TORONTO.- The Royal Ontario Museum has unveiled its newest installation in the Patricia Harris Gallery of Textiles & Costume. Riotous Colour, Daring Patterns: Fashions + Textiles 18th to 21st centuries is a dazzling display featuring over 120 textiles …
Exhibition of Menswear Explores Men’s Fashion from the 18th Century to the Present
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- This lively exhibition contradicts the notion of men’s apparel as staid and restrained, especially when compared to women’s fashions. The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in Masculine Dress, drawn primarily from the Ph…
Exhibition of Exuberant and Eye-Catching Menswear Explores Men’s Fashion from the 18th Century to the Present
PHILADELPHIA, PA.- This lively exhibition contradicts the notion of men’s apparel as staid and restrained, especially when compared to women’s fashions. The Peacock Male: Exuberance and Extremes in Masculine Dress, drawn primarily from the Ph…
Peru President Alan Garcia Says Yale University to Return Thousands of Inca Artifacts
LIMA (AP).- Peru’s president announced Friday that Yale University has agreed to return thousands of artifacts taken away from the Inca citadel of Machu Picchu nearly a century ago. The university issued a statement a few hours later expressing satisf…
Chinoiserie-Themed Show to Fill Fort Mason Center’s Festival Pavilion
SAN FRANCISCO, CA.- The 29th San Francisco Fall Antiques Show Benefiting Enterprise for High School Students will be held October 28–31, 2010, at the Festival Pavilion of Fort Mason Center. Over 60 carefully-vetted new and returning dealers will p…
New Installation of Work by Contemporary Artist Alinah Azadeh at the National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- Chasing Mirrors: Portraits of the Unseen is a new installation of work by contemporary artist Alinah Azadeh and a collective of young people from Brent, Barnet and Ealing who share an Islamic heritage. Opening on 15 October 2010, the installat…
New Installation of Work by Contemporary Artist Alinah Azadeh at the National Portrait Gallery
LONDON.- Chasing Mirrors: Portraits of the Unseen is a new installation of work by contemporary artist Alinah Azadeh and a collective of young people from Brent, Barnet and Ealing who share an Islamic heritage. Opening on 15 October 2010, the installat…
LACMA Debuts World.Class European Costume Acquisition with Fashioning Fashion
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915, featuring selections from the museum’s recently acquired major collection of European men’s, women’s, and ch…
LACMA Debuts World.Class European Costume Acquisition with Fashioning Fashion
LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915, featuring selections from the museum’s recently acquired major collection of European men’s, women’s, and ch…
An Impressive and Comprehensive Collection of Glorious Quilts Celebrate the "Year of the Quilt"
NEW YORK, NY.- The artistry of America’s quilt heritage will be highlighted in the “Year of the Quilt”— an unprecedented twelve-month-long series of exhibitions, special events, and educational programming focusing on the creative contributions of…