TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST (fabulous) ANNUAL ONLINE AUCTION with over 70 contemporary artworks and experiences to help fight HIV

Dame Tracey Emin DBE RA Because you Left – I wanted to hold you

The TERRENCE HIGGINS TRUST  was the first charity in the UK to be set up in response to the HIV epidemic back in the 1980s and has been at the forefront of the fight against HIV and AIDS ever since and is still the UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity, and one of the largest in Europe.  With such strong roots in the gay community who were most affected by the epidemic, there are very few of us in the UK (of a certain age) who have not been indebted to them one way or another.  Even though the shape of the epidemic has changed since the introduction of protease inhibitors, which removed the automatic death sentence, HIV is still very much around today. And so is the need for THT.

E.G. There are now around half as many African people living in the UK diagnosed with HIV as gay and bisexual men, though the largest group of new diagnoses continues to be men who have sex with men. So existing services have been developed and new services introduced to meet ever-changing needs. THT have always worked in an equal way with gay men, haemophiliacs, sex workers and drug users from the start. In more recent years, the charity has also developed sexual health services – firstly for people living with or at risk of HIV, and then more broadly for the general population, especially young people who are most at risk of sexual ill health. Again, they have grown and evolved in response to the needs of people using its services.

To keep doing all this they urgently need funds as even now all the statutory income and grants  are just not  enough . so it is vital that as a community we support their essential fund raising efforts.  That includes their annual ART AUCTION which is a night of luxury items, unique and fabulous experiences, and art from many incredible artists held at Christie’s Auction House in London.  The event to date has raised over £5.2 million, vital funds that allow then to keep supporting  people living with and affected by HIV. 

This year the Auction includes over 70 contemporary artworks and experiences curated by the Terrence Higgins Trust Auction Committee and donated by an incredible community of patrons and supporters…. so much so it is actually sporead acrioss two auctions now. The LIVE Auction 2025 is taking place on Monday 31st March at Christie’s BUT up till then you can place an ONLINE BID from wherever you are around the globe by clicking HERE

 

So here are a few of our favorite pieces of art that are up for Sale :

 

Anastasya Martynova. Dancing ThistlesAubrey Laret, ChangingHoward Hodgkin. The Road Tp Tio

 

Georg Meyer-Wiel. Good Hand Lot

 

 

Plus IF art is not your thing (!) there is also a series of luxury items that are impossible to resist such as: