Los Angeles is uniquely suited for the gala, which seeks to highlight and strengthen the connections between film and visual art by bringing the two communities together in grand style. Last year\u2019s honorees<\/a> were Baz Luhrmann and Simone Leigh<\/a>, and per usual, a host of celebrity guests attended the party including Blake Lively, Kim Kardashian, Laura Dern, Viola Davis, Andrew Garfield and Sarah Paulson. Charli XCX closed out the night with a banger.<\/p>\n LACMA Director and Chief Executive Michael Govan called last year\u2019s event, which raised $6.4 million, its most successful ever. Proceeds go toward LACMA\u2019s mission of making film more central to its programming, as well as toward funding exhibitions, acquisitions and educational programming. <\/p>\n Mary Corse will be honored at LACMA\u2019s Art + Film gala.<\/p>\n (Indah Datou)<\/p>\n Other previous honorees include artists Helen Pashgian, Betye Saar, Catherine Opie, Mark Bradford, Robert Irwin, James Turrell, Barbara Kruger, David Hockney, Ed Ruscha and John Baldessari. On the film side there has been Park Chan-wook, Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n, Guillermo del Toro, George Lucas, Kathryn Bigelow, Alejandro Gonz\u00e1lez I\u00f1\u00e1rritu, Quentin Tarantino, Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick and Clint Eastwood.<\/p>\n Coogler \u2014 who directed \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d \u201cCreed\u201d and \u201cFruitvale Station\u201d \u2014 is having a stellar year. His gory Southern-vampire horror film \u201cSinners,\u201d which was released in mid-April, has been a massive hit<\/a>. The film, which had a budget of $90 million, grossed $48 million in ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada during its opening weekend, and has gone on to gross more than $365 million worldwide.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n