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'''Andrew Bolton''' (born 1966)<ref name="Anarchy Unleashed">{{Cite web |date=2013-03-18 |title=Anarchy Unleashed |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> is a British museum [[curator]] and current Head Curator of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]'s [[Costume Institute]] in [[New York City]].
'''Andrew Bolton''' (born 1966)<ref name="Anarchy Unleashed">{{Cite web |date=2013-03-18 |title=Anarchy Unleashed |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> is a British museum [[curator]] and current Head Curator of the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]]'s [[Costume Institute]] in [[New York City]].

Born in [[Blackburn, Lancashire]], UK, Bolton graduated from the [[University of East Anglia]] with a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Non-Western Art.<ref>{{cite web|title=Met Museum Appoints Andrew Bolton as New Costume Institute Curator in Charge|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwart/article/Met-Museum-Appoints-Andrew-Bolton-as-New-Costume-Institute-Curator-in-Charge-20150909|website=Broadwayworld|access-date=13 September 2015}}</ref> In 2017, he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of the [[Royal College of Art]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Honorary Fellows - RCA|url=https://www.rca.ac.uk/more/about-rca/our-history/college-honours/honorary-fellows/|access-date=26 November 2017}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
Bolton was born in 1966 in [[Blackburn, Lancashire]] and majored in anthropology at the [[University of East Anglia]] in Norwich, where he graduated in 1987.<ref name="Anarchy Unleashed"/>


==Career==
==Career==
Bolton majored in Anthropology at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich, and completed his degree in 1987.<ref name="Anarchy Unleashed"/> He came to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from London's [[Victoria and Albert Museum]]<ref name=Trebay/> as an Associate Curator of the Met's [[Costume Institute]].<ref name=Tomkins>{{cite magazine|last1=Tomkins|first1=Calvin|title=Anarchy Unleashed|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed|access-date=13 August 2015|magazine=The New Yorker|date=25 March 2013}}</ref> On September 8, 2015 it was announced that he would replace the retiring [[Harold Koda]] as Curator in Chief of the Costume Institute.<ref name=Pogrebin>{{cite news|last1=Pogrebin|first1=Robin|title=Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met's Costume Institute|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/arts/design/andrew-bolton-chosen-to-lead-the-mets-costume-institute.html?ref=international|access-date=9 September 2015|work=New York Times|date=8 September 2015}}</ref> Later that year, he was awarded the [[Vilcek Prize|Vilcek Prize in Fashion]].<ref name=Trebay/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chilton|first1=Nancy|title=Andrew Bolton Wins 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2015/andrew-bolton-2015-vilcek-prize-in-fashion|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> Bolton has created and or co-created several critically lauded exhibitions including [[Savage Beauty (exhibition)|Savage Beauty]] featuring clothing created by British [[fashion design]]er [[Alexander McQueen]], as well as [[China: Through the Looking Glass]] (both with Koda).<ref name=Trebay>{{cite news|last1=Trebay|first1=Guy|title=At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/fashion/mens-style/at-the-met-andrew-bolton-is-the-storyteller-in-chief.html|access-date=13 August 2015|work=New York Times|date=29 April 2015}}</ref> Bolton exhibitions are known for their, "scholarly rigor....whimsy.... (and) theatricality."<ref name=Trebay/>
Bolton began his career at London's [[Victoria and Albert Museum]].<ref name=Trebay/>.<ref name=Tomkins>{{cite magazine|last1=Tomkins|first1=Calvin|title=Anarchy Unleashed|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/03/25/anarchy-unleashed|access-date=13 August 2015|magazine=The New Yorker|date=25 March 2013}}</ref>
On September 8, 2015, it was announced that he would replace the retiring [[Harold Koda]] as curator in chief of the [[Anna Wintour Costume Center]].<ref name=Pogrebin>{{cite news|last1=Pogrebin|first1=Robin|title=Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met's Costume Institute|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/09/arts/design/andrew-bolton-chosen-to-lead-the-mets-costume-institute.html?ref=international|access-date=9 September 2015|work=New York Times|date=8 September 2015}}</ref> Later that year, he was awarded the [[Vilcek Prize|Vilcek Prize in Fashion]].<ref name=Trebay/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chilton|first1=Nancy|title=Andrew Bolton Wins 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion|url=http://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-museum/now-at-the-met/2015/andrew-bolton-2015-vilcek-prize-in-fashion|website=Metropolitan Museum of Art|access-date=10 February 2015}}</ref> Bolton has created and or co-created several critically lauded exhibitions including [[Savage Beauty (exhibition)|Savage Beauty]] featuring clothing created by British [[fashion design]]er [[Alexander McQueen]], as well as [[China: Through the Looking Glass]] (both with Koda).<ref name=Trebay>{{cite news|last1=Trebay|first1=Guy|title=At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/30/fashion/mens-style/at-the-met-andrew-bolton-is-the-storyteller-in-chief.html|access-date=13 August 2015|work=New York Times|date=29 April 2015}}</ref> Bolton exhibitions are known for their, "scholarly rigor....whimsy.... (and) theatricality."<ref name=Trebay/>


For the 2017 exhibition, Japanese fashion designer [[Rei Kawakubo]] was the subject.<ref>[http://time.com/4540904/comme-des-garcons-rei-kawakubo-met-gala-theme-2017/ Time magazine. Kawakubo announcement of 2017 exhibit]</ref> In an interview with ''Vogue'' in April 2017, Bolton stated: “I really think her influence is so huge, but sometimes it’s subtle. It’s not about copying her; it’s the purity of her vision.”<ref name="Lynn Yaeger 2017">Lynn Yaeger. "On the Eve of the [[Comme des Garçons]] Retrospective, the Notoriously Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks Out", APRIL 13, 2017, ''Vogue'' Magazine.</ref> Bolton also stated that the exhibition would be an austere, all-white maze hosting approximately 150 Comme ensembles. Both the exhibit and accompanying book by Bolton are based upon the recurrent fashion dichotomies concentrating on eight thematic oppositions listed as: (1) fashion/antifashion; (2) design/not design; (3) model/multiple; (4) then/now; (5) high/low; (6) self/other; (7) object/subject; and (8) clothes/not clothes.
Japanese fashion designer [[Rei Kawakubo]] was the subject of the 2017 exhibit.<ref>[http://time.com/4540904/comme-des-garcons-rei-kawakubo-met-gala-theme-2017/ Time magazine. Kawakubo announcement of 2017 exhibit]</ref> In an interview with ''Vogue'' in April 2017, Bolton stated: “I really think her influence is so huge, but sometimes it’s subtle. It’s not about copying her; it’s the purity of her vision.”<ref name="Lynn Yaeger 2017">Lynn Yaeger. "On the Eve of the [[Comme des Garçons]] Retrospective, the Notoriously Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks Out", APRIL 13, 2017, ''Vogue'' Magazine.</ref> Bolton also stated that the exhibition would be an austere, all-white maze hosting approximately 150 Comme ensembles. Both the exhibit and accompanying book by Bolton are based upon the recurrent fashion dichotomies concentrating on eight thematic oppositions listed as: (1) fashion/antifashion; (2) design/not design; (3) model/multiple; (4) then/now; (5) high/low; (6) self/other; (7) object/subject; and (8) clothes/not clothes.


Bolton's show, ''Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination'', opened on 10 May 2018. Bolton described the exhibition as an examination of "the role dress plays within the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and the role the Roman Catholic Church plays within the fashionable imagination."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2018/heavenly-bodies-fashion-catholic-imagination-introduction| title = The Metaphorical Nature of Creation: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination| author = Bolton, Andrew| date = April 23, 2018| access-date = May 11, 2018| publisher = The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref> The exhibition included objects from the Vatican Collection alongside designs by [[Gianni Versace]], [[John Galliano|John Galliano for Dior]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]] and other designers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/heavenly-bodies|title=Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>
Bolton's show, ''Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination'', opened on 10 May 2018. Bolton described the exhibition as an examination of "the role dress plays within the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] and the role the Roman Catholic Church plays within the fashionable imagination."<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2018/heavenly-bodies-fashion-catholic-imagination-introduction| title = The Metaphorical Nature of Creation: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination| author = Bolton, Andrew| date = April 23, 2018| access-date = May 11, 2018| publisher = The Metropolitan Museum of Art}}</ref> The exhibition included objects from the Vatican Collection alongside designs by [[Gianni Versace]], [[John Galliano|John Galliano for Dior]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (designer)|Yves Saint Laurent]] and other designers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/heavenly-bodies|title=Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination|website=The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref>

Revision as of 18:27, 29 September 2022

Andrew Bolton
Born1966 (age 58–59)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Curator in Chief, Anna Wintour Costume Center
Known forSavage Beauty
China: Through the Looking Glass
PartnerThom Browne

Andrew Bolton (born 1966)[1] is a British museum curator and current Head Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute in New York City.

Early life and education

Bolton was born in 1966 in Blackburn, Lancashire and majored in anthropology at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, where he graduated in 1987.[1]

Career

Bolton began his career at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.[2].[3]

On September 8, 2015, it was announced that he would replace the retiring Harold Koda as curator in chief of the Anna Wintour Costume Center.[4] Later that year, he was awarded the Vilcek Prize in Fashion.[2][5] Bolton has created and or co-created several critically lauded exhibitions including Savage Beauty featuring clothing created by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, as well as China: Through the Looking Glass (both with Koda).[2] Bolton exhibitions are known for their, "scholarly rigor....whimsy.... (and) theatricality."[2]

Japanese fashion designer Rei Kawakubo was the subject of the 2017 exhibit.[6] In an interview with Vogue in April 2017, Bolton stated: “I really think her influence is so huge, but sometimes it’s subtle. It’s not about copying her; it’s the purity of her vision.”[7] Bolton also stated that the exhibition would be an austere, all-white maze hosting approximately 150 Comme ensembles. Both the exhibit and accompanying book by Bolton are based upon the recurrent fashion dichotomies concentrating on eight thematic oppositions listed as: (1) fashion/antifashion; (2) design/not design; (3) model/multiple; (4) then/now; (5) high/low; (6) self/other; (7) object/subject; and (8) clothes/not clothes.

Bolton's show, Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination, opened on 10 May 2018. Bolton described the exhibition as an examination of "the role dress plays within the Roman Catholic Church and the role the Roman Catholic Church plays within the fashionable imagination."[8] The exhibition included objects from the Vatican Collection alongside designs by Gianni Versace, John Galliano for Dior, Yves Saint Laurent and other designers.[9]

Bolton is featured alongside Anna Wintour in Andrew Rossi's 2016 documentary film "The First Monday in May" which documents the staging of the Metropolitan Museum's annual Costume Institute Gala.[10]

Costume Institute Exhibitions

Personal life

Since 2011, Bolton has lived in Manhattan with fashion designer Thom Browne, his partner.[11][12]

Literary works

The following is an incomplete list of his literary works:

  • Bolton, Andrew (2002). The Supermodern Wardrobe. New York: V&A.
  • Bolton, Andrew (November 2, 2010). Sui, Anna; White, Jack; Meisel, Steven, eds. Anna Sui. New York: Chronicle Books. ISBN 1452128596.
  • Bolton, Andrew (2011). McQueen, Alexander, eds. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 9781588394125.
  • Bolton, Andrew (and Richard Hell, Jon Savage, John Lydon) (2013), eds. Punk: Chaos to Couture. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bolton, Andrew (2016). Manux X Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bolton, Andrew (2017). Rei Kawakubo/Comme des Garçons: Art of the In-Between. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bolton, Andrew (2018). Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Bolton, Andrew (2019). In Pursuit of Fashion: The Sandy Schreier Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.

References

  1. ^ a b "Anarchy Unleashed". The New Yorker. 2013-03-18. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
  2. ^ a b c d Trebay, Guy (29 April 2015). "At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ^ Tomkins, Calvin (25 March 2013). "Anarchy Unleashed". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ^ Pogrebin, Robin (8 September 2015). "Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met's Costume Institute". New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  5. ^ Chilton, Nancy. "Andrew Bolton Wins 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ^ Time magazine. Kawakubo announcement of 2017 exhibit
  7. ^ Lynn Yaeger. "On the Eve of the Comme des Garçons Retrospective, the Notoriously Reclusive Rei Kawakubo Speaks Out", APRIL 13, 2017, Vogue Magazine.
  8. ^ Bolton, Andrew (April 23, 2018). "The Metaphorical Nature of Creation: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  9. ^ "Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination". The Metropolitan Museum of Art, i.e. The Met Museum. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  10. ^ "Whānau Mārama: The First Monday in May".
  11. ^ Posted December 6, 2016 (2016-12-06). "Fashion Designer Thom Browne's 1930s Manhattan Apartment". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2018-05-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Leland, John (29 April 2016). "How Andrew Bolton of Met Costume Institute Spends His Sundays - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
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