Museum Friends

Jill D Alessandro, Director and Curator of the Avenir Institute of Textile Arts and Fashion, offers insight into her final exhibition for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy (2022). Widely hailed as China s first couturier, Beijing-based fashion designer Guo Pei combines exquisite craftsmanship with unconventional dressmaking techniques to create sartorial fantasy. The lecture will explore the trajectory of Guo s career as both notable on an individual level, and representative of China s emergence in the international fashion world. D Alessandro will focus on some of the designer s most significant works from the last two decades, with highlights from her most important collections shown on both Beijing and Paris runways.

Friends of Textile Art and Fashion are invited to a private reception with Jill at The Ponti, immediately following her talk in Sharp Auditorium.

Curator talk- Guo Pei: Couture Fantasy
6 pm Hamilton, Sharp Auditorium

Friends of Textile Art and Fashion Reception with curator Jill D'Alessandro
7 pm,  The Ponti Restaurant

Registration is required. Your lecture seat will be reserved when you register for the reception. You do not need to register separately.

Access for two to lectures, programming and exclusive enrichment events.

The Museum Friends membership add-on offers DAM members an opportunity to deepen their support and broaden their horizons with a community of like-minded art aficionados. Denver Art Museum Friends take part in educational activities, lectures, exclusive tours, and more. Choose a particular area of interest, but enjoy opportunities to participate across the museum.

Access for one to lectures, programming and exclusive enrichment events.

The Museum Friends membership add-on offers DAM members an opportunity to deepen their support and broaden their horizons with a community of like-minded art aficionados. Denver Art Museum Friends take part in educational activities, lectures, exclusive tours, and more. Choose a particular area of interest, but enjoy opportunities to participate across the museum.