Art X Fashion Opens at The Museum at FIT on February 18

The Museum at FIT presents Art X Fashion, a major exhibition examining the long, intertwined relationship between fine art and fashion. Featuring 140 garments, textiles, and accessories drawn from MFIT’s permanent collection, the show argues for fashion’s place within the broader field of art—and asks a central question: Is fashion art?

Organized by Dr. Elizabeth Way, Curator of Costume and Accessories at MFIT, the exhibition reframes fashion’s historical categorization as “decorative” or “applied” art. Through both historic and contemporary examples, Art X Fashion charts the parallel aesthetics of fine art and dress, from 18th-century rococo to late-20th-century postmodernism.

The exhibition features work by artists including Salvador Dalí, Sonia Delaunay, Kerry James Marshall, Antonio Lopez, and Pablo Picasso, alongside designers such as Hussein Chalayan, Issey Miyake, Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Vivienne Tam. Together, these pieces reveal how visual culture moves fluidly between canvases, bodies, and lived environments—shifting form while retaining conceptual force.

EXHIBITION INFORMATION
Location: The Museum at FIT, New York, NY
Website: fitnyc.edu/museum
Exhibition Dates: Opens February 18, 2026

Featured Work
140 garments, textiles, and accessories from MFIT’s collection, including works by Dalí, Delaunay, Miyake, Schiaparelli, and more.