Capshaw ultimately chose to step away from acting and concentrate on family life with Spielberg as well as her own children from a previous marriage. In later years, painting became her primary creative outlet, including portrait work that eventually brought her husband into her art. | Source: Getty Images
Spielberg Had a Major Role in the Historic Night
Capshaw wasn’t simply accompanying her husband to another Hollywood premiere. According to , Spielberg served as one of the opening night’s event co-chairs alongside Julie Bell, Tom Cruise, Guillermo del Toro, Greta Gerwig, Lewis Hamilton, Jensen Huang, JR and Pharrell Williams.
The celebration came before the museum’s upcoming September 22 public opening and marked the culmination of a project 17 years in the making. Lucas and Hobson poured $1 billion into the museum, whose more than 10,000 square feet of gallery space brings together everything from “Star Wars” props and comic book illustrations to works by Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo.
The museum’s opening night drew an extraordinary mix of filmmakers, performers, artists and cultural figures for a celebration 17 years in the making. Steven Spielberg was among the event’s co-chairs as guests received an early look at the new institution. | Source: Getty Images
Queen Latifah opened the festivities by emphasizing just how unusual it was for everyone in the room to witness the beginning of a major new cultural institution.
“Nobody gets to go to a night like this. No one was in the room when the doors opened at the MoMA, or at the Louvre in 1793, or the Met… so we’ve got to feel the gravity of this moment because this is enormous,” she told guests.
The evening’s remarks emphasized just how significant the museum’s arrival was for Los Angeles and for narrative art more broadly. Speakers also reflected on the years of setbacks, meetings and determination required to bring the ambitious project to completion.
