Fukuko Ando’s works of art are exhibited at Costume Art. These dresses are donated to the museum and become part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute’s collection.
Fukuko Ando, (Japanese, born 1964) “Wing Y” dress 2006, edition 2026 silk satin FRT.0165 Fukuko Ando, (Japanese, born 1964) “Blood” dress 2005 silk chiffon FRT.0172 Fukuko Ando, (Japanese, born 1964) Japanese Red Line X 1995, edition 2026 Blue Arimatsu-shibori cotton, red silk, red cotton embroidery thread FRT.0317
Spring 2026 Costume Institute Show and Major New Galleries for Exhibitions Exploring the Art of Fashion
body are shaped by the garments that clothe them and that the garments, in turn, are shaped by the bodies which they clothe. Max Hollein, The Met’s Marina Kellen French Director and Chief Executive Officer said: “Costume Art will present a dynamic and scholarly conversation between garments from The Costume Institute and an array of artworks from across The Met’s vast collection, elevating universal and timeless themes while bringing forward new ideas and ways of seeing. Costume Art will present a series of thematic body types, ranging from those that are pervasive across The Museum, such as the “Naked Body” and the “Classical Body,” to those that have traditionally been overlooked, such as the “Pregnant Body” and the “Ageing Body”, to those that reflect shared bodily characteristics and experiences, such as the “Anatomical Body” and the “Mortal Body.” Pairings between fashions and artworks will present a spectrum of connections: from the formal to the conceptual, the aesthetic to the political, the individual to the universal, the illustrative to the symbolic, and the playful to the profound.
