Tag: Vatican

  • Coming soon: Costume Institute Gala!

    This is a busy week at FIT, because classes are finishing up and students are turning in the semester’s final research projects. But it’s also the runup to NYC’s biggest fashion event, the Costume Institute Gala. The event is next Monday evening, May 7. As in past years, I’ll write about the red carpet for…

  • PEEP THIS…Sistine Chapel wants to suction it all away

    Millions have visited with millions more on the horizon. So how to prevent the built up of human humus and environmental mire reeking havoc on priceless one-of-a-kind artistic treasures? As featured in ARTNews April 2013 issue the Vatican plans to better preserve the great works of the Sistine Chapel. Years of grit, grime, dust and…