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Mick Jagger, Naomi Campbell and Janet Jackson were among the guests at the inauguration ceremony. British Museum Pink Balla fundraising event Billed as London’s “answer to the Met Gala”.
12 years a Slave director steve mcqueen And love island Host Maya Jama was also present at Saturday’s event.
Jackson wore a long red dress, while Jama arrived in a floral dress and Campbell appeared in a Union Jack-inspired dress.
Like the Met Gala, which is called the biggest night of fashion, this event was also for invitees only. Celebrities reportedly paid $75,000 (£56,000) for tickets to the event, which supports the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute. Tickets for the British Museum Pink Ball were a comparatively reasonable £2,000 ($2.685) per person.
According to a press release, the theme of the event was “a celebration of Indian heritage and contemporary artistry” linked to the museum’s “Ancient India: Living Traditions” exhibition.
The event was co-chaired by Isha Ambani, daughter of Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani, and Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum.
The opening theme was pink, a reference to the colors and light in the “Ancient India” exhibit, which ends Sunday.
am writing for Independent, Joey Lo Dico argued that glamorous fundraising was “exactly what London needs.”
Lo Dico wrote, “Whatever the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York can do, the British Museum will do better.”
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The ball, he said, “shows admirable confidence that London is still moving forward despite the adverse forces swirling around it.” “Capital needs a good party. At a time when Britain is worried about decline, a glittery, outrageous party is a statement of vitality: that capital is still swinging. It’s champagne and social fluidity that will take us out of the darkness.”