- Venue
- The Music Room
- Date
- Monday, December 8, 2008
- Address
- The Music Room, 26 South Molton Lane, Mayfair, London, W1K 5AB
- Location
- London
The Contemporary Art Auction in aid of Rainer Crime Concern is a full day, free, exhibition at The Music Room open from 10.00am until 6.00pm. There will then be a ticketed VIP party from 7pm until 10.30pm, for which tickets are available at the following address: http://www.rainer.rankart.co.uk A selection of artworks from 30 emerging contemporary artists such as Tahnee Lonsdale, Richard Graham, Annie Morris and Alice White will be on view throughout the one-day event. Proceeds from ticket sales to the VIP party, together with the money raised at the Art Auction in the evening, is being specifically used on two major projects that the Rainer Crime Concern is organising in London. These schemes, through counselling, try to deal with teenagers who have been involved in knife crime and, through development programmes, try to prevent those who are likely to get involved getting involved. For more information on the charity please go online to address http://www.catch-22.org.uk/ As a climax to the evening at 9:00pm, there will be a speech by a politician about the issue of knife crime in London, followed by a celebrity auction of more famous artists.There will also be drinks, canapés and live music by Jay Jay Pistolets, Johnny Flynn and a surprise celebrity singer may play after the auction.
