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Art
Santa Monica Auctions

When

Sunday June 1, 2008 (1pm)

Where
Robert Berman Gallery D5 (Bergamot Station Arts Center, 2525 Michigan Ave, Santa Monica, 310.315.1937)
Price
FREE
Details
http://smauctions.com/
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Santa Monica Auctions may seem like the shorts-and-flip-flops version of Christie's, but it's just the atmosphere that's laid back. The items up for bidding are top-shelf, including 1950s works by Ed Moses, and Shepard Fairey's hard-to-find Barack Obama poster. Also look for Keith Haring's Warhol-wigged Mickey Mouse and Andy's own Chairman Mao, plus rare offerings from Marc Chagall, Ed Ruscha, and Kiki Smith. Don't blow your whole art budget in one place, though, as another auction happens just outside: the Art for CLARE benefit, in the Bergamot Station lot at 2pm.

Shana Nys Dambrot