETOGETART Virtual Art Auction 2021 Critics’ Choice Winners

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We are excited to announce the 2021 Critics’ Choice winners for the #GIVETOGETART Virtual Art Auction! Thank you to this year’s committee: Michelle LaVallee (Anishinaabe/Ojibway), Curator, Artist, Mother, and Director of the Indigenous Art Centre, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada; Malika Burelle, Development Officer at the Ottawa School of Art, and Chair of the Board of Trustees Galerie SAW Gallery and OBAK Member; and Greggory Clark, Apt613 Caretaker.

The 2021 OAG Art Auction’s Critics’ Choice, in no particular order, are:

Zainab Hussain, Our Stories Cannot Be Unlistened To, 2021, textile, 16” x 40”, market value: $1,600, staring bid: $800

Caroline Monnet, Gamma, 2021, serigraph on Stonehenge paper, 37” x 30”, ed. 3 of 3, market value: $3,500, starting bid: $1,750

Andrew Beck, Reflection II, 2021, oil on canvas, 36” x 36”, market Value $4,500, starting bid: $2,250

Laurena Finéus, Songe d’une journée à la jungle, 2021, acrylic and oil on canvas, 24” x 45”, market value: $1,800, starting bid: $900

Claudia Gutierrez, Tápame: Rebozito, 2021, acryclic, wool, cotton embroidered on linen, 24” x 28”, market value: $1,040, starting bid: $520

See these artworks in the 3D Virtual Art Auction Tour