The RHA Gallery witnessed a game of hide and seek like no other at the launch of Incognito, Ireland’s biggest online art sale in aid of the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation …
Model and actress Jerry Hall, milliner Philip Treacy, fashion designer Don O’Neill, Home of The Year judge Hugh Wallace and artist Thelma Mansfield were some of the familiar faces (among many others) who are taking part in Incognito 2024 and showed up for the massive game of hide and seek held in the RHA Gallery to launch the charity art sale.
Incognito is Ireland’s largest art sale, in which postcard-sized art works are submitted anonymously and the buyers have no idea whose artwork they are buying until after the sale is closed. Those taking part in the 2024 sale include comedian Colin Murphy, fashion designers Helen Steele, Heidi Higgins and Simone Rocha, jewellery designer Chupi Sweetman and singer Brian Kennedy.
With more than 1,200 artists lending their support to Incognito this year, some of the artists who have taken up their brushes for a great cause include Martin Mooney, Bridget Flinn, Martin Gale, Fergus Martin and Ruthie Ashenhurst.
Most importantly, the money raised from Incognito will support the work of Jack and Jill, a nationwide charity that funds and provides in-home nursing care and respite support to families caring for children, up to the age of six, with complex medical needs. These may include children with brain injury, a genetic diagnosis, cerebral palsy and other undiagnosed conditions. Another key part of the service is end-of-life care for all children up to the age of six, irrespective of diagnosis. Jack and Jill currently supports over 400 children in communities across the country. www.jackandjill.ie
Now in its eighth year, Incognito 2024 sees over 3,300 original postcard-size artworks priced at €65, no matter who the artist is, on show at www.incognito.ie. Buyers will have three weeks to peruse and pick their favourite pieces before the sale goes live on Wednesday April 24.
Find out how to enter here; www.incognito.ie/how-to-buy/.
Click into the gallery to see some of those who got involved at the launch.
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