Denis Villeneuve attempts to reveal the next James Bond at LACMAs Art + Film gala

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Set us as preferred If anyone understands how to make something last — filmmaker Denis Villeneuve said at Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art + Film Gala — it is the artist Vija Celmins.Villeneuve and Celmins were the guests of honor Saturday at the starry 15th annual event.

“In your work, you stop the seas and the stars long enough for us to truly see them,” Villeneuve said of Celmins during his speech inside a massive tent in LACMA’s backyard.“I have enormous respect for painters and sculptors, and I’ve always felt that cinema is seen as Pop Art.

Film carries the burden of being popular in the present, but at the end of the day, the real challenge is to make something that can endure the test of time, like Vija does with her masterful work.So when a museum — a temple for artists — welcomes a filmmaker and puts a spotlight on cinema, it means a great deal for me.” 1 2 3 1.

Model and musician Soo Joo Park at the 15th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) 2.

Model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley at the 15th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) 3.

Alix Earle shows off the details of her dress at the 15th Annual LACMA Art+Film Gala.(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Celmins, 88, is known for her meticulous re-creations of natural imagery, like night skies, desert sands and ocean waves — and stars.

The night was certainly star-studded: Alex Consani, Andrew Garfield, Emily Ratajkowski, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, Kim Kardashian, Parker Posey, Salma Hayek Pinault, Sarah Paulson, Timothée Chalamet, Tyriq Withers and Viola Davis, among many others, traipsed among Chris Burden’s iconic “Urban Light” lamp posts.Other attendees included Al Pacino, Guitarricadelafuente, Anderson .Paak, Anthony Ramos, Anya Taylor-Joy, Ashley Park, Benito Skinne...