It’s not often a dress makes an appearance at court as well as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute Gala in New York. But Katy Perry’s choice for the 2015 ball, a strapless, floor length dress designed by Moschino, has found itself at the centre of an ongoing legal dispute that looks unlikely to reach a swift resolution. Continue reading
Leading scholars have revealed that a vivid portrait of a young girl, which the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York believed to be one of the least valuable pictures in their collection, is a genuine work by the girl’s father, Peter Paul Rubens. It will go on display as a fully attributed work in the Flemish master painter’s own house in Antwerp, as part of the upcoming exhibition: “Rubens in Private: the Master Portrays his Family”. Continue reading
