The First Monday in May

The First Monday in May
Directed byAndrew Rossi
Produced by
Music by
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release date
  • April 13, 2016 (2016-04-13)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States

The First Monday in May is a 2016 documentary film directed by Andrew Rossi.[1][2] The film follows the creation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's most attended fashion exhibit in history: the 2015 art exhibition China: Through the Looking Glass by curator Andrew Bolton at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1][3][4]

The documentary was produced by Fabiola Beracasa Beckman, Dawn Ostroff and Sylvana Ward Durrett and distributed by Magnolia Pictures.[5]

  1. ^ a b Jocelyn Noveck (April 25, 2016). "Met curator Andrew Bolton, quiet defender of fashion as art". The State. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  2. ^ John Powers (April 13, 2016). "Andrew Rossi's Documentary About the Met Gala, The First Monday in May, Premiers Tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival". Vogue. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference vogue was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Noel Murray (April 14, 2016). "'The First Monday in May' gets lost in the Met amid several story lines". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
  5. ^ Cox, Gordon (22 February 2016). "Tribeca Film Festival to Open With Met Museum Documentary 'The First Monday in May'". Variety. Retrieved 22 February 2016.