The MCA is honored to present the 2025 Art Auction—a showcase of works by more than one hundred of today’s most significant artists, who, alongside their galleries, have generously donated these pieces to be sold in support of the museum’s mission. The accompanying exhibition of available works is open to the public for one week only on the museum’s second floor, ahead of the June 6 event.

As one of the MCA’s most significant fundraising events, occurring only once every five years, the Art Auction supports the museum’s efforts to provide ambitious and compelling exhibitions, programming, and learning experiences focused on the art and ideas of living artists. The presentation and sale of these works is only possible thanks to the long-standing relationships between those who make art and those of us who can’t imagine life—or the world—without it, including the 108 represented artists, the 63 participating galleries, and the MCA curators and Trustees who have committed themselves to making this event a historic tradition in the world of contemporary art.

These works represent a wide spectrum of media and a range of artists at various points in their careers, reflecting the diversity and dynamism of the contemporary art landscape today. We invite you to visit the MCA between May 30 and June 6, peruse these selections, and bid on them for yourselves.
How to Preview and Bid on the 2025 Art Auction

Register at sothebys.com/mcaauction to preview and bid on the works of art online beginning May 19, 2025.

To bid live in person, purchase a table or ticket online at mcachicago.org/auction or contact rsvp@mcachicago.org to join us Friday, June 6, at 6:30 pm!
Thank You

Thank you to the talented artists below for their vital contributions to the 2025 Art Auction.

Igshaan Adams
John Ahearn
Farah Al Qasimi
Candida Alvarez
Janine Antoni
Leonor Antunes
Selva Aparicio
Edgar Arceneaux
Firelei Báez
Nairy Baghramian
Raphaël Barontini
Math Bass
Kevin Beasley
Lynda Benglis
Margot Bergman
Sara Berman
Sanford Biggers
Phyllis Bramson
Feliza Bursztyn
Leyla Cárdenas
Judy Chicago
Tony Cokes
Anne Collier
Tania Pérez Córdova
Alex Da Corte
Petra Cortright
Julien Creuzet
Sarah Crowner
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Julie Curtiss
Jamal Cyrus
Cynthia Daignault
Leonardo Drew
Carroll Dunham
Torkwase Dyson
Nicole Eisenman
Edie Fake
Amir H. Fallah
Simone Fattal
Beverly Fishman
Denzil Forrester
Dianna Frid
Charles Gaines
Sonia Gomes
Sayre Gomez
Beatriz González
Shilpa Gupta
David Hartt
Mona Hatoum
Hilma’s Ghost
Jim Hodges
Andrew Holmquist
Alfredo Jaar
Arthur Jafa

Virginia Jaramillo
Lavaughan Jenkins
Chantal Joffe
Rashid Johnson
Samuel Levi Jones
Suki Seokyeong Kang
Barbara Kasten
Arnold J. Kemp
Caroline Kent
Toba Khedoori
Sahar Khoury
Simone Leigh
Tala Madani
Dashiell Manley
Harold Mendez
Matthew Monahan
Rebecca Morris
Carmen Neely
Senga Nengudi
Yoko Ono
Eamon Ore-Giron
Gabriel Orozco
Damián Ortega
Elizabeth Peyton
Paul Pfeiffer
Howardena Pindell
Jaume Plensa
Liliana Porter
Umar Rashid
Scott Reeder
Ed Ruscha
Jackie Saccoccio
Doris Salcedo
David Salle
Matt Saunders
Max Hooper Schneider
Paul Sietsema
Gary Simmons
Rose B. Simpson
Michael E. Smith
Deb Sokolow
Edra Soto
Jessica Stockholder
Sarah Sze
Claire Tabouret
Hank Willis Thomas
Luc Tuymans
Peter Uka
Erika Verzutti
Jeff Wall
Carrie Mae Weems
Summer Wheat
Amanda Williams
Karl Wirsum

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