A Taste of Sport

A Moët & Chandon lounge, complete with a branded bar and sleek, swiveling stools, stood outside the James Hotel's great room east, where John Legend performed.

M.C. Padma Lakshmi led the live auction. One of the prizes on offer: the shimmery Marc Jacobs dress she wore to the party.

After-party host Paula Deen introduced John Legend before his nearly hourlong set.

To achieve a winter-in-Russia atmosphere for the V.I.P. reception preceding the main event, Sean Cannon of Event Creative lined the M.C.A. theater's stage lounge with white birch branches.

Event Creative erected a stage in the James Hotel's great room east, where singer John Legend held a captive crowd.

At the V.I.P. reception, 100 guests drank chilled vodka from Belvedere's ice luge.

To contrast the stark white of the museum's interior, Event Creative used red and orange spotlights to illuminate the tent covering the back patio.

Chef Calvin Soh from the Peninsula Hotel's Shanghai Terrace served black and white dim sum.

Kevin Hickey, executive chef of the Four Seasons Chicago, shucked oysters on site and served them alongside Irish salmon.

Tru pastry chef Gale Gand displayed her Turtle Misu—a layered blend of chocolate, caramel, and nuts—against a backdrop of Murakami's wallpaper instillation, "Jellyfish Eyes."