Like millions of other creatives, Karen Van Godtsenhoven didn’t just imagine a different way of life during the pandemic, she created one.
After joining the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute as associate curator in May 2019, she has since reconfigured her role there. While expecting a baby in the middle of 2020, Van Godtsenhoven returned to Europe, anticipating that COVID-19 travel restrictions would inhibit her family and…