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A $3 Million Night at the Geffen: MOCA’s Celebrated Gala Returns in Full Force

The museum's hotly anticipated annual fundraiser paired beautiful music and Piero Golia's interventions with three well-deserved tributes and a room full of the cultural sphere's most interesting people.

The Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art’s annual gala is arguably one of L.A.’s most genuinely exciting evenings, and the 2026 edition at The Geffen Contemporary did not disappoint. The $3 million night was hosted by ebullient dancer and multi-hyphenate creative Stephen Galloway and “was made all the more special through Piero Golia’s fantastic interventions and the brilliance of a wide cast of collaborators,” Ann Goldstein, LA MOCA’s Interim Maurice Marciano Director, told Observer.

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