Gala at the Museo de Bellas Artes...

The season of the great gala dinners in Buenos Aires is beginning and, as usual, they always have a certain fundraising aim: it could be for a special cause or for museums or foundations.

Last Monday I went to the Gala organized by the Friends of the Bellas Artes Museum, which is annually held the first Monday of September. There's always a special dress-code and this year it was "The Far East." It's a rather broad subjects and guests understood it so... There were Arab Sheiks and Chinese Mandarins, Japanese Geishas and Hindu Maharajas. 

I chose an embroidered Oscar de la Renta dress for many reasons, but the main one was that I DID NOT KNOW about the dress-code!! If I had known, I would have probably fixed a more appropriate look... But anyway, I had lots of fun all the same.

Just watching the efforts made by many of the guests was a total pleasure... Some were hard to recognize!

After the Red Carpet at the beautiful entrance to the Museum (broadcasted live by C5N), we had a cocktail in the future exhibition rooms of the first floor and then, while passing through the other halls, I could have a peek at the magnificent Pissarros and Degas, and the many statues that now look even better with the new dark colors (red, blue, green) used to paint the walls. Gloria César was in charge of the decoration used in the hall were the dinner was held and, as usual, she did a tremendous job.

Amazing center pieces. We were served octopus, lamb (not me! Luckily there was a vegetarian option: vegetables cous-cous) and an exquisite maracuyá dessert. 

We danced to hits from the 80s. I would have preferred something more updated, like Marron 5, but in these parties, people always love listening to the same classics and Héctor Suasnábar, the famous DJ, is well aware of that.

All in all, it was a great party and lots of money was raised to build two new halls. That was the aim, after all.

Roberto Funes Ugarte with Josefina Blaquier, which was one of the organizers. She wore a dress inspired in the painting "The Empress," that can be admired at the Museum.