GAGA, PRADA, DAMIEN, DASHA AND THE BOLSHOI: This Week’s Party of the Year


We at Transracial have a dirty little secret (no, not THAT secret) — we’ve never been to Los Angeles! Sure, we trekked down to LA with mom and Transracial IK back when we were kiddies up in San Fran. And yes, I do recall a tween trip or two with our synagogue youth group to Disneyland.
But not since we passed puberty have we ever been to the city of Angels. And we’re not proud!
It’s unlikely we’ll be trekking out to Cali anytime soon (what with barely recovering from recent jaunts to Southern Africa and South Florida).
But if we did happen to have some extra travel mojo, we’d get ourselves to Los Angeles — AND FAST!
Because this Saturday (AKA November 15th) marks what’s certain to be the party of the season.
It’s all taking place at Los Angeles’ Museum of Contemporary Art (AKA, the museum that Eli Broad built), which is feting its 30th anniversary this season.
Considering the serious financial pitfalls that have recently plagued MOCA, they’ve got a lot to be happy about.
Which is why they’re going to party hard-core — and with a hard-core roster of talent.
In brief:
Led by Eli and Edythe Broad, the entire affair is Honorary-Chaired by Dasha Zhukova and Larry Gagosian
+ Lots of people far richer, thinner and more famous than you and I will be in the house — such as artists Jeff Koons, Ed Ruscha and Chris Burden (did he ever get that gold?)
+ They’ll be eating and drinking all kinds of pricey goodies.
+ And they’ll be entertained in seriously fab style. How fab?
How about a one-time only recreation of famed Russian composer Sergei Diaghilev’s 1929 dance piece Le Bal totally re-imagined for the early 21st century by Italian artist and social commentator Francesco Vezzoli.
Vezzoli — who’s got a thing for Prada — is reworking Le Bal with none-other than Lady Gaga in the lead role, supported by a dozen dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet.
Adding their own artistic touches are Frank Gehry (who’s designing Gaga’s hat), Miuccia Prada (her dress), Australian uber-director Baz Luhrmann (the performance’s masks) and artistic bad boy Damien Hirst, who’s painting the event’s piano.
Ferreal!
It’s a one-time, one-off fete de fabulosity that I’m sure we’ll be reading and talking about at least until the start of Art Basel/Miami a few weeks later.
For those who’ll be in attendance — bravo!
As for the rest of us, we can see what all of the fuss was about with a visit to COLLECTION: MOCA’S FIRST THIRTY YEARS — More than 500 Works by 200 Artists, which shows from Nov. 15, 2009 — May 3, 2010.















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