Live at Broad museum opening gala: An A-list red carpet, plus a surprise rocker onstage
The Broad, with its patterned “veil” of fiberglass-reinforced concrete, is the backdrop to the black-tie gala red carpet Thursday evening in downtown Los Angeles.
Be our "plus one" as The Times covered the black-tie launch party of the Broad, Los Angeles' new contemporary art museum and civic landmark across the street from Walt Disney Concert Hall. Follow the night's dispatches from arts reporter Deborah Vankin and assistant managing editor for arts and entertainment John Corrigan as they moved from the red carpet to the tableside conversations to the stage.
PHOTO GALLERY: Who walked the Broad gala red carpet?
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For a little context on the following, read our Q&A with Eli Broad and our profile of Edythe Broad.
Behind Jeff Koons' Michael Jackson sculpture, the Broad's honeycomb shell of fiberglass-reinforced concrete, "the veil" ...
The "Station to Station" artist arrives on the red carpet ...
Los Angeles artist John Baldessari, who knows a thing or two about museum galas ...
Look for The Times' red carpet photo gallery from the night and Vankin's full story on the gala.
UPDATED: This post was updated at 8:01 p.m. and again at 8:56 p.m. to include additional tweets from the event. The post was updated again at 9:13 p.m. to add a new lead photo from the event and again at 9:30 and 10:30 p.m. to add the latest from the party.
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