# AFMO Benefit Gala Evening at the Musée d'Orsay

The American Friends of the Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie hold their annual benefit at the museum, honouring Denise Littlefield Sobel. Guests start with cocktails in the nave and see *Mary Cassatt. The Choice of Independence* and *Auguste Bartholdi. Liberty Enlightening the World* privately, before dinner by Alain Ducasse.

- Type: Party
- When: Saturday 24 October 2026
- Where: a private location in Paris (the address isn't public)
- Artists: Mary Cassatt and Auguste Bartholdi
- Part of: [Paris Art Week 2026](https://artweekguide.com/weeks/paris-2026)
- Event's own page: https://www.aforsay.org/gala-dinner-tickets-2026
- On Art Week Guide: https://artweekguide.com/events/afmo-benefit-gala-evening-at-the-musee-d-orsay

## From the organiser

Annual benefit gala of the American Friends of the Musées d'Orsay et de l'Orangerie, honouring Denise Littlefield Sobel: cocktail reception in the museum's nave, private viewings of Mary Cassatt. The Choice of Independence and Auguste Bartholdi. Liberty Enlightening the World, and a dinner by Alain Ducasse in the museum restaurant.

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