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HELLO, LONDON.

This summer, Paddles ON! is going global! Building on the momentum of the inaugural event in New York, Phillips and Tumblr are bringing the digital art auction to Phillips’s headquarters in London on July 3rd at 7pm. Curated by Lindsay Howard, this collection is the second digital art auction at Phillips, and the first in the UK, in recognition of the increasing viability of this work in the contemporary art marketplace.

The event will include a two-week exhibition (June 21-July 3), an online auction powered by Paddle8, and a live auction led by one of Phillips’s world class auctioneers. In addition to the auction and exhibition, Phillips will host a series of public programs in partnership with Arcadia_Missa which will explore what it means to create, sell, and collect digital art in the 21st century. These discussions will be livestreamed and online viewers will be encouraged to participate using the #PaddlesON hashtag on Tumblr and Twitter.

Artists and galleries will receive 100% of the sale profits and a portion of the buyer’s premium will be donated to Opening Times, a new not-for-profit online commissioning body.The exhibition and auction will feature 23 works by 23 artists, many of whom have been members of the Tumblr community for years:

• Majed Aslam
• James Bridle
• Laura Brothers
• Dora Budor
• Maja Cule
• Harm van den Dorpel
• Jeanette Hayes
• Luis Hidalgo
• Sophie Kahn
• Sara Ludy
• Jonas Lund
• Michael Manning
• Alexandria McCrosky
• Yuri Pattison
• Hannah Perry
• Heather Phillipson
• Evan Roth
• Harry Sanderson
• Michael Staniak
• Oliver Sutherland
• Quayola
• Amalia Ulman
• Yung Jake

Stay tuned on the Tumblr for updates and announcements on the artists and programs, and get the scoop of the next generation of contemporary art. See you on July 3rd! 

Phillips and Tumblr are excited to announce PADDLES ON! An Auction Celebrating Digital Art on October 10, 2013. Online bidding begins Today - October 1 at noon on Paddle8! Register to bid!

PADDLES ON! is a groundbreaking exhibition and auction bringing together artists who are using digital technologies to establish the next generation of contemporary art. In recognition of the increasing presence and viability of this work in the contemporary art marketplace, Phillips and Tumblr have partnered with curator Lindsay Howard to present Phillips’s first auction dedicated solely to digital art.

The exhibition and auction will present the work of eighteen artists who are exploring digital technologies as both a tool and a medium. The selected artists are: Silvia Bianchi + Ricardo Juárez, Petra Cortright, Alexandra Gorczynski, Joe Hamilton, Ilja Karilampi, Brenna Murphy, Aude Pariset, Sabrina Ratté, Casey Reas, Rafaël Rozendaal, Nicolas Sassoon, Molly Soda, Kate Steciw, Mark Tribe, Clement Valla, Addie Wagenknecht, and Jamie Zigelbaum. The exhibition will be open at Phillips October 5-12th, 2013.

Artists will receive 80% of the sale profits. The remaining proceeds will be donated to Rhizome, the leading non-profit organization dedicated to supporting new media and digital art since 1996.

Event Schedule for 10/10/2013:
6pm - 7pm Registration + Paddle Pick-Up
7pm - 8pm Panel Discussion: ‘Collecting Contemporary Art Means Collecting Digital Art’
8:30pm - 9pm ‘Paddles On!’ Live Auction
9pm - 11pm Reception + Anamanaguchi DJ Set

RSVP: http://paddleson.eventbrite.com/

#PADDLESON