Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction - Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction - Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction - Macmillan Cancer Support

Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction - Macmillan Cancer Support

Acclaimed artists will join forces with premium Italian coffee machine brand, De’Longhi, and Macmillan Cancer Support to display a collection of contemporary artworks in a week-long exhibition, which will culminate in a silent auction to raise money for the cancer support charity.

The seven-day public exhibition, from 21st – 27th October 2020, offers the chance to view and bid, at the gallery and online, on stunning pieces of contemporary art by some of the country’s most celebrated artists, who have impressed Macmillan and De’Longhi with their incredible generosity and talent.

The artists who have donated pieces include Gavin Turk, who rose to prominence in the early 1990s during the so-called ‘Young British Artists’ phenomenon and was famously refused a degree by the Royal College of Art; Idris Khan, an internationally celebrated British artist who is most recognised for his multi-layered photographs that draw on a wide range of sources and has done major commissions for the British Museum and The New York Times Magazine; and Polly Morgan, who has exhibited widely since 2005, creating works of art using taxidermy, and has had solo exhibitions in the UK and USA, as well as in Italy during the Venice Biennale in 2011. The public exhibition will culminate in an exciting evening silent auction with a private, invitation only VIP champagne and canapé reception on Monday 27th October.

The Macmillan De’Longhi Arts Programme is now well on the way to raising its target amount of £1 million and has been helping support those whose lives are affected by cancer since its conception in 2007. The money raised this year will be used to help fund the Macmillan Support Line, a free telephone support service to help those living with cancer, or those who know someone with cancer, whether they have money worries, need advice about work or just need someone to listen.