Contemporary Vision: Works from the Melva Bucksbaum Collection—a special auction to benefit Art for Access Scholarships

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Through a partnership with STAIR in Hudson, NY, a leading regional auction house in the Northeast, some 250 works from the collection of noted art patron and contemporary collector Melva Bucksbaum (1933-2015), donated by her daughter, Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan ‘91, will be sold in a single-sale auction on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, to benefit Art for Access. Mary serves on the Bennington College board of trustees and is co-chair of the Art for Access Committee. Art for Access celebrates Bennington College’s pioneering visual arts legacy by inviting gifts of art to expand the College’s dynamic art holdings, and also providing funding for scholarships through the regular sale of artworks.

Included in the sale are works by well-known, emerging and mid-career artists in a myriad of styles, media and price-points.

Highlights in the sale include works by Cleve Gray, Donald Sultan, Justine Kurland, Stylianos Schicho, Ellen Phelan, Paul Pfeiffer, Harding Meyer, David Salle, Elena Figurina, Holly Coulis, Scott Covert, and Eric Fischl. All proceeds from the auction will fund Art for Access scholarships. For more information on the sale, and the bidding process, please visit A Contemporary Vision: Works from the Melva Bucksbaum Collection.

A special virtual preview of the sale, with Mary Bucksbaum Scanlan, Paige Bartels, Director of Art for Access, and Lisa Thomas, Director of Fine Art at Stair, will be held on Tuesday, May 25, from 1:00-2:00 pm ET. Click here to register for this special event.