Overview
- The charity dinner and auction were held at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Thursday and were hosted by Geena Davis, drawing a roster of actors, musicians and fashion figures from the Cannes festival.
- Several marquee lots fetched six- and seven-figure sums, led by a full set of Andy Warhol Marilyn prints that sold for €2.8 million and a limited-edition Audemars Piguet watch that sold for €1.45 million.
- Other high-ticket sales included Chopard diamond earrings for €600,000 and two walk-on roles in Emily in Paris that each sold for €375,000.
- Performances by Robbie Williams and Zara Larsson were part of the evening’s entertainment, with outlets publishing slightly different accounts about a third performer; media coverage also included an AP livestream of arrivals and a late-night pool after-party.
- The gala reinforces amfAR’s long-term fundraising model by converting celebrity attention and donated luxury goods into grant funding for AIDS research, building on roughly $950 million raised since 1985 and more than 3,800 grants awarded worldwide.