The Met Finally Meets Asian Femininity on Its Own Terms

After an exploitative 2015 show, I was wary about being an academic “beard” for another exhibition in the guise of “revision.” Monstrous Beauty is a different beast.

The Met Finally Meets Asian Femininity on Its Own Terms
Film still of Patty Chang, "Melons (at a loss)" (1998), on view in Monstrous Beauty (2025) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (image courtesy the artist)