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The San Diego Museum of Art Consider Cecil Beaton the prototypical multi-hyphenate. Photographer/ fashion illustrator/Oscar-winning costume designer/writer Beaton dominated 20th-century British and American culture. Organized in conjunction with London's National Portrait Gallery, Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World at SDMA marks the first major exhibition focused on his fashion and portrait photography. e retrospective tracks his trajectory from chronicling 1920s London socialites and documenting World War II to shaping Vogue spreads and designing sets for My Fair Lady. e showcase features his modernized images of Queen Elizabeth II alongside defining portraits of Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Marlon Brando, Truman Capote, and Salvador Dalí. Well ahead of Andy Warhol or Instagram, Beaton was already masterfully manufacturing the celebrity image — offering a razor-sharp look at a visionary force who spent decades crafting high glamour across London, Paris, New York, and Hollywood. rough January 10, 2027. THE HEAD-TURNERS Commanding the art scene this fall: Cecil Beaton's celebrity lens at SDMA, a dynamic new chapter for the newly rebranded Museum of History and Culture La Jolla, and serious coffee table cred courtesy of the Athenaeum BY GILLIAN FLYNN Cecil Beaton's Fashionable World makes a statement at SDMA ranchandcoast.com 112 OCTOBER 2026 RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: CECIL BEATON, CECIL BEATON,1935. GELATIN SILVER PRINT. THE CECIL BEATON STUDIO ARCHIVE, LONDON. © CONDÉ NAST; CECIL BEATON, BEST INVITATION OF THE SEASON (NINA DE VOE IN BALLGOWN BY BALMAIN), 1951. ORIGINAL COLOR TRANSPARENCY. THE CONDÉ NAST ARCHIVE, NEW YORK. © CONDÉ NAST. CECIL BEATON, THE WONDER OF THE AGE (MARILYN MONROE), 1956. GELATIN SILVER PRINT. THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON. © NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON. MARILYN MONROE™; RIGHTS OF PUBLICITY AND PERSONA RIGHTS ARE USED WITH PERMISSION OF THE ESTATE OF MARILYN MONROE LLC