May 10–October 8, 2018
The Costume Institute's spring 2018 exhibition—at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters—features a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from The Met collection to examine fashion's ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism.
Serving as the cornerstone of the exhibition, papal robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many of which have never been seen outside The Vatican, are on view in the Anna Wintour Costume Center. Fashions from the early twentieth century to the present are shown in the Byzantine and medieval galleries, part of the Robert Lehman Wing, and at The Met Cloisters.
Exhibition design by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
"A gift from the Sartorial Gods . . . an idea so right, so inevitably majestic, that it's amazing it never happened here before." —Wall Street Journal
"It's gorgeous, moving, and surprisingly witty. . . . It confirms the historical, even mystical power of fashion, its worthiness of serious attention . . ." —The Cut
"Art lovers already know the Metropolitan Museum is heaven on Earth. But its new exhibit . . . should convert everyone else." —New York Post
The exhibition is made possible by Christine and Stephen A. Schwarzman and Versace
Additional support is provided by Condé Nast
- 2018_NY_Met_Art_Heavenly2: NY -- NYC -- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (Vatican) (31 photos from 2018)
- 2018_NY_Met_Art_Heavenly1: NY -- NYC -- Metropolitan Museum of Art -- Exhibit: Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination (Versace) (120 photos from 2018)
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