![]() That may be more true now than when it opened in early May, given last week’s report of decades of alleged child sex abuse by more than 300 priests in Pennsylvania. Catholicism - past, present and future - was considered to be a delicate (and exhaustive) subject to tackle. Schwarzman, and Versace, the show is meant to be a museum journey examining how the Catholic Church has inspired legions of designers. Made possible through the support of Christine and Stephen A. The Met’s spring exhibitionspread across two venues and 60,000 square feetjuxtaposes the museum’s religious masterpieces with ensembles from more than 50 designers. King Tut still reigns supreme for the Fifth Avenue museum with more than 1.36 million visitors.īut Heavenly Bodies may gain ground since it will continue to be on view at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters through Oct. The Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue, New York City is already a regal monument to artistic splendour, in both its external architecture and its internal exhibits, but the Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination exhibition, which runs until October 8th 2018, raises the Met to divine status. It is now just behind “Mona Lisa,” a 1963 show and “Treasures of Tutankhamun” from 1978. The Catholic-themed fashion extravaganza knocked out “The Vatican Collections,“ which was held in 1983, in the third-place slot. ![]() In doing so, the show now is the Costume Institute’s most visited and the third most visited for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, spearheaded the Met’s new show, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. A brilliant exploration of fashions complex engagement with the great art and artifacts of Catholic faith and practice. Shaun Cole Winchester School of Art DOI: 10.3366/cost.2019.0132 Andrew Bolton, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (New York: Metropolitan Museum and Yale University Press, 2018). Fresh off a cameo in Ocean’s 8 latest trailer, the first Monday in May brings the annual Met Gala festivities and this year’s theme is purely divine. If you’ve ever wanted to see Gaultier next to Pius IX, fashion devotees you’re in luck. The Costume Institute’s “Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination” has passed the one-million visitor mark. Christian Lacroix F/W 2009 Haute Couture.
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