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Deborah Harry

Deborah Harry

Eli and Edythe Broad

Eli and Edythe Broad

Gwen Stefani and Minnie Driver

Gwen Stefani and Minnie Driver

John Baldessari

John Baldessari

Donovan Leitch

Donovan Leitch

Laura Mulleavy, Maria Arena Bell and Kirsten Dunst

Laura Mulleavy, Maria Arena Bell and Kirsten Dunst

Ellen Barkin and Tilda Swinton

Ellen Barkin and Tilda Swinton

Marina Abramovic and Jeffrey Deitch

Marina Abramovic and Jeffrey Deitch

Rodman Primack, Jamie Tisch, Jeremy Scott and Rosson Crow

Rodman Primack, Jamie Tisch, Jeremy Scott and Rosson Crow

Feast for the Senses

| December 21, 2011 | Parties

MOCA’s 2011 Gala, An Artist’s Life Manifesto, directed by Marina Abramović
THE PARTY Abramović, a darling of the performance art world, merged her visions of fashion and thought provoking art for one mind-bending night at MOCA Grand Avenue. THE PLAYERS Larry Gagosian, Dasha Zhukova, Doug Aitken, Benjamin Millepied, Jessica Alba, Russell Brand, Wallis Annenberg, Lisa Edelstein, Robert Russell, Jeff Poe, Tim Blum, Pamela Anderson, David LaChapelle, Eva Chow, Nicolas Berggruen, Mark Bradford, Barbara Kruger, Darren Star, Lilly Tartikoff Karatz, Alice Eve, Will Ferrell BEST IN SHOW The evening was filled with provocative surprises for the guests (all dressed in white lab coats by Abramović for the occasion), from centerpieces made up of nude, reclining women rotating on large round tables, to men and women’s heads emerging from holes cut in the middle of other tables—who gazed at partygoers throughout the three-course dinner. Yet the cake-taker was, well, the cake. Cadaver-shaped desserts fashioned after performer Deborah Harry and Abramović were given a grand entrance on stretchers before being sliced up and served as red velvet and chocolate cake, respectively. Photos by Frazer Harrison, Stefanie Keenan and Jeff Vespa/Getty Images

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