Seminar Fashion and Art

Raoul Dufy in Laren, Van Empire tot Belle Epoque in The Hague, Dries van Noten in Paris and Antwerp, Marga Weimans in Groningen and The Future of Fashion is Now in Rotterdam: the end of 2014 was filled with plenty of outstanding Fashion exhibitions.

Our lecturer, Carien Kanters, has developed a seminar based on these five fashion exhibitions. The seminar focuses on the close relationship between fashion and art. It is a relationship which has been expressed in many ways in the past two hundred years. Usually, fashion follows a style period, like the Neo-Classical era or the Art Nouveau period. But in some cases it is the other way around: the artist uses art as the ultimate inspiration for fashion. A beautiful example is the dress by Yves Saint Laurent inspired by Mondrian's famous work. This seminar is a good way to learn about the close relationship between the two subjects.

(Excl. lunch and entrance fee to museums)