2010 Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute benefit: American Woman

Rosie Huntington Whiteley


Angela Lindvall


Natasha Poly


Jamie Bochert


Caroline Trentini

Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Ball 2009 - Red Carpet

Karen Elson (wearing Chanel Haute Couture) and Jack White


Agyness Deyn (wearing Burberry) with Twiggy


Isabeli Fontana (wearing Calvin Klein Collection), with Italo Zuchelli


Anne Vyalitsyna (wearing Peter Som) with Peter Som

Carmen Kass (wearing Michael Kors)

Madonna and Child (1300), by Duccio di Buoninsegna

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has always been a big part of my life. When I was a child, my father took me there to see the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, Temple of Dendur, and ornately carved sarcophagus. In high school and college I visited the Met to explore the many eras of global art for pelasure and for school. Today of the Met is my special place to be alone.



Madonna and Child (also known as the Stoclet Madonna or Stroganoff Madonna) is a panel painting by Italian medieval artist Duccio di Buoninsegna. Painted in tempera with gilding on wood panel around the year 1300, it depicts Mary, the mother of Jesus holding the infant Jesus. Including the engaged frame, the work measures 27.9 x 21 centimeters.

Duccio di Buoninsegna. (c. 1255-1260 – c. 1318-1319) was one of the most influential Italian artists of his time. Born in Siena, Tuscany, he worked mostly with pigment and egg tempera and like most of his contemporaries he painted religious subject matters.

Duccio di Buoninsegna's later works set the stage for the early Renaissance by endowing figures and objects with a physical and emotional dimension that, in retrospect, made earlier paintings seem mere images.

Madonna and Child, one of the signature works at the Metropolitan Museum is on view in Gallery 3 of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s European Paintings Galleries.

More information about Madonna and Child can be found here on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website.

Party

Last night was the Costume Institute Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The theme was "Superheroes". Attending were :

1. Rosie Huntington Whiteley, wearing Burberry.


2. Jourdan Dunn, wearing Bill Blass by Peter Som.


3. Natasa Vojnovic, wearing Alexander Wang.


4. Natasha Poly wearing Phi.


5. Isabeli Fontana, wearing Versace.

To do this weekend

1. Whatever Happened to Baby Jane at the Chelsea Clearview, starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, on Saturday May 3rd at 10pm. Chealsea Clearview: 260 West 23rd Street (at 8th avenue), ph: 212-691-5519 .
2. Jasper Johns at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Met hours:Saturday 9:30 a.m.–9:00 p.m., Sunday 9:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. The Met is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street, ph: 212-535-7710.
3. Design and the Elastic Mind at the Museum of Modern Art. (11 West 53 Street, between Fifth Ave x Sixth Ave, ph: (212) 708-9400). Hours: Saturday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Sunday 10:30 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
4. Karl Nierendorf Collection at the Guggenheim Museum. (1071 5th Ave, at 89th Street, ph: 212-423-3500). Hours: Sat-Wed: 10:00 am -5:45 pm, Friday 10:00 am - 7:45 pm.
5. Deception at the Regal Union Square Stadium 14. Look out for Shannan Click in it!