CHICAGO, IL.- The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, celebrated its highest grossing benefit event in the history of the museum at The Art Auction on Saturday, October 30, 2010, that raised $2,800,000 for MCA programming. The highest winning bid of the night was $640,000 for a new painting by Luc Tuymans, who currently has a feature exhibition on view at the MCA. The event took place at the MCA with the artwork hanging in the museum’s galleries. The 550 guests featured a who’s who of Chicago philanthropists including Penny Pritzker, Desiree Rogers, Linda Johnson Rice, Neil Bluhm, Jim Gordon, Marty Nesbitt, Gretchen Jordan, Anne Kaplan, Sally Meyers Kolver, Nora Daley Conroy, and Larry and Marilyn Fields. Artist Olafur Eliasson was a special guest. The event was co-chaired by Leslie Bluhm and David Helfand, and Liz and Eric Lefkofsky. The evening began with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the galleries while guests b