When photographer and critic Allan Sekula died in Los Angeles in 2013, he left behind abundant evidence of a life spent collecting all sorts of material over decades in L.A. and traveling the globe with his wife, art historian Sally Stein.
Fans of Sekula and Stein will have a rare opportunity over the next week to bring home some of the items the duo lived with over the years as Los Angeles art venue the Brick is staging a benefit garage sale of their collection. Founded as LAXART in 2005, the nonprofit visual arts venue has moved to a new location, a former furniture showroom at 518 N. Western Avenue, just north of Koreatown.
Sekula taught at the California Institute of the Arts for almost three decades. He was recognized with inclusion in major shows such as the 1993 Whitney Biennial in New York, and, in Kassel, Germany, Documenta 11 (2002) and 12 (2007). He earned fellowships from no less than the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, among others.
The garage sale is underway. Stein has donated their home library (containing more than 3,000 books), along with all manner of bric-a-brac including mementos from their travels, Hasselblad slide projectors, and “lots and lots of Sekuliana,” said the Brick. Among the themes are photography-related items like toy cameras and objects related to seafaring, which was one of the lenses through which Sekula viewed modern industrialization. The sale will continue from Tuesday through Saturday, June 25–29, from noon to 5 p.m. each day.
Time: 12 to 5 p.m., June 25 to June 29
Cost: Free
Details: https://the-brick.org
Venue: The Brick, 518 N. Western Ave., Los Angeles