On November 21 at 5:00 PM, the DiDi Gallery hosted the online charity auction "TO SYO" (To Se) to benefit non-profit organizations working with creative people with developmental disabilities: the inclusive workshops "Prostye Veshchy" (Simple Things), the art studio "Perspektivy" (Prospects), and the "Anton Tut Ryadom" (Anton Is Here) Foundation.
The event was part of Katya Novitskaya's exhibition "Untitled," which aims to highlight artists who lack the opportunity to express themselves verbally or to be physically and socially active in building their careers. They are referred to as "special" or "outsiders," thus denoting their lack of engagement with the art system, which, in practice, demonstrates its own insularity and reluctance to embrace free and sincere art outside of a theoretical context.
The "TO SYO" auction is conceived as a space for unity and equality. We represent artists regardless of their place of residence, education, leisure activities, and means of communication. We showcase those who create—whether it's happy or sad, abstract or genre. This or that. After all, the most important thing is to understand each other in the most sincere and meaningful ways.
Auction lots include works by Timur Novikov, Pavel Pletnev, Veronika Ivashkevich, Alina Kugush, Antonina Fatkhullina, Lada Uchaeva, Ivan Tuzov, Oleg Khmelev, as well as Vasily Olenev, Vitaly Koluzaev, Fyodor Sedunov, Victoria Bykova, Sergey Tisnek, and other contemporary artists.
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