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CLRECOMMENDS
ARTS&CULTURE
Art andarchitecturemeet ina rashof
heavyweight MUSEUMOPENINGS this fall.
InWinnipeg,
Canada, the
260,000-
square-foot,
AntoinePredock-
designed CANA-
DIANMUSEUM
FORHUMAN
RIGHTS opens in
September.Visi-
torsare routed
throughanascendingseriesof rampsandgalleries, learning
abouthuman rights issues (fromeducation tohistoryof)
whileen route to the23-storyTowerofHope lookout.
www.museumforhumanrights.ca
Opening in
October, the
newFrank
Gehry-designed
FONDATION
LOUISVUITTON
inParis’ Bois
deBoulogne
consistsof 12
glasswaves
that evokea
ship’s sails. Themuseumwill house thepermanent art
collectionof luxury-goods companyLouisVuittonMoët
Hennessy, aswell as temporary shows.
www.fondationlouisvuitton.fr
ComeNov. 16,
inCambridge,
Mass., threeex-
isting HARVARD
ARTMUSEUMS
— theFogg, the
Busch-Reisinger
and theArthur
M. Sackler—will
beunited in
one complex.
Designedby theRenzoPianoBuildingWorkshop, itwill
center onapiazzalike, glass-roofed courtyardwitha
ground-level caféand shop, andgalleries and lecture
halls above. www.harvardartmuseums.org
—ELAINE GLUSAC
B hautecouturedesign isthearmyofskilled
artisans ittakestoactuallymakethepiece.Lacemakers,
weavers, featherworkers,embroiderers, leatherworkers,mil-
liners—thesearethepeoplewhoaddthe intricate,swoon-
worthytouchesneededtoelevateapieceof
clothingfroman itemwornoutofnecessity
toonethat’swornforthesheerfactthatit’san
exquisitepieceofart.Whichisexactlywhat
hautecoutureisallabout:art.ThisSeptember,
VendomePressispayinghomagetothese
highlyspecializedcraftspeoplewith HAUTE
COUTUREATELIERS:THEARTISANSOF
FASHION,abehind-the-scenesphotog-
raphytouroffashion’smost important
andreveredateliers.WrittenbyHélène
Farnault(italso includesaforewordby
HubertdeGivenchy)andshotby
AlexisLecomte, thebooko“ersarare
start-to-finishglimpse intoaworld
wheredreamsbecomereality, for
theseartisansarethepeopletowhom
fashion’stopdesignersturntomake
the impossiblepossible.AsHélèneFar-
naultwrites,“Whethertheircreations
arerestrainedordaring, traditional
orrevolutionary,simpleor luxurious,
couturierscouldnotexistwithout
craftspeople.…Equally, thecraftspeoplecouldnotexistwithout
thedesigners.Theyaremutuallydependent.”Putanotherway:It’s
themostbeautifullysuccessfulcodependentrelationshipwe’ve
everseen.$75,www.vendomepress.com
—š š› šœ žŸ ¡
Theseartisans
are thepeople
towhom
fashion’s top
designers
turn tomake
the impossible
possible.
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