“A story of nights out.”- Gucci’s caption to a slide featuring Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinault, Halle Bailey and DDG, Sabato de Sarno and Daniele Calisti, Eva Chow, Michael Govan, Andrew Garfield, Antwan Sargent, Greta Lee, Judy Baca, and the Elliot Page and Jes Tom.
The fashion house, chosen by creatives of such high regards time and time again, presented the LACMA Gala for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
On its twelfth birthday celebration, countless influential bodies joined together to raise funds in hopes of “making film more central to the museum’s curatorial programming,” Gucci explains.
Currently, the programs consists of nine different focuses: adult programs, film programs, music programs, open house, youth art activity, family program, art classes, community program, and the school and teacher program.
Much of its attention is on the physical art paintings, sculptures, murals, and all other hand-made creations. Film needs more love in the institution, and the new elected vice president of education and public programs as of April, Naima J. Keith, is turning this narrative into a real life fairytale.
Keith found herself connected to the idea of museums since her uncle introduced her to his nine to five job as a security guard when she was just a curious young lady. In an interview with Chi-Young Kim, Interim Director of Executive Communications, Naima describes her attraction to LACMA: “What really appealed to me was how LACMA has been making real inroads in communities and providing crucial arts education to kids throughout the county. A trip to Wilshire Boulevard is hard for a lot of people, and the reality is that people may not be able to make it to LACMA on a consistent basis. I love that families and adults can get an introduction to art at a library we serve or at the gallery at Charles White Elementary School. These smaller spaces meet a resident—who maybe isn’t as comfortable going to a museum—halfway, in addition to providing much-needed access to art in various communities. The fact that LACMA has made this kind of commitment to providing these resources made me really excited to join the team, especially being a woman of color. I recognize that people of color are often not encouraged to go to museums or provided with access to different arts activities.”
Anyone involved in the world of production understands the exhaustive efforts a worthy film consumes of tangible time.
LACMA’s film space presents virtual and special in-person presentations of classic and contemporary narrative, documentary, and experimental films, artists and their influences, emerging auteurs, international showcases, special guest-curated programs, and conversations with artists and special guests.
This November hosts a reception and a screening for Nam June Paik: Is The Oldest TV on November 14th at The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
You say gala, we say glamor!
Sabato de Sarno (Gucci’s reset creative director who saved the brand) moved us even more through his holiday-like collection labeled “Ancora Notte” worn on the carpet by all of the stars.
Six of the evening wear finished products had Mariacarla Boscono in the ‘sinuous crepe’ dress, Nyajuok Gatdet in ‘an ode to life after dark’ dress with a duo of a plunging neck and high-slit leg, Fadia Ghaab in an intricate crystal strapless ‘seek beauty, always’ dress, Violet Hume in ‘by the moonlight’ finished with Gucci’s famed “G” fixture on the hip, Heather Strongarm in ‘sleepless nights’ waking up everyone with the all-over sequins, and Agel Akol in ‘blurred boundaries’ for a sultry lace and silk combination.
Back to the fifties for the miniaudiére bag, straight to the nineties for the crepe dresses, de Sarno connects the day to night scene.