Monday, July 25, 2011

A Conversation with Matthew Teitelbaum of the Art Gallery of Ontario about Art and Fashion

Matthew Teitelbaum, Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario
Recently I sat down with Matthew Teitelbaum, the Michael and Sonja Koerner Director and CEO of the Art Gallery of Ontario,  to talk about his views on fashion and art. I was looking for a contrary viewpoint to that of Nathalie Bondil, the Director and Chief Curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, who during our interview at the Gaultier press preview clearly defined fashion as art. Whether fashion is or is not art is definitely a topic worthy of discussion....  An extract of my conversation with Matthew was published on Fashion Projects here.

Now if only I could get Harold Koda or Anna Wintour to have a chat with me....

4 comments:

Sada said...

I would NOT be surprised to see you interviewing either of those other two notables! I'm off to read your interview.
xo
Sada

Dressology HQ

Mademoiselle Poirot said...

I'm already looking forward to your interview those two. As for fashion being art or not - well, I guess it's the same with paintings, photography, music... Is every part of it art or is there a line that shouldn't be crossed in order to keep it as an art form; a fine line that crosses from art to simply commercial? So, maybe high fashion is art and it then gradually gets watered down so much that in the end it just resembles the original in the furthest sense. No idea if I make sense, so I better move on to read the interview ;-) Wishing you a lovely week xo

Annie Starr said...

Ingrid - a matter of time. In the meantime you can practice on me.

Sada said...

Ingrid, I just read the article. It is fantastic...actually got my heart racing! You handled it beautifully, intelligently and with such professionalism. I enjoyed it so much! I appreciate your thoughtful questions AND follow-up questions. Exceptional writing and reporting.
xo
Sada

Dressology HQ