{"id":45488,"date":"2020-06-11T12:58:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-11T16:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=45488"},"modified":"2020-07-30T16:15:32","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T20:15:32","slug":"charity-auction-at-heffel-fine-art-auction-house-with-nicholas-metivier-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=45488","title":{"rendered":"Charity Auction at Heffel  with Metivier Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong> June 9 &#8211; 23, 2020 <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Heffel Fine Art Auction House<\/strong> has partnered with <strong>Nicholas Metivier Gallery<\/strong> to host an online charity art auction to benefit Canadians impacted by the spread of COVID-19. 100% of sale proceeds from the auction will be donated to food centres providing emergency relief, with additional generous support provided by the RBC Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Header.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45492\" width=\"165\" height=\"52\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/NM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45491\" width=\"315\" height=\"170\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Nicholas Metivier Gallery. Courtesy of Nicholas Metivier Gallery<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The charity auction takes place on <strong>Heffel\u2019s Online Auction<\/strong> Partnerships (HO2) platform from June 9 &#8211; 23, 2020, includes 28 works donated by <strong>Nicholas Metivier Gallery<\/strong> and a group of well-known artists including Edward Burtynsky, Bobbie Burgers, John Hartman and others. According to presale estimates for the works, the auction is expected to raise between $170,000 and $230,000 to benefit the charities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Edward-Burtynsky.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Edward-Burtynsky.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45485\" width=\"261\" height=\"206\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Edward Burtynsky, Grasses, Bruce Peninsula, Ontario, Canada, 1981, chromogenic print, 39 x 49 inches, 5\/9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCanadian food banks are in desperate need of assistance to help those most vulnerable as a result of COVID-19, and demand has grown exponentially in recent months,\u201d said Nicholas Metivier, Founder and Owner of Nicholas Metivier Gallery. \u201cWhen we suggested the idea of an auction to support food banks, our artists responded with tremendous generosity and enthusiasm. We are also pleased to partner with Heffel and utilize their online auction platform to execute this important initiative.\u201d To give interested buyers an opportunity to view the available works, the auction catalogue and virtual auction previews are available on Heffel\u2019s website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heffel.com\/\">https:\/\/www.heffel.com\/<\/a>. Works are also available for preview by appointment at Nicholas Metivier Gallery (190 Richmond St E, Toronto,  <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/metiviergallery.com\/\">https:\/\/metiviergallery.com\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>June  9 &#8211; 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>they host an online charity art auction to benefit Canadians impacted by the spread of COVID-19. 100% of sale proceeds from the auction will be donated to food centres providing emergency relief<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=45488\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45488"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45730,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45488\/revisions\/45730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/45496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}