This year’s Met Gala – always on the first Monday in May, except during a pandemic – was met with both cheers and jeers due to its controversial topic. The theme for the 2023 Met Gala was “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” and all participants were encouraged to wear looks inspired by the famed […]
Read more "The Met Gala 2023"The Met Gala returns to the first Monday in May next week and the art world is abuzz with who might be in attendance and what everyone will be wearing. While there was no gala in 2020 due to COVID-19, a truncated version of the gala took place in September of 2021. This year’s event, […]
Read more "The Met Gala Returns"The second session of my series The Art World: TODAY is all about fashion. Does haute couture have a place in the art world? One could easily argue that fashion is definitely an artform, but is it a fine art? Do we need such designations in the art world in 2019? Answer questions like these […]
Read more "The Art World & Fashion"While doing research for my most recent class – The Art World: Today – I came across a documentary called “The First Monday in May.” Since I am devoting an entire class session to fashion’s 21st century role in the art world, I thought it would be a good idea to check this documentary out […]
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The Wandering Art Historian 