This year marks the Yellowstone Art Auction 53, an annual event held by the Yellowstone Art Museum auction committee, which raises support for the exhibitions and educational programs that the Billings, Montana-based museum presents to the community year-round. This year, the auction will be held virtually.
Jill Krutick’s painting, Brook Trout, created in 2019 for her solo Yellowstone Art Museum exhibition Metamorphosis held November 2019 - January 2020, was gifted to the museum late last year and will be featured in the auction. Krutick’s piece has been selected from the record-setting 800 works of art that were submitted by artists nation-wide.
Opening night is slated for January 22, with the online bidding platform going live at 5 p.m. This is the first chance to see the work in person and online, and a first chance to bid on work via the museum’s Buy-It-Now platform. In addition, the museum will be hosting three intimate Quick-Finish Nights that will feature two artists per night. The exhibition and bidding culminate on March 6 at midnight.
Brook Trout, 11 x 14 inches, oil on canvas, 2019
Jill Krutick poses next to her small Trout series. Brook Trout is featured on the far left.