2025 Art Auction
May 30, 2025 - Jun 06, 2025

Installation view, Benefit Art Auction 2019, MCA Chicago, November 9–16, 2019. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.
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 [email protected] 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
Sponsors
The MCA gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our event sponsors. View the list of 2025 Art Auction sponsors.
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