Harold Koda

After 15 years at The Met, the collection's chief external relations officer is leaving her post. Here's how she got there — and what comes next.

And is a "love poem" to former head curator Harold Koda.

The former head curator of the Costume Institute says this is the one thing that he thinks "every student should know and feel."

"Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style" opens Thursday at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

He will succeed his colleague Harold Koda, who will retire in January 2016.