The non-profit Americans for the Arts held their annual fundraiser on Oct. 5 at Cipriani’s party palace on 42nd Street.

The event raised $625,000 for the organization which is already amply endowed, courtesy of pharmaceutical heiress Ruth Lilly’s 2002 gift of $120 million.

Awards were bestowed on actor Robert Redford, writer Salman Rushdie, artist Ed Ruscha, philanthropist Sidney Harman and Anne Finucane, a president at Bank of America, who received accolades for “corporate citizenship in the arts.”

More pics here on Patrick McMullan’s website.

Dennis Hopper and Jeff Koons, photo: ©Patrick McMullan

Tony Shafrazi, Bill Bell, Dennis Hopper, Eli Broad, photo: © Patrick McMullan

Larry Gagosian, James Frey, Salman Rushdie, photo: ©Patrick McMullan

Lisa Phillips, Suzanne Scott, Chuck Close, photo: ©Patrick McMullan