Andrew Bolton (curator)

Andrew Bolton
Born 1966
Nationality British
Occupation Curator in Chief of the Costume Institute
Known for Savage Beauty
China: Through the Looking Glass

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

Bolton graduated from the University of East Anglia with a BA in Anthropology and an MA in Non-Western Art.[1]

In 2002, he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City as an Associate Curator of the Costume Institute.[2] On September 8 2015, it was announced that he would replace the retiring Harold Koda as Curator in Chief of the Costume Institute.[3]

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).[4]

Bolton exhibitions are known for their, "scholarly rigor....whimsy.... (and) theatricality."[4]

Career

Bolton came to the Met from London's Victoria and Albert Museum in 2002.[4]

In 2015, he was awarded the Vilcek Prize in Fashion.[4][5]

Personal Life

Bolton lives in Manhattan with his partner of five years, fashion designer Thom Browne.[6] [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Met Museum Appoints Andrew Bolton as New Costume Institute Curator in Charge". Broadwayworld. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Tomkins, Calvin (25 March 2013). "Anarchy Unleashed". The New Yorker. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Pogrebin, Robin (8 September 2015). "Andrew Bolton Chosen to Lead the Met's Costume Institute". New York Times. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Trebay, Guy (29 April 2015). "At the Met, Andrew Bolton Is the Storyteller in Chief". New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Chilton, Nancy. "Andrew Bolton Wins 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  6. ↑ http://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/thom-browne-fashion-designer-manhattan-apartment-article
  7. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/01/nyregion/how-andrew-bolton-of-met-costume-institute-spends-his-sundays.html?_r=0
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