Charleston names new Vice Presidents

Historical home and cultural centre Charleston has named KIM JONES and SIGRID RAUSING its new Vice Presidents.

Jones, Creative Director of Dior Men and Fendi Womenswear and Couture, and Rausing, publisher of Granta Magazine and Granta Books, will join current President VIRGINIA NICHOLSON at the charity, which recently opened a new cultural centre in Lewes.

Rausing, who previously served on the Board of Trustees, said: “Charleston to me is a space of creative contradiction; a museum dedicated to preserving the memory, home, art and artefacts of a circle known, above all, for their innovation and transgression in all the varied fields they engaged in – literature, art, philosophy, economics, and ideas about how to make a family and a home. 

"That the museum and festivals have succeeded in staying true to that spirit of innovation while also commemorating it is a testament to its governance and leadership, and I am delighted to become a Vice President."

Jones has worked closely with the Charleston team since 2018 to help acquire objects for the house.

“The impact of Charleston never left me after I visited the house for the first time when I was 14 years old," he said. 

"The work of the artists, writers and thinkers associated with Charleston and the Bloomsbury group has since become a life-long passion, and it is an honour for me to be an ambassador for this remarkable house and cultural centre."