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Chic Art Party: LACMA Inaugural ‘Art + Film’ Gala 2011 [SLIDESHOW]

On the list: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Hudson & Matt Bellamy, Reese Witherspoon & Jim Toth, Kate Bosworth, Mickey Rourke, Armie Hammer & Elizabeth Chambers, Evan Rachel Wood, Len Wiseman & Kate Beckinsale, John Baldessari, Amy Poehler, Camilla Belle, Rachel Zoe, Clint & Dina Eastwood, Jack Black, Jon Hamm, Rashida Jones, Barbara Davis, Steve Carell, Steve Wynn, John Krasinski & Emily Blunt, Harvey Weinstein, Lawrence Bender, Bob Iger and Willow Iger, Gus Van Sant, Eli Roth, Jerry Weintraub, Terry & Jane Semel, Colleen & Bradley Bell, Wallis Annenberg, Jerry & Linda Bruckheimer, Michael Govan & Katherine Ross, Gelila & Wolfgang Puck, Kate & Laura Mulleavy, Alber Elbaz, Christian Louboutin, Julian Schnabel, and more.

The party tonight is part of the on-going vision of LACMA director Michael Govan to incorporate the film industry in LACMA’s programming and exhibits. A possible marriage between Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art could see a dedicated film museum called the “Academy Museum of Motion Pictures“ built in the corner building of the LACMA campus (on Fairfax & Wilshire). LACMA has also been holding a screening series this fall w/ Film Independent which has hosted the world premiere of The Rum Diary, and screenings of other current hot titles like Shame and Martha Marcy May Marlene. Ticket’s to tonight’s event were purchasable starting at $5000. Stevie Wonder performed.