The night was cloudy, but the stars came out anyway, parading past Chris Burden’s “Urban Light” sculpture before heading into the controlled chaos of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s 13th Annual Arts and Film Gala. The event, co-chaired by Leonardo Di Caprio and LACMA Trustee Eva Chow, was held in honor of the artist. Simone Leigh and filmmaker Baz Luhrmann.

It was also the most successful Arts and Film Gala in the museum’s history, said LACMA CEO Michael Govan, noting that $6.4 million had been raised.

“I think I know everyone in this room, because we are a family from all over the world,” Govan said during his opening remarks as guests including Kim Kardashian, Blake Lively, Laura Dern, Viola Davis, andres garfield and Sarah Paulson, sat down to a dinner of makgeolli jeung-pyeon, japchae, and grand cru galbi-jjim created by chef David Shim of Cote, the country’s only Michelin-starred Korean steakhouse.

LACMA’s Michael Govan with honoree Simone Leigh.

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Earlier in the evening, as cocktails and small bites were passed around, Govan said it was rare to be able to honor an artist at the same time the museum was hosting a retrospective of the artist’s work, as was the case with Leigh, whose show features two decades of work in ceramics, bronze, video, and installation in a joint presentation with the California African American Museum.

The music that will crown the evening, Charli XCX, was chosen before turning Vice President Kamala Harris into a “brat.”

“The idea at first was to bring together two different worlds, and then two constituencies merge and people meet people they didn’t know before,” Govan said of the impetus for the event, which also attracts architects, designers and other creatives.

Kim Kardashian at the LACMA Art + Film Gala.

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Govan introduced two young artist brothers, Kohshin and Delfin Finley, sons of Ron Finley, who is also known as the Gangsta Gardener.

“There is no more creative family in Los Angeles than this incredible family,” Govan said, adding that Kohshin’s work was part of LACMA’s “Black American Portraits” exhibit a few years ago.

“This is a beautiful evening celebrating art cinema and culture,” said Kohshin Finley. “It’s very rare to have other genres together in the same room.”

Delfín added: “Everyone tries to keep everything separate, but there is actually a lot of common ground.”

The darkened form of the new LACMA designed by Peter Zumthor David Geffen Galleries It could be seen in the background between the different party tents.

“This is not his time,” Govan said. “It’s kind of finished, but which is notPlus we have Simone and Baz, and it’s about them.”

Despite being mentioned and thanked several times during dinner, DiCaprio kept a low profile with a bodyguard blocking unwanted conversations. The night wasn’t about DiCaprio, one of his handlers said.

Gala co-chair Leonardo DiCaprio, left, with honoree Baz Luhrmann.

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The night was about Leigh and Luhrmann: the former presented by Chow and author, lawyer and social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, and the latter by Anna Wintour.

“I accept this honor for all the black women who are queer,” Leigh said, highlighting her past as an unusual, creative and curious person: a mother who found her way to art because it was the only thing she could imagine doing.