Art X Fashion Symposium
Friday, March 27, 2026 | 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Katie Murphy Amphitheatre | Fred P. Pomerantz Art and Design Center
The Museum at FIT's 35th symposium is planned in conjunction with the exhibition Art X Fashion. The history of fashion's entangled relationship with the world of fine art has many points of convergence, from art as fashion inspiration, to fashion's presentation in art spaces, to artists utilizing garment forms. Speakers include fashion designer Christian Francis Roth, Dr. Émilie Hammen, director of Palais Galliera, Paris, and Dr. Alexandra Schwartz, curator of modern and contemporary art, craft, and design at the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).
| Friday, MARCH 27, 2026 | |
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| 10:00 am |
Welcoming Remarks, Jason S. Schupbach, President of FIT |
| 10:05 am |
Introduction, Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of The Museum at FIT |
| 10:10 am |
Dr. Elizabeth Way, "Art X fashion" |
| 10:45 am |
Dr. Christopher L. Richards in conversation with Christian Francis Roth on "Art as Fashion, Art as Inspiration" |
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10 min break |
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| 11:30 am |
Adam Hayes, "The Journey from Muse to Artist–Jewelry Designs of Millicent Rogers" |
| Noon |
Martina Cox in conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele |
| 12:30 – 2:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 2:30 pm |
Dr. Émilie Hammen, "Becoming Art: Liminal Spaces in Paris Fashions, 1910–1930" |
| 3:00 pm |
Dr. Marcella Martin, "Italian Fashion's Conduit into Museums Through Contemporary Art–Biennale di Firenze of 1997" |
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10 minute break |
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| 4:15 pm |
Dr. Alexandra Schwartz, "Garmenting: Fashion Forms in Contemporary Art" |
| 4:45 pm |
Josh Tafoya in conversation with Dr. Elizabeth Way |
The Art X Fashion Symposium has been made possible thanks to the generosity of the Couture Council of The Museum at FIT.
