Korean actor Lee Min-ho and the stars and director of Netflix’s global hit Korean series “Squid Game” attended the 2021 Art+Film Gala organized by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).
LACMA hosted the 10th annual gala on Nov. 6 to honor artists Amy Sherald and Kehinde Wiley, and director Steven Spielberg.
Co-chaired by LACMA trustee Eva Chow and actor Leonardo DiCaprio, the event was attended by more than 650 guests from the art, film, fashion, and entertainment industries.
The 2021 event raised $5 million to support LACMA’s film initiatives, future exhibitions, acquisitions, and programming.
“Squid Game” cast Lee Jung-jae, Park Hae-soo, Lee Byung-hun and Jung Ho-yeon, director Hwang Dong-hyuk, and CEO Kim Ji-yeon of Siren Pictures, the series’ production company, attended the event. Netflix’s co-CEO Ted Sarandos was also at the gala.
Lee Jung-jae arrived at the gala together with his girlfriend, Im Se-ryung, vice chairman of Daesang Group, a Korean conglomerate that is mainly into food manufacturing. Lee Jung-jae and Im Se-ryung have been in a relationship since 2015.
Jung Ho-yeon, “Squid Game” star and Louis Vuitton's Global House Ambassador, did not pose for official photos with her co-stars at the event, which was presented by Gucci.
American actress Awkwafina posed with Jung Ho-yeon and posted it on her Instagram story with the caption, “I’m freaking out yall.”
Also attending the event were Oscar best supporting actress and Korean star Youn Yuh-jung, Jung Woo-sung, Gang Dong-won and Eric Nam.
“I am delighted that the return of the Art+Film Gala was such a tremendous success. It was such a pleasure to recognize the creative achievements of all three of our honorees, and to celebrate a decade of art and film at LACMA with our longstanding partner Gucci. I’m so grateful to Alessandro Michele, Marco Bizzari, and everyone at Gucci for their friendship and steadfast support, as well as to Celeste for giving us a spectacular performance that no one will soon forget,” said Art+Film Gala co-chair Chow.
The guests hit the Art+Film Gala’s red carpet and enjoyed a cocktail reception and a DJ set by the legendary D-Nice outdoors. Guests also went to the Resnick Pavilion to see two new exhibitions, The Obama Portraits Tour featuring paintings by honorees Wiley and Sherald, as well as Black American Portraits.
After the cocktails, guests went to the Art+Film pavilion for a special dinner by chef Joachim Splichal of Patina Restaurant Group and chef Mattia Agazzi of Gucci Osteria da Massimo Bottura in Beverly Hills.
Tracee Ellis Ross paid tribute to honoree Sherald while Ava DuVernay gave a tribute to honoree Wiley. Guillermo del Toro presented a tribute to Spielberg and guests watched a montage of the director’s films.
Notable guests from the art world attending the 2021 Art+Film Gala included 2017 Art+Film Gala honoree Mark Bradford, Bisa Butler, Francesco Clemente, Karon Davis, Kenturah Davis, Awol Erizku, Derek Fordjour, Charles Gaines, Todd Gray, Chase Hall, Lauren Halsey, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Thomas Houseago, Kahlil Joseph, Isaac Julien, Glenn Kaino, Shio Kusaka, Deana Lawson, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Ada Pinkston, Calida Rawles, Alison Saar, 2019 Art+Film Gala honoree Betye Saar, Lezley Saar, Kyungmi Shin, Lorna Simpson, Shinique Smith, Tavares Strachan, Gio Swaby, Martine Syms, Henry Taylor, Mickalene Thomas, Mungo Thomson, Honor Titus, Tourmaline, Mary Weatherford, Deborah Willis, Hank Willis Thomas, Jonas Wood, and Richard Wyatt Jr.
Guests from the fashion, entertainment and business worlds who attended the gala Judd Apatow, Lyndon Barrois, Jeff Bezos, Hailey Bieber, Kate Capshaw, Asia Chow, Benedict Cumberbatch, 2018 Art+Film Gala honoree Guillermo del Toro, Edward Enninful, Elle Fanning, Will Ferrell, Jami Gertz, Jake Gyllenhaal, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Hall, Paris Hilton, Robert Iger, Jimmy Iovine, Moselle Kleiner, Neil Lane, Donna Langley, Eva Longoria, Leslie Mann, Julian Morris, Law Roach, Brian Robbins, Mark Ronson, Landon Ross, Liberty Ross, Jeymes Samuel, Ted Sarandos, Princess Alia AlSenussi, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Lucila Solá, Chris Spencer, Sydney Sweeney, Ben Vereen, Audi’s Head of Brand Henrik Wenders, Zhang and Jeremy Zimmer.
LACMA trustees in attendance included co-chairs Tony Ressler and Elaine Wynn, Nicole Avant, Willow Bay, Colleen Bell, Rebecka Belldergrun, Allison Berg, Thelma Golden, Suzanne Kayne, Geoffrey Palmer, Viveca Paulin Ferrell, Janet Dreisen Rappaport, Carter Reum, Robbie Robinson, Florence Sloan, Eric Smidt, and Wendy Stark Morrissey.
Wearing Gucci to the event were honorees Sherald, Wiley, and Spielberg, Art+Film Gala co-chairs Chow and DiCaprio, Gucci Creative Director Alessandro Michele, Gucci President and CEO Marco Bizzarri, performers Celeste, Florence Welch, and D-Nice, and additional special guests including Awkwafina, Alessandro Borghi, Phoebe Bridgers, Sinéad Burke, Kate Capshaw, Asia Chow, Gia Coppola, James Corden and Julia Corden, Benedict Cumberbatch and Sophie Hunter, Miley Cyrus, Dumbfoundead, Kirsten Dunst, Billie Eilish, Elle Fanning, Michael Govan and Katherine Ross, Jake Gyllenhaal, Bethann Hardison, Jeremy O. Harris, Salma Hayek Pinault, Thomas Houseago and Nichole Galicia, Anjelica Huston, Shabaka Hutchings, Dakota Johnson, Reign Judge, Diane Keaton, Jared Leto, Lil Nas X, Chris Martin, Paul Mescal, Sienna Miller, Tyler Mitchell, Anderson .Paak, Ariana Papademetropoulos, Tracee Ellis Ross, Elizabeth Saltzman, Ridley Scott and Giannina Facio Scott, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Mickalene Thomas and Racquel Chevremont, Honor Titus, Tourmaline, Jodie Turner-Smith, Suki Waterhouse, Olivia Wilde, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian, Steven Yeun and Zhang.