Starry Night
Guests at the Los Angeles-based Hammer Museum’s 13th annual Gala in the Garden Saturday could have been forgiven for thinking they accidentally wandered into the Shrine Auditorium by mistake. Sponsored by Bottega Veneta for the third year in a row, the event’s crowd was thespian-heavy, boasting Emma Stone, Elizabeth Banks, Amanda Peet, Patricia Arquette, Marisa Tomei, Kiernan Shipka and Salma Hayek among its ranks. Some of that was undoubtedly due to the night’s co-chairs Julia Roberts and Danny Moder, Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Bottega Venenta creative director Tomas Maier, not to mention the evening’s honorees, Diane Keaton and artist Paul McCarthy. But if at first glance, it had the shimmer of a celebrity-heavy Academy Awards ceremony there was one crucial difference: everyone went home a winner.
Will Ferrell and Julia Roberts. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Ashley Olsen. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Selma Blair, Sarah Paulson and Amanda Peet. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Matt Bomer. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Diane Keaton and Annie Philbin. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Kiernan Shipka. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Sam Taylor-Johnson, and Tomas Maier. Photo by bfanyc.com.
Jane Lynch and Emma Stone. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Julian Sands, Salma Heyek, Steve Martin, and Mia Maestro. Photo by bfanyc.com.
Marisa Tomei and Liz Goldwyn. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Elizabeth Chambers and Armie Hammer. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Paul McCarthy. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Liberty Ross. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Michael Govan and Katherine Ross. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
John Baldessari. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Eric White and Patricia Arquette. Photo by bfanyc.com.
Lucy Punch. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Matthew Barney and Catherine Opie. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Ed Ruscha, Susan Bay Nimoy and Danna Ruscha. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Aloe Blacc. Photo by bfanyc.com.
Salma Hayek Pinault. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.
Martin Short. Photo by Donato Sardella/Getty Images for Hammer Museum.