First Look: LUMINOCITY Gala Auction Artworks Party
About this Event
Join us for an opening celebration of First Look: LUMINOCITY Gala Auction Artworks on Thursday, September 3, from 6-9PM. This exhibition previews the incredible artworks available for auction at this year’s LUMINOCITY Gala on October 15.
Your ticket includes exclusive preview access to the LUMINOCITY Gala Art Auction, where you'll have the first opportunity to acquire exceptional contemporary artworks before they are unveiled at the Gala. The evening also features an open bar, live music, a chef experience by one of Colorado's acclaimed culinary talents, access to , and opportunities to connect with participating artists.
Tickets and sponsorships to the LUMINOCITY Gala on October 15 can be purchased here. Discounted Early Bird Tickets are available through August 30.
Check out our Gala Auction page for more information on the artists and their works.
Participants include previous and future MCA Denver exhibiting artists: Shannon Alonzo, Bethany Collins, Maeve Eichelberger, Carlos Frésquez, Deborah Jack, Brian Jungen, Margaret Kasahara, Sammy Seung-min Lee, Evan Forrest Mann, and Keith Mayerson.
About the Curators
Miranda Lash is the Ellen Bruss Chief Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Her most recent accomplishments include acting as the Susan Brennan co-Artistic Director (alongside Ebony G. Patterson) of the 2024 – 2025 international art triennial Prospect.6 in New Orleans; and organizing the following exhibitions at MCA Denver: Suki Seokyeong Kang: Mountain — Hour — Face (2025, co-organized with Leilani Lynch); Cowboy (2023, co-organized with Nora Burnett Abrams); Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe (2023); Clarissa Tossin: Falling from Earth (2022); Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with Lighting / Rivalizando con el relampágo (2022); and Jason Moran: Bathing the Room with Blues (2021). In 2016, Lash and Trevor Schoonmaker co-organized the acclaimed group exhibition Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art, and in 2014 Lash organized the traveling retrospective Mel Chin: Rematch. From 2008 to 2014, Lash was the founding curator of modern and contemporary art at the New Orleans Museum of Art. She currently serves on the board of the Joan Mitchell Foundation and was a 2022 Fellow with the Center for Curatorial Leadership.
Leilani Lynch is the Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Lynch has organized numerous museum exhibitions, including Movements Toward Freedom (2024), Gala Porras- Kim: A hand in nature (2024); Steven Yazzie: Meandered (2024); Ken Gun Min: The Lost Paradise (2024); and Anna Tsouhlarakis: Indigenous Absurdities (2023). From 2015 to 2022, Leilani held several curatorial positions at The Bass, Miami Beach. There she curated exhibitions with artists including Jamilah Sabur, Cara Despain, Naama Tsabar, Karen Rifas, Aaron Curry, Mika Rottenberg, in addition to co-organizing exhibitions by Adrián Villar Rojas, Haegue Yang, and Paola Pivi.
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
First Access to LUMINOCITY Gala Auction Artworks
🕑: 06:00 PM - 09:00 PM
Open Bar & Chef Station
🕑: 07:00 PM - 09:00 PM
DJ Set
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 106.20
