The Met Gala

May 8 2018

Video: Vogue

Last night's annual Metropolitan Museum Gala has dominated social media today. Whether you approve of disapprove of the fashion excesses on show here, it's worth pondering how far away British museums are from ever getting this much celebrity and media attention. They're light years away, caught in a web of their own earnestness. 

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