Met Museum Launches New Season of THE ATELIER WITH ALINA CHO Today

(New York, October 8, 2015)-The Atelier with Alina Cho series will launch its second season with Diane von Furstenberg, Founder and Chairman of DVF, in conversation with Atelier host and journalist Alina Cho tonight, December 2, at 6:30 p.m.

Cho's series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in its prior, inaugural season, presented candid conversations about the fashion industry and the arts with visionary thinkers Anna Wintour, Donatella Versace, and Alber Elbaz.

The Atelier is part of the 2015-16 season of Met Museum Presents, the live arts series at the Metropolitan Museum, which offers dynamic talks and groundbreaking performances.
In 1970, Diane von Furstenberg founded her brand and four years later created the wrap dress, which came to symbolize power and independence for an entire generation of women, and is also in The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. Today, DVF is a global luxury lifestyle brand. In 2014, von Furstenberg published a memoir, The Woman I Wanted to Be, and in 2015 she was named one of the TIME 100 Most Influential People. She is also is Chairman of the CFDA.

Alina Cho is currently Editor-at-Large at Ballantine Bantam Dell, responsible for acquiring and co-editing books in the fashion and lifestyle space. Cho was previously National Correspondent at CNN and host of "Fashion: Backstage Pass."

Tickets start at $40.
This event takes place in The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium.

Tickets and information are available online, by phone 212-570-3949 or at the Met's Great Hall Box Office from Monday to Saturday, 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Tickets include admission to the Museum on day of performance.

Prices are subject to change.

For more information about Met Museum Presents, please visit: http://www.metmuseum.org/tickets

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About Met Museum Presents:
The live arts series at The Metropolitan Museum of Art that explores contemporary innovations through the lens of the Museum's exhibitions and unparalleled gallery spaces with singular performances and talks. Met Museum Presents invites artists, performers, curators, and thought-leaders to explore and collaborate within the Met, leading with groundbreaking commissions, world premieres, and site-specific durational performances.