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Meet Samar Hejazi, the Canadian-Palestinian artist at centre of this year’s Met Gala | Canada Voices

Open this photo in gallery:Samar Hejazi’s work with mannequin heads caught the eye of the Costume Institute’s head curator, who recruited her for the Met Gala.Samar Hejazi/Seamlify/SuppliedWhen New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its highly anticipated Costume Art exhibit at the Met Gala on May 4, the work of Canadian-Palestinian artist Samar Hejazi will be at the centre of it all. Attendees – including the evening’s co-chairs, Anna Wintour, Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman and Venus Williams – will literally see themselves reflected in Hejazi’s work.The Toronto native has spent several years creating intricate artworks of Palestinian embroidery. Her textile pieces…

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