«Apples» Kabakov exhibited at the charity auction in the Kremlin
ARTinvestment.RU   01 октября 2008

October 23, in the Armory a charity auction of contemporary art, all the proceeds from which will aim to save sick children. Top-lot - work «The apples are ripe» Ilya and Emily Kabakov

Auction of Contemporary Art, all proceeds from which will be sent to the rescue of sick children, will be held at the Armory Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin on 23 October, reported RIA Novosti press attache fund «Give Life», which is headed by actress Chulpan Hamatova and Dina Korzun .

According to talk to the agency, «top fathomable evening work will be" Apples are ripe " Ilya and Emilia Kabakov , which currently can be seen among the exhibits grand retrospective project artists «Alternative History of Art» Moscow ».

My work for the auction, which will hold the founder and head of auction house Phillips de Pury & Co Simon de Pyuri, also provided the artists Semen Faibisovich , Alexei V. Kallima" Kallima , Ivan Chuikov , Sergei Bratkov and others.

As described interlocutrix Agency, a charity event will make a well-known musician and conductor Yuri Bashmet.

«Within the walls of the Kremlin will be the first such event - the organizers are planning such a way to draw attention to charity and raise money to treat sick children», - said the representative of the fund.

Charity Foundation Dina Korzun and Chulpan Hamatovoy «Give life» in 2006, provides assistance to children with cancer, hematological and other serious illnesses. Since its inception, the fund has attracted more than 150 million rubles, and blood donors were more than 2,5 thousand people.

Sources: rian.ru