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RE:DEFINE TIME FOR A n explosive exhibition, auction and musical gala, perfectly packaged as the best art-saturated rock 'n' roll philanthropic party of the year: The fourth annual MTV Re:Define promises to rock the heart of Dallas Arts Week. Paddle8's internationally recognized founder, the dashing Alexander Gilkes, will conduct the auction of museum-worthy works, donated by current and future art stars such as Cindy Sherman, Elmgreen + Dragset (of Prada Marfa renown), Tom of Finland, Aaron Young, Wolfgang Tillmans, Donald Baechler, Rosemarie Trockel, Phil Collins, Leif Ritchey, Zoe Crosher, Loris Gréaud, Richard Phillips, Julian Schnabel, Dzine, Mario Testino and current Dallas Contemporary headliners David Salle and Nate Lowman (acting as music co-curator with buddy Dan Colen, who also contributes). Kenny Goss and Joyce Goss shared a few highlights with Max Trowbridge, from the extremely impressive roster of creatives, who magnanimously contributed. Read on for seven on their radar, why the artists are donating and a preview of the pieces curated for one of Texas' biggest art benefits of the year. "This piece was in many ways a continuation of a series of 50 smaller works, all titled Happy Place … The painting is ultimately about painting itself, but the subject matter shown is simply the good life. Unfortunately that good life is something that can be quickly taken away from those who are diagnosed with HIV or AIDS and their loved ones." — Sam Friedman "It is a heartwarming honor to be invited to join with so many extremely brilliant and influential artists, to be part of this cause, the importance and urgency of which cannot be overstated. The work I will be contributing has to do with intimacy and alienation in a digital era. The works engage with language of digital and photographic technologies, but are created entirely in analog." — Joe Reihsen ON THE BLOCK: GALLERY RETAIL VALUES From senior master/honoree Michael Craig-Martin to red-hot emerging talent, this year's MTV Re:Define's offerings range from six-figure to four-figure acquisitions to whet collectors' appetites. Michael Craig-Martin: $200,000 Nate Lowman: $140,000 Richard Patterson: $40,000 Joe Reihsen: $15,000 Matthew Darbyshire: $14,500 Chris Succo: $11,500 Sam Friedman: $9,000 THE BIG NIGHT Who: Hosts Joyce Goss and Kenny Goss; co-chairs Kimberly Schlegel Whitman, Kari Schlegel Kloewer, and Krystal Schlegel; art chair Elisabeth Karpidas; auctioneer Alexander Gilkes, Paddle8 founder; art curators Peter Doroshenko of the Dallas Contemporary, Ed Bartlett of The Future Tense; music curators artists Dan Colen and Nate Lowman; PaperCity media sponsor Honoring: Artist Michael Craig-Martin Where: The Goss-Michael Foundation, 1405 Turtle Creek Blvd. When: Friday, April 10, 7 pm cocktails, canapés and performance, 8 pm dinner and auction Benefitting: MTV Staying Alive Foundation and Dallas Contemporary Performance: I.U.D. (Lizzi Bougatsos and Sadie Laska) Tariff: Tickets from $1,250; tables from $10,000 Contact: mtvredefine.com; online bidding via paddle8.com COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ANAT EBGI GALLERY, LOS ANGELES COURTESY THE ARTIST Sam Friedman's Happy Place, 2014 "THE GOSS-MICHAEL FOUNDATION'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE STAYING ALIVE FOUNDATION ACTUALLY BEGAN IN 1998 WITH A DOCUMENTARY FILM BY OUR CO- FOUNDER, GEORGE MICHAEL. HIS FILM SOUGHT TO RAISE AWARENESS OF HIV AND AIDS WITHIN YOUNG COMMUNITIES AS A PREVENTIVE TOOL. I'M PROUD TO CONTINUE THIS EFFORT WITH OUR EVENT. IN ITS FOURTH YEAR, WE'VE RAISED OVER $4 MILLION TO DATE WHILE SUPPORTING ARTISTS AT ALL LEVELS. I'M ALSO HONORED TO PAY TRIBUTE THIS YEAR TO MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN, AN EXTREMELY INFLUENTIAL ARTIST AND MENTOR TO A GENERATION OF STUDENTS, AS WELL AS A DEAR FRIEND." Joe Reihsen's Sandy In The Alley, 2015 — Kenny Goss