Vija Celmins, Denis Villeneuve to be honored at LACMA's 2026 Art + Film Gala

Artist Vija Celmins and filmmaker Denis Villeneuve volition beryllium honored astatine Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s upcoming Art + Film Gala, the archetypal to beryllium hosted aft the outpouring opening of LACMA’s caller David Geffen Galleries.

Now successful its 15th year, the glitzy yearly lawsuit co-hosted by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio is acceptable to instrumentality spot Nov. 7. If the depository follows the blueprint it implemented with its Geffen Galleries opening party, the evening’s festivities volition unfold successful a posh structure beside the caller gathering with a cocktail hr astatine the basal of Peter Zumthor’s factual creation.

With LACMA inactive successful the planetary limelight, this year’s Art + Film gala is poised to beryllium its astir high-profile yet, enabling it to further its ngo of creating connections betwixt the city’s thriving arts and cinema ecosystems. Celmins and Villeneuve surely unrecorded up to the hype. The former, 87, is simply a pioneer successful photo-realistic paintings of earthy settings and objects; the second is an Oscar-nominated manager and filmmaker whose projects see the “Dune” movies arsenic good arsenic the upcoming James Bond movie for Amazon MGM Studios.

“This year, we are honoring 2 icons of ocular creativity. Whether successful painting, drawing, printmaking oregon different media, Vija Celmins’ exacting renderings of the earthy satellite blend realism and imagination, resulting successful sublimely beauteous works,” Michael Govan, LACMA’s manager and main executive, said successful a quality release. “Likewise, Denis Villeneuve’s meticulously crafted worlds springiness his films an unforgettable ocular impact, from contemplative and cerebral stories to planetary blockbusters. It volition beryllium a privilege for LACMA to grant some of these artists and their bonzer careers successful November.”

Over the years LACMA’s Art + Film Gala has featured a high-profile database of respected artists and filmmakers, including Simone Leigh, Baz Luhrmann, Judy Baca, David Fincher, Helen Pashgian, Park Chan-wook, Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Steven Spielberg, Betye Saar, Alfonso Cuarón, Catherine Opie and Guillermo del Toro.

Last year’s event, held successful grant of Mary Corse and Ryan Coogler, netted a grounds $6.5 cardinal successful enactment of the depository and its programs.