High Art

by Natasha Wolff | September 10, 2014 3:40 pm

It’s not much of a stretch to think of certain especially-vertiginous stilettos as sculpture; after all, some of the looks seen on runways (and pop stars) seem far more suited to being perched atop a pedestal than placed under a moving foot. So a fall exhibit at the Brooklyn Museum, called “Killer Heels: The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe,” makes sense: 17th-century French chaussures are displayed alongside Chinese platform slippers from 200 years later and current-season Louboutins. (Six artists, including Marilyn Minter and photographer Steven Klein, were asked to create short films, so the show isn’t all about shoes.) 

Through February 15, 2015; more information at brooklynmuseum.org[1].  

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Art and Sole: Jane Weitzman’s Fantasy Shoes[2]
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On Display: The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec[4]

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