After designing a romantic red look for the tribute to Pedro Almodóvar last year, the Museum of Modern Art opted for a more masculine design at its film benefit honoring Quentin Tarantino Monday. But rather than plaster the walls with explicit references to the filmmaker's iconic movies, the New York art institution crafted a more subtle homage with a color palette of indigo and a commissioned sketch of Tarantino.
Overseen internally by Tania Abitbol and Pamela Eisenberg of the special programming and events department, the event saw MoMA's atrium carpeted in blue and filled with clear Lucite tables. Nathan Milner's sketch—artwork commissioned by Tarantino that depicted the director and iconic characters from his films—was incorporated into visuals, used on the step-and-repeat, and used in the dinner program. For the performance by RZA, who produced the music for Kill Bill: Vol. 1, the organizers worked with the museum's in-house audiovisual team to layer shapes and graphics over a movie from the hip-hop artist.
The benefit raised more than $1.1 million for the museum.
