Welcome to the second annual Queer|Art x Doll Invasion Auction! For the first time ever, the online auction will be accompanied by an in-person exhibition hosted at Participant Inc. & Salma Sarriedine. This year's auction presents an abundance of gorgeous art, iconic memorabilia, and historic objects contributed by over 50 queer and trans legends. Proceeds will benefit Queer|Art’s mission: to expand intergenerational queer mentorship, get more money directly into artists' hands, and fight back against repression and censorship.

The offerings here span generations, geographies, disciplines, and styles; existing on a vast spectrum of (ir)reverence, ephemerality, and broad (sub)cultural recognition. The politically urgent exists side by side with the hilarious; the spiritual, historical, and cunty all constitute one another. Like Fran Tirado once said about the late and great Cecilia Gentili, the patron saint of both Doll Invasion and Queer|Art: “That is the model she left us with — her ability to be one of the biggest revolutionaries of her era, and a hilarious slut, all at the same time.” We offer this model to you, and invite you to take in the vastness of these lineages.

Be sure to bid on your favorite pieces, and bid to take a part of this history home with you. By doing so, you will enable us to keep building this time capsule, this intergenerational, queer, and trans power, for many years to come.

xoxo
The Dolls

Fire Island has been a lush, community-driven safe haven for queer New Yorkers since the 1920s. Over the years, the island has become financially inaccessible to most outside of the “G” in LGBT. Doll Invasion was created in response.

Doll Invasion is an annual fund-rager with an all-trans lineup, providing trans attendees travel support, free buses, need-based stipends, and more, bringing a record number of trans people to Fire Island in mass solidarity every year. Doll Invasion is not the first to try and diversify the Island, but they are humbly joining the effort. The team works with passionate residents, local businesses, property owners, and nonprofits to produce this annual event.

Learn more online at www.dollinvasion.org, or on Instagram at @doll.invasion

"FRANKENSTEIN" by Avram Finkelstein