Two of the works up for auction: Andy Warhol, Hand, 1976–1987; Robert Wilson, Voom Portrait (Blank Panther), 2006.

As a visual artist, playwright and director, among many other titles, Robert Wilson is best known for his  recalculations of some of art's dustier forms, among them opera, theater and, most recently, portraiture. (Brad Pitt and Isabelle Huppert are some recent subjects of his high definition video art "still lifes.") In 1992, Wilson re-invented the center, possibly the most staid of art instittutions, by founding the Watermill Center in Southampton, devoted to providing international artists with a home to create works that are freed from the confines of studio and (to an extent) finance. Hence the Watermill's sixteenth annual Summer Benefit, held this Saturday at the Center, is a combination auction, performance art event, exhibition and charity gala.


Read the full preview from Art in America.