An exhibition brilliantly bridging painting and fashion is currently being held in Paris. The special exhibition 'La traversée des apparences – Quand la mode s’invite au Musée' (The Other Side of What is Visible – When Fashion is Invited to the Museum) is being held at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art inside Centre Pompidou.
This exhibition showcases the costumes of 17 fashion designers from the 20th and 21st centuries, arranged to match the permanent collection of modern and contemporary art on the 5th floor of the museum. The event invites visitors to enjoy the resonance between painters from 1905 to the 1970s and fashion designers.
The exhibition method is to display a pair of costumes matched to paintings. While the addition of new costumes has completely transformed the exhibition rooms, the affinity with the costumes that were added, as if they had always been on display there, is also shown to us.
The exhibition was curated by Laurence Benaïm, a journalist who wrote a biography of Yves Saint Laurent. This is her first curation since the 'Yves Saint Laurent aux musées' held at the same venue in 2022.