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Heidi Klum Steals the Show in a Shimmering Mesh Gown and High-Cut Bodysuit During Night Out With Her Son
The new 110,000-square-foot galleries display more than 1,700 works and capped a record $11.5 million opening dinner, organizers said.
- LACMA supporters, including board co-chair Tony Ressler and County Supervisor Holly J. Mitchell, gathered in a tent west of the new Geffen Galleries on Thursday night, raising a record-setting $11.5 million.
- Architect Peter Zumthor's controversial $724 million concrete Geffen Galleries project culminated a 20-year vision, overcoming enormous pushback to finally complete the structure.
- Artist Todd Gray praised the "magic hour," noting how sunlight diffused through textile designer Reiko Sudo's curtains illuminated his 27-foot-long sculpture "Octavia's Gaze." Koons called the building "amazing" for future generations.
- Board co-chair Tony Ressler called the project "a great, great example of what can be achieved when government and philanthropy work hand in hand," while Govan expressed hopes the building lasts 500 years.
- Reflecting on the museum's transformation, Tiffany August, associate vice president of LACMA, said, "I've been here nearly 20 years and seeing this going from concept to reality has been the greatest thing.
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Inside LACMA’s Opening of the New David Geffen Galleries
Courtesy of LACMA“I’ve got to get my Erewhon on,” joked Michael Govan, who downed a green juice from the luxury grocer ahead of LACMA’s press preview of the new David Geffen Galleries on Wednesday morning. “I need my vitamins.”The LACMA CEO and Wallis Annenberg Center director also confessed that his only exercise as of late is traversing the 110,000-square-foot concrete superstructure erected by Swiss Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumt…
Heidi Klum Steals the Show in a Shimmering Mesh Gown and High-Cut Bodysuit During Night Out With Her Son
The model's totally sheer skirt dazzled on the red carpet. Heidi Klum attends LACMA's opening gala for the David Geffen Galleries in Los Angeles on April 16, 2026.Credit: Getty ImagesThe GistHeidi Klum stunned in a dramatic fishnet gown at LACMA's opening gala for the David Geffen Galleries in Los Angeles on April 16.The supermodel paired the shimmering halter dress, embellished with sequins, with a faux fur shawl and peep-toe heels.She posed on…
Inside LACMA's lavish opening gala for the David Geffen Galleries with George Lucas, Ed Ruscha and Jeff Koons
LACMA's opening gala for its $724 million David Geffen Galleries created a gravitational pull for art and film heavyweights, including the building's namesake along with George Lucas, Ed Ruscha, Lauren Halsey, Tom Hanks, Bob Iger, Will Ferrell, Ava DuVernay, Jeff Koons and more.
LACMA Geffen Galleries Opening Gala Brings Out Artists, Supermodels, Oscar Winners & Studio Chiefs – Photo Gallery
The Opening Gala for the David Geffen Galleries held at LACMA drew a diverse crowd, from Bob Iger and Casey Wasserman to Alicia Keyes and Alejandro González Iñárritu to Paris Hilton and Lori Loughlin. And everyone in between. Some examples: artist Jeff Kooons, designer Alexander Wang, supermodel Heidi Klum and architecture aficionado/NBA superfan Jimmy Goldstein. Of course, the real star of the show was the $750-ish million edifice, which could …
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