The Metropolitan Museum of Art introduced “Costume Art” because the theme for The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition Monday.
Drawing from the huge archive of the institute, the exhibit will characteristic choose items juxtaposed with works of Western artwork all through historical past that depict the human kind. The goal is to seize the connection between clothes and the physique via the lens of artwork, in response to Costume Institute curator Andrew Bolton.
“I wanted to focus on the centrality of the dressed body within the museum, connecting artistic representations of the body with fashion as an embodied art form,” he mentioned in a press launch.
The exhibition would be the centerpiece of the brand new 12,000-square-foot Galleries subsequent to the Great Hall within the museum. The house is called after Condé M. Nast, in recognition of a donation from the eponymous media firm. Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez Bezos are the lead traders behind the exhibition.
The 2026 Met Gala shall be Anna Wintour’s first since relinquishing her place as Vogue’s editor-in-chief earlier this yr. She stays the corporate’s international editorial director and Conde Nast’s chief content material officer, and can proceed to oversee the Met Gala.
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