Too much Marie-Antoinette??

 In the wake of the new exhibition at the V & A, Anne Higonnet casts a critical light on the modern obsession with Marie-Antoinette style.  (Article published  in Town and Country Magazine on 4th September).

"Between the $56 million Venice wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez and the exhibition opening in September at London’s Victoria & Albert Museum on the style influence of Marie Antoinette, extravagance is in season. ­

Begone, quiet luxury! You got so boring. As maximalism reigns again, it’s time to ponder the first Queen of Excess."

Anne Higonnet is the Barbara Novak Professor of Art History at Barnard College.

Marie Antoinette is the Subject of Two New Exhibitions - Here's Why Her Influence Still Reigns Supreme (townandcountrymag.com)