2025 Penumbra Benefit AUCTION & EXHIBITION

Opening Reception
Thursday, November 20th, 6–8PM

Live auction in partnership with Artsy
December 1st – 15th

Exhibition on view
November 20th – December 15th, 2025
Monday – Friday, 11am–6pm

Adam Putnam, Untitled (The Drop II), 2014. Black and white contact silver halide print. Courtesy the artist and P·P·O·W Gallery.

The 2025 Benefit Auction Exhibition, featuring works of material and conceptual depth from 31 artists connected to Penumbra’s exhibition, lecture, and residency programs, celebrates the exceptional breadth of image-making today. From photogravure prints to daguerreotypes and contemporary, handmade approaches, all of the works on offer are unique or from limited editions.

Photographs and prints included in the auction will be on view at Penumbra Exhibition Space from November 20th to December 15th.

In partnership with Artsy, bidding for the live auction will take place online from December 1st to 15th.

Benefit Auction proceeds directly support both the artists presented and Penumbra’s 2026 programming, including our Workspace A-I-R & Risograph Residencies, year-round exhibitions, and Artist lecture series. Your support also plays a vital role in sustaining our space and the resources we can continue to offer to our growing community.

For more information or to make a donation to Penumbra Foundation, please contact Lisa di Donato at lisa@penumbrafoundation.org, or click here.

Participating artists

  • Aaron Turner

  • Adam Putnam

  • Adama Delphine Fawundu

  • Ahndraya Parlato

  • Andrew Moore

  • Arthur Ou

  • Binh Danh

  • Cati Bestard

  • Chloe Brover

  • Diana Michener

  • Eric Taubman

  • Naima Green

  • Odette England

  • Roberto Huarcaya

  • Rodrigo Valenzuela

  • Ruth Lauer Manenti

  • Samira Yamin

  • Stefanie Seufert

  • Vera Lutter

  • Witho Worms

  • Erin Sherrif

  • James Welling

  • Jim Dine

  • Joni Sternbach

  • Klea McKenna

  • Lisa di Donato

  • Liz Nielsen

  • Magda Biernat

  • Miguel Counahan

  • Milagros de la Torre

  • Myeongsoo Kim

Thank you to all the artists and the following galleries: Alisan Gallery, Asya Geisberg Gallery, David Zwirner Gallery, Hesse Flatow, Miles McEnry Gallery, Parker Stephenson, PATRON Gallery, P·P·O·W Gallery, and Sikkema Malloy Jenkins.

About Penumbra Foundation
Penumbra Foundation is a non-profit organization that brings together the Art and Science of Photography through education, research, outreach, public and residency programs. Its goal is to be a comprehensive resource for photographers at any level, artists, students, professionals, historians, researchers, conservators and curators. Penumbra specializes in advancing the use of historic and alternative photographic technologies for contemporary image-making.