Léon Bakst (1866–1924), Costume design for a nymph in The Afternoon of a Faun (L’Après-midi d’un Faune), 1912. Watercolor, pencil, and gold paint on paper. Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, …
1968 “Mrs. Harari invites experience. She has no fear and little vanity,” noted the writer of a 1968 Vogue profile. ‘Not only no fear but colossal nerve,’ said [a] friend. …
Sissel Tolaas for Balenciaga, spring 2024 ready-to-wear Photo: Courtesy of Balenciaga Conservation has come a long way since the days when Diana Vreeland reportedly staged scented exhibitions at the Costume …
“…to sleep, perchance to dream…” In its focus on sensory immersion and participatory elements, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion”—the Costume Institute’s new show, opening to the public on May 10, after …
At the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum in Miami, photographer Kacey Jeffers’s first solo exhibition, “Multitudes” (on view through May 4), bursts with color and insight. Spanning five series …
All of the landscapes have the title “As above, so below,” which comes from an ancient text, and might suggest a Dantean reading. The largest work in the exhibition is …
Frida Wannerberger is a feminist and fashion-friendly Swedish artist based in London whose bitter and sweet work speaks to the current zeitgeist in a nuanced way. She paints life-size paper-doll-like …
Just beyond the illuminated passage where visitors enter La Galerie Dior, there is a photograph of the “We Should All Be Feminists” T-shirt that continues to define Maria Grazia Chiuri’s …
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Photo: Marco Bahler Naomi—which will open on June 22, 2024, and run until April 6, 2025—will be a “broad survey of past and present”, with an emphasis on designers who …
There’s new hope for the contemporary art scene in Japan — or at least that’s what the narrative is surrounding Tokyo Gendai, an art fair that held its inaugural event …