Every work in the auction has already passed one test. Curation is the promise we make to every patron. For 30 years, Art for AIDS has presented exceptional, gallery-quality artwork. That standard begins with our jury. Every piece submitted is carefully reviewed by an independent panel of respected artists, gallerists, photographers, collectors, curators, educators, and design professionals. This thoughtful selection process ensures that the auction features work distinguished by artistic excellence, originality, craftsmanship, and impact — the same standard you'd expect in a serious gallery.

A juried exhibition benefits everyone. Artists receive the opportunity to have their work evaluated by accomplished professionals, while collectors and patrons can bid with confidence, knowing the collection has been carefully curated from hundreds of submissions. The result is an auction that celebrates outstanding contemporary art while supporting the Alliance Health Project's life-changing work.

2026 Jury

Gallerists, working artists, collectors, and lifelong patrons of the arts, each bringing a different eye to the same standard of quality.

	Charles Anselmo — Fine art, photographer educator, and internationally exhibited artist
	James Bacchi — Owner and Director of James Bacchi Contemporary veteran gallerist James Bacchi has served as a juror for 22 years. He has built a reputation for discovering exceptional talent, curating memorable exhibitions, and cultivating lasting relationships with artists, collectors, museums, and design professionals. Fellow juror, Judge Susan Breall, married James Bacchi and Scott Balentine at Art For AIDS in 2015.
	Susan M. Breall — By day Susan M. Breall presides over cases of abuse, abandonment, and neglect of children as a San Francisco Superior Court Judge. She has been an avid art collector for many years and chaired the advisory board of AHP for more than six years. She also writes short stories that have been published in numerous national and international anthologies.
	Renée de Cossio — Artist, Curator & Creative Director of Renée de Cossio Art & Design, an innovative art advisory working across public art, residential and corporate collections, whose public and private art projects include collaborations with the Guggenheim Museum, SFMOMA, Kaiser Permanente, John Muir Health, and the Haight Street Art Center.
	Maiysha Dickerson — Community leader and dedicated art collector.
	Cynthia Farner — Collector, art donor, and longtime supporter of Art for AIDS.
	Anne Glowinski, MD — Distinguished Professor and Division Chief of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at UCSF, collector, and advocate for the arts.
	KC Ho — Contemporary painter and art collector
	*Lisa Roth — Graphic designer, progressive activist, former AHP/Art for AIDS staff
	Denise Tarantino — Internationally collected fine art photographer, 2024 recipient of the de Young SKD Fellowship and recognition as one of Photographer's Forum magazine's Top 100 Emerging Fine Art Photographers.
	Nico van Dongen — Photographer, artist, and professor whose internationally exhibited work layers multiple moments of time into a single image, inviting viewers to bring their own experiences and emotions to the work.

Special thanks to: Maxine Mintz & Sarah Liu, Volunteers Extraordinaire

*Jury Chair