NYAA EVENTS
Take Home a Nude
Honoree:
Walter Robinson
NYAA EVENTS
Honoree:
Walter Robinson
Take Home a Nude
DATE
Monday, December 15, 2025
Venue
Phillips
ADDRESS
432 Park Avenue, New York, NY
SPECIAL HONORED GUEST
BROUGHT YOU BY
TO BENEFIT
The New York Academy of Art and its artists
ABOUT
Take Home a Nude is the Academy’s annual benefit auction, and it has run since 1992. Students, alumni and established artists donate work, and the proceeds fund scholarships and programming for Academy artists. The name comes from the school’s early years, when most of the donated work was drawn or painted from the figure. Today the auction takes in painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and photography, and the work does not have to be a nude.
The evening opens with a silent auction and closes with a live auction, followed by dinner. Academy students volunteer through the night, and collectors, gallerists and friends of the school fill the rooms. For many buyers it is the first work they acquire by an artist they will follow for years.
The most recent edition was held on Monday, December 15, 2025 at Phillips, celebrating the legacy of Walter Robinson.
DETAILS
Monday, December 15
Silent and live auction from 6:00pm at Phillips, 432 Park Avenue, New York.
Dinner follows at 8:30pm at the Metropolitan Club, 1 East 60th Street, New York.
Fellowship Table, $50,000. Premium seating for ten guests at the live auction and dinner, an Academy Fellowship naming opportunity, and a private reception and tour of the Academy for ten guests.
Scholarship Table, $25,000. Prime seating for ten guests at the live auction and dinner, an Academy Scholarship naming opportunity, and a private reception and tour of the Academy for ten guests.
Patron Table, $15,000. Seating for ten guests at dinner.
Donor Duo Tickets, $5,000. Prime seating for two guests at dinner.
Dinner Ticket, $1,500. Seating for one guest at dinner.
Collectors Cocktail Duo, $1,200. Admission for two guests to the silent and live auction with open bar and hors d’oeuvres, plus a complimentary couple’s membership to the Academy Collectors Circle, a group of art enthusiasts, collectors and gallerists with access to exclusive events and programming.
Cocktail Ticket, $300. Admission for one guest to the silent and live auction with open bar and hors d’oeuvres.
MORE INFORMATION
Gifts can be directed to the Walter Robinson Scholarship Fund, supporting student artists at the Academy in Walter’s honor, or made as an unrestricted contribution to the Academy. Both are fully tax-deductible.
For tables, tickets and Collectors Circle membership, call (212) 842-5123.
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