At our first auction which took place in 2005 in a rented space attached to a block of studios in Amsterdam west, we focused on the very idea of Dead Darlings and treated that definition as a theme in itself.

Tania Theodorou accessing her inner auctioneer, Dead Darlings #1, 2005. Photo: Tian Sing Yang.   

The idea was new to us then and all of its potential facets were just beginning to unfold…

More photographs from the event

When we asked artists the all important question: “Why is this a Dead Darling?” We begun to realize that there were an abundance of reasons for artists to kill their Darlings and a wealth of stories behind those reasons, most of which were interesting and worth exploring. So that’s what we did.

Our amazing white gloves Qiu Yang holding an artwork during Dead Darlings #1, 2005. Photo: Tian Sing Yang.

Participating Artists:

Adonis Mingos
Alisa Ozerkina
André Avelãs
Andre van Bergen
Andrei Tchernikov
Aneta Lesnikovska
Anke Weiss
Annaleen Louwes
Anne de Vries
Anne Kittelmann
Anuschka Blommers
/ Niels Schumm
Bart Julius Peters
Bettina Newmann
Carolin Reichert
Elke Roelant
Erika Minkeviciute
Felix Weigang
George Korsmit
Harm van den Berg
Hilarius Hofstede
Idan  Hayosh
Irina Birger
James Beckett
Jimmy Robert
Johannes Schwartz
Karen Roise Kielland
Kevin de Winter
Lars Keppel
Leo Divendal
Leo Kogan
Liesbeth Abbenes
Lina Ozerkina
Maurice Scheltens
Melanie Bonajo
Monika Slancauskaite
Marnix Goossens
Marianne Kalsbeek
Marianne Vierø
Menno Kok
Nathalie Bruys
Oran Hoffmann
Orly Nurany
Paris Tselios
Patrick Healy
Paul Kooiker
Roma Pas
Saskia Janssen
Stasys Zak
Tania Theodorou
Thomas Manneke
Tian-Sying Yang
Timothy Moore
Tzvika Gutter
Uta Eisenreich
Vincent Zedelius
Yael Davids
Yasmijn Karhof
Yutaka Hoshino
Zhana Ivanova