“Fashion is very much an art form not in spite of the body, but because of it,” says Andrew Bolton, OBE, curator in charge of the Costume Institute. And this year’s exhibition, “Costume Art,” seeks not just to address this tantalizingly complex issue, but to explore it in all its many facets. The central thesis is as simple as it is thrilling: pair existing artworks with corresponding garments or accessories and let your synapses fire. The very layout of the show—broken into sections that move from Biblical nudity to the au courant idea of body diversity to the ways in which we’ve long used clothes not merely to adorn but to subvert and distort the body—indicates just how richly drawn this subject is and why it’s mesmerized artists since time immemorial.
Sinéad Burke, CEO of Tilting the Lens, emphasizes how this exhibit highlights bodies that have traditionally been overlooked, and as someone with a physical disability, she is among those featured. Her body has been memorialized in the exhibition as a custom mannequin, alongside model and musician Aariana Rose Philip, transforming their presence into a lasting part of the narrative around representation, fashion, and identity.
Additionally, this exhibition will be the first in the costume department’s new home, the Conde M. Nast Galleries. Once relegated to a modest 4,500-square-foot space in the museum’s basement, the department will now take flight in a grand, 12,000-square-foot display room on the ground floor, just off the central Great Hall. It is, says Max Hollein, the museum’s director, a symbol of how important clothing has become to The Met’s mission in exploring the many facets of art in the modern age. “We collect paintings, sculptures, textiles, arms and armor, but especially all the fashion,” he says. “And we want to make sure that it’s understood that fashion is a fantastic form of art.”
Featuring testimonials from Misty Copeland, Alex Consani, Gwendoline Christie, Aimee Mullins, Sinéad Burke, Aariana Rose Philip and more.
Director: Nina Ljeti
Directors of Photography: Michael Lopez, Henry Gill
Editor: Evan Allan
Senior Producer: Bety Dereje
Producer: Rashida Josiah
Associate Producers: Anisa Kennar, Justine Ramirez, Lea Donenberg
Camera Operator: Chanthila Phaophanit
Assistant Camera: Kahdeem Prosper Jefferson, Gordan Wong
Gaffers: Billy Voermann, Mary Kalecinska
Swing: Alex Frischman
Audio: Mariya Chulichkova, Joanna Hunt
Set Designers: Ilana Portney, Dana Keren
Production Assistants: Quinton Johnson, Myles Haywood
Runners: Edie Chesters, Rachel Ademidun
Groomer for Andrew Bolton: Shin Arima
Makeup Artist for Sinéad Burke and Alex Consani: Ai Yokomizo
Hairstylist for Sinéad Burke and Alex Consani: Sonny Molina
Makeup Artist for Misty Copeland: Victor Henao
Hairstylist for Misty Copeland: Nai’vasha Grace
Makeup Artist for Aariana Philip: Meadow Soleil Cloud
Makeup Artist for Gwendoline Christie: Daniel Kolaric
Hairstylist for Gwendoline Christie: Joe Kelly
Hair & Makeup Artist for Aimee Mullins: Stèfan Jemeel
Production Coordinator: Tanía Jones
Production Manager: Kristen Helmick
Senior Production Manager: Venita Singh-Warner
Line Producer: Natasha Soto-Albors
Assistant Editors: Andy Morell, Fynn Lithgow
Senior Motion Graphics Designer: Samuel Fuller
Post Production Coordinator: Holly Frew
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Post Production Supervisor: Alexa Deutsch
Entertainment Director: Sergio Kletnoy
Global Talent Casting Directors: Ignacio Murillo, Morgan Senesi
Executive Producer: Rahel Gebreyes
Senior Director, Digital Video: Romy van den Broeke
Senior Director, Programming: Linda Gittleson
VP, Video Programming: Thespena Guatieri
Florist: London Blooming Haus
Photography By Paul Westlake
Images Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Special Thanks: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Cam Reesey
May 26, 2020 at 6:24 pm
Someone needs to animate this
A.11 Reviews
May 26, 2020 at 6:27 pm
SUP, MY NAME IS GOD
JUS PLAYIN
Maxwell Bailey Schindler
May 26, 2020 at 6:28 pm
Every character sounds like a love child of Morty and mr meeseks
Dante Cardines III
May 26, 2020 at 6:31 pm
all of these should do cameos in r&m, interdimensional cable maybe
Jericho Tango
May 26, 2020 at 6:32 pm
They all sound the same
weezles1
May 26, 2020 at 6:33 pm
Peter: “I’m Peter. I’m psychic. uh…uh…uhhh..uh. Did you get my message?”
Deziray Tims
May 26, 2020 at 6:35 pm
Everyone in the comments: ThEy AlL sOuNd LiKe MoRtY!
Let’s see you people come up with 10 completely different voices.
me hoi minoy
May 26, 2020 at 6:36 pm
“I want that mulan mcnugget sauce morty”
Noah Lasher
May 26, 2020 at 6:37 pm
I think Nick Kroll did way better.
Neil
May 26, 2020 at 6:39 pm
???? As bad as this was , it was the best one yet
Jeremy Andrew
May 26, 2020 at 6:41 pm
Justin is a better Imagineer than Voice Actor. I still love him though!
Eli Harper
May 26, 2020 at 6:42 pm
5:41 nice Duncan Trussell impression
Aylablitz
May 26, 2020 at 6:43 pm
I’ve been waiting for this ????
cavity stew
May 26, 2020 at 6:45 pm
“oh jeez rick help me”
*”m-morty, im gonna murder you.”*
Paul McCartney
May 26, 2020 at 7:01 pm
Hmm.. that’s odd, everyone sounds like Morty!
TheInternetusername
May 26, 2020 at 7:07 pm
PSYCIC ABILITIES DONT SAY MA NAME AND DONT DROP THAT BEAT
Kaleb Claus
May 26, 2020 at 7:14 pm
this is funny because it shows basically no versatility (even though he does have some) but really demonstrates how creatively hilariously he thinks
wadya69
May 26, 2020 at 7:26 pm
All voices sound the same. The guy has no talent
Sofia Fichman
May 26, 2020 at 7:27 pm
why does that sound SO MUCH like interdimensional cable? AHAH bc justin is a genius that’s why
Sofia Fichman
May 26, 2020 at 7:29 pm
the doggie awwnnn
MrTayloreh
May 26, 2020 at 7:34 pm
The extreme self-assuredness of the last guy is hillarious
????
May 26, 2020 at 7:38 pm
5:34 nancy is just skrillex
Filipa Castro
May 26, 2020 at 7:46 pm
Hello Gravity falls +rick and Morty =????????????????????????????????????????????
Haley McLain
May 26, 2020 at 7:48 pm
Hahaha this is so funny. The back stories ????
Daniel Arreguin
May 26, 2020 at 7:55 pm
All his voices, with the exception of Rick, sound like Morty