art auction on ENOS

[cruisercrazy69]

Do they have them ?

[cruisenfever]

Do they have them ?

Yes, but it is not Park West Galleries any more.

[Cotswold Eagle]

And they are not really auctions, either :)

 

This from my review of the 5 December cruise on Enchantment last year:

 

I took part in an art tour and subsequent “auction”. The art programme on RCI has been taken on by Art Actually, part of the International Corporate Art group, who are responsible for supplying all of the art on board RCCL ships (which is obviously a huge private collection). They aim to be part of the enrichment programme, as well as providing an opportunity to buy art, and are very mindful of the bad reputation of the previous vendor. To that end the assistant art chap (I am afraid I have forgotten his name and title!) conducted a brief tour of some of the art in the public spaces of the ship, which was mildly interesting (I would have more fun exploring the art myself later in the voyage, as I always do). The “auctions” are in fact sales – they do not bid up, as of old, in order to try to avoid some of the criticisms of the previous auctions. This does make them slightly pointless and dull, in my humble opinion – but you still get a free glass of “champagne”. I chatted to the guys a couple of times during the cruise and they told me this program will be rolling out across the whole fleet in the next few months. For those who hate them, I am afraid the auctions are held in the Centrum, by the Champagne bar on Deck 4.