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Louis Lang’s Art Students presents an intriguing window into the professionalization of women’s art education in the United States during the nineteenth century.

Nan Kempner – the late New York style icon, connoisseur of the couture, and member of The Best Dressed List's Hall of Fame – will be the subject of the winter exhibition in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, from December 12, 2006, through March 4, 2007. Known for a seemingly effortless style that nonetheless displayed a meticulous attention to detail, she was a passionate client and collector of such designers as Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, and Oscar de la Renta from the 1960s onward.

Venture abroad with The Met's own lecturers and other art lovers to gain new insights and fresh perspectives on art and culture.

Associate Curator Jane A. Dini discusses John Singer Sargent's lively portrayal of Carmen Dauset Moreno, better known as La Carmencita, and a range of other dancers.

The Costume Institute's Irene Lewisohn Costume Reference Library collection contains thirty thousand books and periodicals as well as over one thousand and five hundred designer files all pertaining to the history of fashion, haute couture, regional clothing, and costume from around the world, dated from the sixteenth century to today.