Wall Street Journal – The Style Scene at MOCA’s Annual Gala
By Melissa Magsaysay
June 5, 2015
Glamorously dressed guests at the annual gala for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles included Marisa Tomei, Gia Coppola and Patricia Arquette.
STARS FROM THE ART and entertainment worlds mingled across one glamorous canvas of a space last Saturday at the annual gala of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. Artist Shepard Fairey, architect Frank Gehry, Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette and young director Gia Coppola all attended the event, which honored the 83-year-old artist John Baldessari.
Over cocktails, guests perused the MOCA’s current exhibit by artist William Pope.L, called “Trinket.” During dinner, museum director Philippe Vergne acknowledged the evening’s presenter, Louis Vuitton, for supporting the museum’s education program. “I was told nothing beats French elegance and French education, so thank you,” he said.
After dessert, the live sounds of Janelle Monáe had guests jumping up to dance, including Ms. Arquette, who wore a tasseled necklace and a sheer gray ensemble. Of her going-out style strategy, she said: “I don’t want to feel a lot of pressure about getting dressed. What’s cool about fashion is some people do it really great and [then] it is an art form.”
Actress China Chow illustrated Ms. Arquette’s sentiment literally as she spread the graffiti-printed skirts of her dress, care of Moschino by Jeremy Scott, in front of a projection of a Baldessari lithograph that read: I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art.
