The 2023 Met Gala: the exhibition which will be dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld | Modem Mag

Karl Lagerfeld will be the protagonist of a retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2023 and the upcoming Met Gala. It's the first international retrospective after his death on February 2019.
Titled “Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty,” the exhibition will be held from May 5 to July 16, 2023 at the Met and will examine the work of Karl Lagerfeld. The Met Gala, which traditionally coincides with the museum's annual exhibition, will be held on May 1, 2023 in honor of the designer. Focusing on the designer’s stylistic vocabulary as expressed in aesthetic themes that appear time and again in his fashions from the 1950s to his final collection in 2019, the show will spotlight the German-born designer’s unique working methodology. Most of the approximately 150 pieces on display will be accompanied by Lagerfeld’s sketches, which underscore his complex creative process and the collaborative relationships with his premières, or head seamstresses. Lagerfeld’s fluid lines united his designs for Balmain, Patou, Chloé, Fendi, Chanel, and his eponymous label, Karl Lagerfeld, creating a diverse and prolific body of work unparalleled in the history of fashion.

The exhibition’s interior has been designed by the architect Tadao Ando.

The chief sponsor of the exhibition will be Chanel while major support will further be provided by the Italian maison Fendi. The fashion brand Karl Lagerfeld and Condé Nast will add additional support.

“Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty” will be on view from May 5 to July 16, 2023. The exhibition will follow the Met Gala, which will be held on May 1.

Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty
May 5 to July 16, 2023
The Met Fifth Avenue
1000 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10028, United States

Karl Lagerfeld - Karl Otto Lagerfeldt, passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at American Hospital in Neuilly, near Paris. In 1952 he moves to Paris. In 1955, he participates a coat design competition sponsored by the International Wool Secretariat. He win the competition ex equo with Yves Saint Laurent and becomes friend whit him. Lagerfeld starts his career alongside Pierre Balmain, whose assistant he was from 1955 to 1962. In 1959 he is appointed artistic director at Jean Patou, then for the brand Chloé from 1963 to 1983. Meanwhile, in 1965, he joins the house Fendi in Rome. In 1983, Karl Lagerfeld takes up his duties at Chanel and in 1984 he creates his own clothing line. In 2010 he receives the insignia of Commander of the Legion of Honor.
In 2012, he is elected "most influential stylist of the last twenty-five years". Passionate about art and culture, Karl Lagerfeld was an art collector. He published photography books and was also the owner of the bookstore and publishing house 7L. He also made costumes for the Scala opera house in Milan or for Monte Carlo ballets, and for the cinema or artists like Madonna. All our thoughts are with his loved ones and family.