Simply Red

May 1, 2009, 2:45 pmmarieclaire

To celebrate the Heart Foundation's Go Red for Women Day, we asked top artists to donate works based on "heart", "red dress" or "red". Each piece - as well as the designer dresses shown here - will be sold for charity. Text by Anna Saunders. Photographs by Daniel Smith.

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Buy one of these dresses or bid for an artwork and help support the Heart Foundation.

Dresses will be sold on a first-come, first-sold basis from May 4, while artworks will be auctioned online from May 4-14.


Designer Dresses



Salvatore Ferragamo, $4200
Size: EU38

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Bally, $3000
Size: EU40

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Martin Grant, $4000
Size: EU38
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Louis Vuitton, $4850
Size: EU38
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Lanvin, $3600
Size: EU40
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Gucci, $3585
Size: EU40
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SHERMAN CONTEMPORARY ART FOUNDATION (SCAF) is a not-for-profit venture building on 21 years of developing Sherman Galleries as a respected commercial and educational enterprise within an expanding Asia-Pacific and international art world. SCAF began operating in April 2008 across Sherman Galleries Sydney exhibition space, which incorporates the SCAF ANNEXE (formerly viewing gallery) and SCAF OUT-SITE (formerly Sherman Art Box), as well as the Sherman Visual Arts Residency.

SCAF aims to champion research and exhibitions of contemporary art primarily, but not exclusively, from Asia and the Pacific Rim through significant projects by the regions most innovative artists.

SCAF is a not-for-profit organisation providing a platform for innovative visual artists primarily from Asia and the Pacific Rim. All donations over $2 are tax deductible and will support our exhibition, educational, public and artist-in-residence programmes.


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