Broad museum releases star-studded guest list for opening gala

The Broad museum is throwing an 800-person, black-tie gala Thursday night, with an RSVP list made up of the elite from the art world, Hollywood, business and politics.

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Among those expected to join museum namesakes Eli and Edythe Broad, museum founding director Joanne Heyler, architect Elizabeth Diller, Mayor Eric Garcetti and California Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris are (in alphabetical order and as provided by the museum):

Rosanna Arquette
Doug Aitken
State Sen. Ben Allen
Max Anderson
Wallis Annenberg
John Baldessari
Sid Bass
Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck
William Bell
Nicolas Berggruen
Irving Blum
Mark Bradford
Peter Brant
Donald Bren
Richard Buckley
Kate Burton
John Cale
Tom Campbell
Michael Chow
James Cuno
John Currin
Leo Daly
Gray Davis
Barbara Davis
State Senate leader Kevin de León
Evelyn de Rothschild
Michael Eisner
Ari Emanuel
Drew Faust
Urs Fischer
Eric Fischl
Larry Gagosian
Frank Gehry
Ronald George
Jami Gertz
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez
Brett Gorvy
Michael Govan
Laurence Graff
Mark Grotjahn
Jane Harman
State Sen. Bob Hertzberg
Damien Hirst
Max Hollein
Thomas Houseago
Councilman Jose Huizar
Ray Irani
Dakis Joannou
Bruce Karatz
Val Kilmer
Jeff Koons
Henry Kravis
Thomas Krens
Barbara Kruger
Leonard Lauder
Glenn Ligon
Eugenio Lopez
Glenn Lowry
Michael Lynton
Paul Marciano
Maurice Marciano
Julie Mehretu
Peter Morton
Takashi Murakami
Wendi Murdoch
Catherine Opie
Michael Ovitz
Suzanne Pagé
Ann Philbin
Lisa Phillips
Lari Pittman
Timothy Potts
Wolfgang Puck
Charles Ray
Charles Renfro
Lynda and Stewart Resnick
Tony Ressler
Richard Riordan
Edward Roski
Don Rubell
Sterling Ruby
Bernard Ruiz-Picasso
Ed Ruscha
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Julian Schnabel
Cindy Sherman
Joel Silver
County Supervisor Hilda Solis
Thomas Struth
Beth Swofford
Benedikt Taschen
Meir Teper
Diana Thater
Robert Therrien
Bob Tuttle
Philippe Vergne
Francesco Vezzoli
Jeff Wall
Adam Weinberg
Jay Wintrob
Jordan Wolfson
Zev Yaroslavsky
Dasha Zhukova
Selim Zilkha

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