From his office on the top floor of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lucian Simmons has a vantage point from which to survey the huge mission he has undertaken. Below him in gallery after gallery are the artworks and artifacts that the museum has collected across its 155 years in …
We always overhype our vacations. After a long morning’s climb the weather is clearing up, and we are peering into the distance, into the fog gathered beneath this craggy outcropping — high above Germany, or what is not yet Germany, where only little tufts of grass push from the bare …
On Aug. 18, 1959, George Tice was a Navy photographer’s mate third class on the aircraft carrier Wasp when an explosion in a hangar bay rocked the ship in the Atlantic Ocean, about 250 miles from Norfolk, Va. He rushed to the flight deck, camera in hand, and took pictures …
Sixteenth-century ornamental timepieces frame a crystal-studded metal bodysuit by Thierry Mugler. Gilded silver reliquaries with sculpted hands stand next to a pair of Hermès gloves. A ceramic hand warmer from Faenza, Italy, that looks like a book is twinned with a Chanel clutch that looks like a book. This is …
Sometimes it can be hard to hear what Frida Escobedo is saying. She is reserved, restrained, a self-described introvert. But that quiet aura should not be mistaken for timidity or deference. Despite the weight of being the first woman to design a wing in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 154-year …
‘Paris 1874: The Impressionist Moment’ Through Jan. 19 at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. This year is the 150th birthday of Impressionism, a movement so popular and so familiar that it can seem like some preordained crowd pleaser — all those sunsets and tutus, ready for their blotchy …
Celebrity co-chairs announced for 2024 Met Gala Celebrity co-chairs announced for 2024 Met Gala 00:26 NEW YORK — The Met Gala is this Monday, and we’re counting down some of the most iconic looks from the best dressed stars, like the one and only Rihanna and two of this year’s co-chairs Bad …
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Benefit, known around the globe as the Met Gala, will take place May 6, 2024, in New York City. The Spring 2024 exhibition, titled “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion,” will highlight the sensory experience behind clothes and their transitory nature. But the dress code …
