At Met Gala, red carpet becomes canvas
One could almost imagine the ghosts of the Medici patrons applauding from the balustrade as stars swept up at this year’s Met Gala in New York. Supermodel Heidi Klum came dressed as the Veiled Vestal, a 19th-century Raffaelle Monti sculpture of a priestess of the Roman goddess Vesta. Actor Julianne Moore turned into John Singer Sargent’s Madame X in a custom Bottega Veneta gown, one shoulder strap slipping down in........
