Patrons unsold on Pattinson

IT seems Robert Pattinson is no more convincing as a curator than he is as a vampire.

Sotheby’s named the “Twilight” actor as the latest celeb to curate an exhibit for the auctioneer as part of a program called “Contemporary Curated.” And it’s gone down like Marina Abramovic at a bachelor party.

After insider art website Artnet announced on its Instagram account that Pattinson had been tapped by the auction house, art industry types around the country flooded it with withering responses, with a characteristic comment reading, “That’s gotta make actual curators feel valued.”

Meanwhile, an art insider told Page Six that it’s unlikely that even Sotheby’s is buying its own shtick. “[Pattinson] maybe picked a couple [of pieces] out — but that’s about it. No major auction house is going to trust a non-art specialist to put an auction together,” they said.

“They’ve done this before. It basically means they put a celebrity name on something that a specialist there puts together,” the insider said, likening it to a bold-face name sitting on “a host committee for an event — they don’t really do anything!”

The weeklong exhibit runs from Sept. 24 to 29 at Sotheby’s New York. A live auction will take place on the 30th. Pattinson chose six pieces, including works by Willem de Kooning,

Richard Serra and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

“Curating this group of paintings has been a really exciting process and an honor for me,” Pattinson said in a press release.

When we asked Sotheby’s about the unenthusiastic response, a rep told us, “Encouraging fresh perspectives by working with guest curators is nothing new and we look forward to welcoming you at our exhibition.”

Meanwhile, a source familiar with the series told us the auction house chose Pattinson, in part, because he’s a passionate art collector rather than a seasoned curator.

Despite the snarky comments, we noticed that Katie Holmes was one of nearly 10,000 people who actually liked the post.