May 1st to May 4th—the most fashion-packed four-day period … ever?
With that in mind, we’re bringing you a little Met Gala counter-programming.
As you may have heard, this year’s exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute is “Costume Art,” bridging the gap between fashion and fine art, with a focus on the body as a dressed form. The exhibition will officially open to the public on May 10th, but there is still plenty of art to see between now and then (and beyond!). Quite a few masters are on view, too. Check out Dalí’s greatest hits on the brooding walls of Di Donna, including Untitled (Dreams of Venus), or Matisse’s bold colors and dynamic forms at Acquavella Gallery. Armory Show renegade and modernist prankster Marcel Duchamp is on view at MoMA; meanwhile, Polaroids from the father of pop culture, Andy Warhol, are now up at The Whitney. Likewise, you can revel in Keith Haring’s formative years as a graffiti savant at The Brant Foundation in the East Village.
