Sarah Schleuning

As the Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art, Sarah Schleuning has a record of organizing thoughtful exhibitions and programs that are not only high profile and highly popular, but also recognized for their contributions to scholarship. She provides more than two decades of expertise in forming relationships with living designers and artists, bridging the gap between historical and contemporary design, and exploring how engaging with art and design can extend beyond a museum’s walls. Significant exhibitions and publication include: Cartier and Islamic Art: In Search of Modernity (co-curator, 2021),  Electrifying Design: A Century of Lighting (co-curator, 2021), speechless: different by design (2019);  Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion (co-curator, 2016), and Dream Cars: Innovative Design, Visionary Ideas (2014).

Photo: Misael Rodriguez