But before Ms. Dunham started peeling back layers of her identity, she was putting a more satirical spin on it with the 2009 web series, Delusional Downtown Divas. The series also starred Joana Avillez and Isabel Halley (whose parents are the artists Gwenn Thomas and Peter Halley, respectively) as wannabe art scenesters. Back in real life, the trio enlisted a bevy of actually famous gallery owners, artists, and critics to be in their production, which landed them as hosts of the First Annual Art Awards at the Guggenheim.
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