Who would of thought that the opening of a museum would be so spectacular? The opening gala of Lacma — the Los Angeles County Museum of Art boasted a star studded guestlist of Tom Cruise, Christina Aguilera, Katie Homes and Tony Bennett to name just a few that enjoyed the Wolfgang Puck-catered dinner as a prelude to the opening of the new Broad Contemporary Art Museum building of Lacma.

Urban Light, a fantastic forest of vintage lampposts by Chris Burden, lit up the entry to the cocktail reception where life-size ice-sculpture waiters served french bubbles. The 72,000-square-foot Broad Contemporary Art Museum building was designed by Renzo Piano whose work includes Paris’s Pompidou Centre and the New York Times headquarters. The initial 160-piece exhibition includes works by Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons.