Guests take in the Urban Light installation and a dragonfly (on stilts), left, greets them as the Broad Contemporary Art Museum is unveiled at LACMA on the Miracle Mile in Los Angeles. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
A baraka dragon on stilts passes through the Urban Light installation. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Tom Cruise and wife Katie Holmes slip past the paparazzi and walk through the Urban Light installation. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
A griffin on stilts makes its way past the Urban Light installation. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Nicole Richie poses on the press line at the opening gala celebration. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
Model Petra Nemcova poses on the press line at the opening gala. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
Dustin Hoffman poses on the press line at the opening gala. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
Lauren Hutton, Dennis Hopper and Victoria Duffy at the gala. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
Christina Aguilera poses on the press line. (Dan Steinberg / Associated Press)
