Michael Appler Usually, the annual MoMA Film Benefit, a glamorous night at the world’s most celebrated modern art museum, is where the forces of film, celebrity and the artistic world meld.
Last year, on the raised atrium of the museum’s second floor, Laura Dern, Naomi Watts and Gwendoline Christie mingled in the low light, wearing Chanel—the event’s perennial presenting sponsor.“Isn’t it dumb we can’t all be in the same room tonight?” Academy Award-winning actor and producer George Clooney, this year’s honoree, asked on Monday.“I fully assumed this would be a Zoom gala, so I went with ‘Ocean’s 11’ on top and who gives a sh-t on the bottom,” said Rajendra Roy, the museum’s Chief Curator of Film.
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