\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tDoja Cat<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCourtesy\/Jacob Webster<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tLast year\u2019s Art+Film Gala raised $6.4 million and celebrated the works of artist Simone Leigh and filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. The night kicks off with a cocktail, followed by a dinner and performance. <\/p>\n \n\tGucci, the presenting sponsor since the launch of the gala in 2011, dresses many of the evening\u2019s VIPs. The house\u2019s new artistic director, Demna \u2014 appointed in March \u2014 will make his gala debut this year.<\/p>\n \n\tCorse and Coogler are both Californians from the Bay Area. Corse, 80, is a pioneering artist associated with the Light and Space movement, noted for her work in painting.\u00a0Coogler, 39, is the writer, director and producer behind \u201cSinners,\u201d the 2025 supernatural period film starring Michael B. Jordan. Cofounder of Proximity Media, he also wrote and directed \u201cBlack Panther,\u201d along with its sequel, \u201cBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever,\u201d \u201cCreed\u201d and \u201cFruitvale Station.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Doja Cat is set to perform at this year\u2019s LACMA Art+Film Gala, taking place Nov. 1 in Los Angeles, WWD has learned. Now in its 14th year, cochaired by Eva Chow and Leonardo DiCaprio, the event honors leaders in art and film, with proceeds supporting the museum\u2019s exhibitions, acquisitions and educational programs. This year\u2019s honorees are artist Mary Corse and filmmaker Ryan Coogler. \u201cThe Art+Film Gala has hosted an incredible range of musical talent over the past 14 years,\u201d said Chow in a statement. Past performers include Sir Elton John and Charli XCX, who took the stage last year. \u201cDoja Cat is a boundary-breaking creative force who will bring her incomparable energy to the evening.\u201d A 29-year-old L.A. native and Grammy-winning artist, Doja Cat (born Amala Ratna Zandile Dlamini) began uploading music to SoundCloud at 16 and broke through with her 2018 viral hit \u201cMOOO!\u201d She went platinum with her 2019 album \u201cHot Pink,\u201d followed by \u201cPlanet Her\u201d in 2021, which debuted at number one on Billboard\u2019s Top R&B Albums chart and spawned multiplatinum singles including \u201cKiss Me More\u201d and \u201cWoman.\u201d She\u2019s headlined Coachella, amassed more than 36 billion streams and recently released her fifth studio album, \u201cVie.\u201d Doja Cat Courtesy\/Jacob Webster Last year\u2019s Art+Film Gala raised $6.4 million and celebrated the works of artist Simone Leigh and filmmaker Baz Luhrmann. The night kicks off with a cocktail, followed by a dinner and performance. Gucci, the presenting sponsor since the launch of the gala in 2011, dresses many of the evening\u2019s VIPs. The house\u2019s new artistic director, Demna \u2014 appointed in March \u2014 will make his gala debut this year. Corse and Coogler are both Californians from the Bay Area. Corse, 80, is a pioneering artist associated with the Light and Space movement, noted for her work in painting.\u00a0Coogler, 39, is the writer, director and producer behind \u201cSinners,\u201d the 2025 supernatural period film starring Michael B. Jordan. Cofounder of Proximity Media, he also wrot…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6732,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6731\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Doja](\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Doja-Cat-photo-by-Jacob-Webster.jpeg?w=200\")
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