The Los Angeles County Museum of Art exhibition, California Design, 1930–1965: "Living in a Modern Way" is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. The show is installed in the elegantly modern Resnick Pavilion gallery space. It opened October 1, 2011 and will continue until June 3, 2012. Actor Dick Van Dyke's 1963 Studebaker Avanti is prominently displayed with the furniture, lighting, product and fashion items in the show. Wendy Kaplan, the show’s curator and head of LACMA’s decorative arts and design department, included the car because it embodies an entrepreneurial, start-up quality that would also distinguish the aviation and electronic industries in California.
