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The 2026 Brooklyn Artists Ball. All photography by Sansho Scott\/BFA.com and courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThe 2026 Brooklyn Artists Ball. All photography by Sansho Scott\/BFA.com and courtesy of the Brooklyn Museum.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday evening, the Brooklyn Museum transformed into a grand tableau of fashion and art for the museum\u2019s annual ball and the opening celebration of the \u201cIris van Herpen: Sculpting the Senses<\/a>\u201d exhibition. A crowd of artists, patrons, designers, and downtown fixtures descended on the museum in an array of evening gowns and imaginative looks, drifting through a showcase featuring more than 140 haute couture creations.<\/p>\n The Locale: The Brooklyn Museum came alive after dark as guests navigated an exclusive preview of the Iris van Herpen exhibition in their finery\u2014clinking glasses and admiring the looks on view before settling in for the evening.<\/p>\n The Crowd: Guests included event hosts Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Sylvana Durrett, Jordan Roth, Lizzie Tisch, and Amanda Waldron; co-chairs Regina Aldisert, Megan Brodsky, Victoria Rogers, and Carla Shen; CULTURED Editor-in-Chief Sarah Harrelson; designers Iris van Herpen and Wes Gordon; musicians Peggy Gou and Swizz Beatz; artists Mickalene Thomas, Keisha Scarville, Paul Arnhold, and Miles Greenberg; writer Derek Blasberg;\u00a0and gallerist Saam Niami.<\/p>\n Memorable Moment: To punctuate the evening\u2019s pomp, dancers from the New York City Ballet delivered a special performance. Moving with striking precision and near weightlessness, the performers appeared in winged costumes flashing with red and gold, offering a living extension of the exhibition\u2019s fascination with movement, metamorphosis, and the body in motion.<\/p>\n The Entertainment: As if exclusive after-hours access to the exhibition and a ballet revue weren\u2019t enough, the evening crescendoed into a booming afterparty soundtracked by DJs Swizz Beatz and Runna. The elegance of the night\u2019s first act transformed into a buzzing dance floor, with guests lingering deep into the night beneath the hall\u2019s moody lights.<\/p>\n Parting Gift: A special, site-specific photo strip produced at artist Keisha Scarville\u2019s photo booth\u2014which was constructed exclusively for guests at the ball.<\/p>\n More of our favorite stories from CULTURED:
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