Andrew Bolton: Winner of the 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion

Andrew Bolton was chosen as the winner of the 2015 Vilcek Prize in Fashion for his curatorial work that elevates fashion as an art form. Bolton is curator in the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With a background in anthropology and non-Western art, he brings to his work an intellectual rigor balanced by an enthusiasm for the aesthetic beauty of fashion. Since joining the museum in 2002, Bolton has curated 13 exhibitions (some in collaboration with Costume Institute Curator in Charge Harold Koda) and is responsible for one of the most highly attended exhibitions in the museum’s history, 2011’s Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. Keen to enhance the accessibility of fashion while also reinforcing its importance as an art form, he is known for producing culturally relevant yet visually striking exhibitions. Andrew Bolton was born in England.
The Vilcek Foundation awards the Vilcek Prizes annually to immigrants who have made lasting contributions to American society through their extraordinary achievements in biomedical research and the arts and humanities.
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[@themarquis336]

A brilliant, sensitive man. My idol and role model.

[@kaylen741]

I miss u Lee mcqueen, the fashion industry is not the same after u left, the only one make me believe in fashion again is John Galliano but u always will be the king of fashion......

[@italotter]

Are the any Americans actually running the Met?

[@adolflenin4973]

Its British ruleS!

[@Trekki200]

The last holdout of the British Empire lol