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  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced that the exhibition Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty, which closed last Sunday at midnight, attracted 661,509 visitors during its run from May 4 to August 7, placing it among the Museum’s top 10 most visited exhibitions. Joining other blockbusters on the list such as Treasures of Tutankhamun (1978), Mona Lisa (1963), and Picasso in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (2010), Savage Beauty ranks as the eighth most popular exhibition ever held at the ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Thursday that 5.68 million people visited the Met during the fiscal year that ended on June 30. The number, which includes attendance at The Cloisters museum and gardens, is the highest recorded in 40 years. The total was more than 400,000 greater than in Fiscal Year 2010. “We are delighted by this extraordinary response to our collections and programs, especially in the context of ongoing fiscal challenges faced by both the Museum and the public,” ...

  On February 27, 2011, Phoenix Art Museum opens the largest exhibition space and the closet of an acclaimed American tastemaker to reveal an extraordinary wardrobe of custom-made, couture and personally designed sporting ensembles. A prestigious acquisition, it is a rich archive of works by the most masterful fashion designers of the 1940s through 1960s including Charles James, Madame Grès, Balenciaga, Givenchy and Fortuny.   On view through May 29, 2011, Fashion Independent: The Original ...

 Inaugural Gowns of 11 Modern First Ladies Including Michelle Obama Are Featured. The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History expands its popular exhibition, “The First Ladies at the Smithsonian,” with a new gallery featuring 11 gowns representing first ladies from Mamie Eisenhower to Michelle Obama, opening Wednesday, March 10. The new gallery, “A First Lady’s Debut,” focuses on the public introduction of 11 first ladies during the inauguration or beginning of her husband’s ...

Gala Benefit May 3, 2010, with Co-Chairs Oprah Winfrey, Patrick Robinson, and Anna Wintour. The exhibition, on view from May 5 through August 15, 2010, will explore developing perceptions of the modern American woman from 1890 to 1940, and how they have affected the way American women are seen today. Focusing on archetypes of American femininity through dress, the exhibition will reveal how the American woman initiated style revolutions that mirrored her social, political, and sexual ...