The De Young Museum launches its first On the Edge fundraiser.

HAUTE SCENE

Décor by Bronson van Wyck

Clothier Sheri McMullen and Mary Beth Shimmon Walter Hood, Kate Harbin Clammer, Allison Speer, Judy Chicago, Kevin Kwan, Jessica Moment, and Thomas Campbell, Fine Arts Museums director

ON THE EDGE

BY CAROLYNE ZINKO | PHOTOS BY DREW ALTIZER PHOTOGRAPHY

THE NAME OF THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM’S NEW ANNUAL fundraiser, On the Edge, was chosen long before the pandemic caused the event, slated for 2020, to be postponed. Prescience? The gala, held in November, honored the museum’s 125th anniversary (belatedly), as well as pioneering feminist artist Judy Chicago and Oakland landscape designer Walter Hood, who created the museum’s gardens in 2005. Among the luminaries in attendance were Instagram co-founder Mike Krieger, Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan, and Gucci CEO Marco Bizzarri, adding wattage to an already starry night. The event raised $1.8 million in its debut.

Gucci President and CEO Marco Bizzari and Susan Chokachi, CEO of Gucci Americas

Sobia Shaikh, Ali Fried, and Holly Peterson Record producer Quincy Jones, Alexis Traina, and events man, Bronson van Wyck