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Los Angeles, CA | Guided Tour of ‘Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion’ at the Skirball Cultural Center
February 4 | 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Installation view of Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion. Courtesy Skirball Cultural Center.
Join ArtTable for an exclusive tour of Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion at the Skirball Cultural Center with Chief Curator Cate Thurston. Organized by the Fashion & Lace Museum in Brussels, where von Furstenberg was born, the exhibition uncovers the fascinating life story of a woman whose business transformed the world of fashion – and whose designs have empowered and celebrated the women who wear them. Program registration includes admission to the Skirball, with time to explore the galleries until the Center closes at 5:00 pm.
About the exhibition: Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion explores the remarkable life and work of fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. This expansive, multidisciplinary exhibition, enriched by a lavishly illustrated catalogue featuring interviews and scholarly essays, invites visitors to discover the extraordinary features of von Furstenberg’s career, from the 1970s to the present day.
Organized in four thematic sections, Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion includes a selection of over sixty pieces drawn from the DVF archives along with ephemera, fabric swatches, media pieces, and information on her philanthropic work. The Skirball’s presentation of this exhibition will also include new images and audio that shed light on von Furstenberg’s personal biography as the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and a war refugee, offering additional perspective on the factors that shaped her life and work. Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion was organized by the Fashion & Lace Museum in von Furstenberg’s native city of Brussels, Belgium.
Parking and Accessibility (please see the Skirball’s website for full details):
Parking at the Skirball Cultural Center is free. ADA accessible parking is available in the South Parking garage, with a limited number of additional ADA accessible spaces available in the North and East garages.
All indoor and outdoor spaces are accessible to mobility devices, with heelchairs available for check-out from the Main Entrance lobby desk and North Parking Garage security kiosk on a first-come, first-served basis.
Program Admission:
- ArtTable Members – $25
- Member Guests – $30
- Non-Members – $35
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ArtTable extends its sincerest thanks to Felice Axelrod for coordinating this program.
About the Curator:
Cate Thurston, Chief Curator, joined the Skirball team in 2015 and is the coordinating curator for Diane von Furstenberg: Woman Before Fashion. She is also the co-curator of the Skirball exhibition “I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli, which is currently traveling on a five-city national tour. Thurston previously curated the acclaimed exhibition Notorious RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2018). She was the managing curator for the Skirball’s presentations of Blacklist: Hollywood’s Red Scare (2023) Sara Berman’s Closet (2018), Future Aleppo (2018), Paul Simon: Words & Music (2017), Chasing Dreams: Baseball and Becoming American (2016), and the curator for The Unauthorized History of Baseball in 100-Odd Paintings: The Art of Ben Sakoguchi (2016). Prior to joining the Skirball, Thurston worked at the Autry Museum of the American West for five years in a variety of exhibition, education, and visitor experience-related positions, culminating in a hybrid curatorial role. Thurston holds a B.A. in American History from Franklin Pierce University in New Hampshire and an M.A. in History from California State University, Northridge.
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