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1000 5TH AVE
NEW YORK NY 10028-0113
Spanning more than two million square feet, The Metropolitan Museum of Art on 5th Ave. is a Pandora’s box of over two million works of art spanning 5,000 years. In addition to countless rare paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, the building is home to the Costume Institute, which has a huge collection of clothing and accessories ranging from the 15th century to the present.
The first Monday in May causes the fashion elite to put away their winter wardrobe and don a fanciful creation for the annual Met Gala, which marks the opening of the institute’s thematic exhibition. Hosted by Vogue’s Anna Wintour and her chosen celebrity co-hosts, the event clocks up more interest from the paparazzi than New York Fashion Week. Guests dress according to an often-elusive theme, with fashion-forward stars like Rihanna and Lady Gaga frequently testing the boundaries with their red-carpet choices. The co-chairs for the 2019 event are Gaga, Alessandro Michele, Harry Styles, and Serena Williams, while the Costume Institute’s spring exhibition will be, Camp: Notes on Fashion. A more low-key option to the May circus is to checkout the “Fashion in Art” tour, which discusses costume history within the context of the museum’s art collections.
Take a pause from musing over ancient artwork at the Cantor Rooftop Garden Bar, which serves cocktails and nibbles with panoramic views of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline.
