"The Museum at FIT (MFIT) presents Art X Fashion, a comprehensive exploration of the dynamic relationship between fashion and fine art. Featuring over 140 garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and artworks from the museum's permanent collection, the exhibition aims to challenge traditional hierarchies of visual culture, positioning fashion and art as parallel influential expressions of social, intellectual, and creative forces. Organized by Dr. Elizabeth Way, curator of costume and accessories at MFIT, the show runs from February 18 to April 19, 2026."
"Art X Fashion invites viewers to engage with the enduring question: "Is fashion art?" Utilizing the theoretical framework developed by art and fashion historian Dr. Christopher Richards, the exhibition highlights how fashion has historically partnered with fine art, from the drama of Rococo and Neoclassicism to the bold experimentation of Surrealism, Pop Art, and postmodernism. Richards notes that fashion's innovation, craftsmanship, and cultural impact qualify it as art, illustrated by designers including Martin Margiela, Rei Kawakubo, Iris van Herpen,"
Art X Fashion at the Museum at FIT presents over 140 garments, accessories, textiles, photographs, and artworks that trace the relationship between fashion and fine art. The show positions fashion and art as parallel expressions of social, intellectual, and creative forces and challenges traditional visual-culture hierarchies. Organized by Dr. Elizabeth Way, the presentation runs February 18–April 19, 2026. Theoretical framing from Dr. Christopher Richards emphasizes fashion's innovation, craftsmanship, and cultural impact as qualifying it as art. The display features designers such as Martin Margiela, Rei Kawakubo, Iris van Herpen, Charles Frederick Worth, Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Christian Dior, and includes artists who incorporate fashion as an expressive medium.
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