Currently Browsing: Met Museum NYC
When wandering through museums and stately homes, we often walk past the decorative porcelains, often in the characteristic blue and white. But have you looked closely at these pieces or wondered what the images mean?
That’s what Metropolitan Museum of Art’s current exhibition Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie wants to explore.… read more.
I look forward to the Met Costume Institute exhibition every year. It springboards the fantastical costumes of that year’s Met Gala. It offers a detailed tour through beautifully constructed objects like the black embroidery of 2014-15’s Death Becomes Her, or the whimsical dresses of 2019’s Camp: Notes On Fashion.… read more.
On this day in 2018, the Guerrilla Girls opened their infamous Beyond the Streets LA exhibition.
The Guerrilla Girls formed nearly 40 years ago. Made up of anonymous women artists, they came into prominence with a mission to fight sexism and racism within visual art, film, politics and pop culture. Wearing gorilla masks to conceal their identities, the Guerrilla Girls use engaging headlines, posters, books, billboards and public appearances to expose corruption and injustice.… read more.