Leon Bridges, Julez Smith and More Attend ‘Grace Wales Bonner: Togetherness’ at the Guggenheim

The Best Met Gala After-Party Already Happened

Photo: Kadar R. Small/Kadar R. Small On a sweltering Saturday in May, two days before the Met Gala, designer Grace Wales Bonner hosted an evening of live performances, aptly titled Togetherness. There were ten artists from across the African diaspora through midnight: Sir Rashad Smith, KeiyaA, The Cavemen, Amaarae, Fireboy DML, and Akanbi performed sets on the ground-level rotunda, and Ade “Acyde” Odunlami, The Joy, Navy Blue, and Etran De L’Aïr…

Grace Wales Bonner Threw A Grandiose Music-Filled Fête At The Guggenheim Museum

Hannah Turner-Harts (BFA), Courtesy of Wales Bonner By Kerane Marcellus ·Updated May 5, 2025 A night of community, The post Grace Wales Bonner Threw A Non-Traditional Fête At The Guggenheim Museum appeared first on Essence.

‘It’s About a Purity of Expression’: Grace Wales Bonner on Bringing Her ‘Togetherness’ Music Event to the Guggenheim

For one night only, the British designer took over the iconic Fifth Avenue museum for a night of performances by the likes of Amaarae and Etran De L'Aïr.

Leon Bridges, Julez Smith and More Attend ‘Grace Wales Bonner: Togetherness’ at the Guggenheim

Not too long ago, the Met Gala was mostly contained to the first Monday in May. In the past couple of years, however, the annual event has bloomed into a multiday affair of events and gatherings across New York that is starting to rival fashion week. Thursday night saw parties for Prada, the King’s Trust and Cultured Magazine, and on Saturday Olivier Rousteing of Balmain hosted a dinner with Johnnie Walker, and Grace Wales Bonner gathered a crow…