Virtual Art Auction

July 10, 2020, 12:00 pm to 12:00 am

This is an online event.
Bidding begins July 10 through July 24, 2020

Plains Art Museum and Presenting Sponsor Bell Insurance will hold a Virtual Art Auction from July 10-24, 2020. The public is invited, at no charge to register and bid on over 90 artworks. Other items available for purchase are tickets to the Museum’s Culinary and Wine adventure or try your luck on a Tombola box. The first 400 registrants will receive a coupon for a half-priced bottle of Spanish sparkling wine at Happy Harrys Bottle Shops in Fargo.

Instead of gathering with 600 or 700 people at the Gala, Plains Art Museum would like to encourage people to host small, outdoor, or virtual parties with family and friends on Friday, July 24th. Party organizers are also invited to post pictures of their gatherings and tag the Museum’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram). The 2020 gala theme was Surrealism, so the more creative costumes and decorations, the better. On this day, a community sharing their love for the arts and for one another will be reflected for the world to see.

Virtual Art Auction items are on display in Plains Art Museum’s First Floor Gallery for those who would like to see artworks in person Monday – Saturday. Gallery visitors are required to wear a mask and practice social distancing as the Museum keeps the community’s safety in mind.


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Murray Lemley

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Fifty Years of Photography and Design

Fifty Years of Photography and Design is a retrospective exhibition celebrating Murray Lemley’s artistic career.

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Floating Beauty

June 07, 2025 - September 28, 2025
Women in the Art of Ukiyo-e

Floating Beauty examines historical perspectives on women and their depiction in art in Edo Period Japan (1615–1858). Made up entirely of woodblock prints created in the ukiyo-e style.

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Rimer Cardillo

August 23, 2025 - February 08, 2026
Deep Ecologies / Sacred Natures / Temporal Geographies 

For more than five decades, Rimer Cardillo’s artwork has offered a powerful commentary on the intersection of politics, economics, and ecological degradation. Since the late 1970s, his practice has focused on the devastating impacts of human activity on the natural world, particularly the alarming decline in animal species and plant life.

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