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MOCA Gala raises $2.5 million with Marina Abramovic’s "An Artist’s Life Manifesto"

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, celebrated its 32-year history as one of the world’s leading contemporary art institutions on Saturday, November 12, 2011, with An Artist’s Life Manifesto, a special gala envisioned by renowned performance artist Marina Abramović who served as this year’s gala artistic director. Music and popular culture icon Deborah Harry performed hit songs “One Way or Another” and “Heart of Glass,” as well as tracks from her new album, Panic of Girls, as part of Abramović’s vision for the evening. The gala, attended by more than 750 guests, raised $2.5 million for the museum, and began at MOCA Grand Avenue with red carpet arrivals of Hollywood celebrities including Pamela Anderson, Ellen Barkin, Minnie Driver, Kirsten Dunst, Lisa Edelstein, Will Ferrell, Miranda July, Jaime King, Jonny Lee Miller, Rose McGowan, Nicole Richie, Gwen Stefani, Tilda