Jen Rubio

🗞️ Today, we are very proud to share that through our foundation, @stewart and I are funding every undergrad and graduate internship at the @metmuseum in perpetuity. Before I joined the board, I spent many hours with @max.hollein and @hannahfh talking about the kind of impact I hoped to make in the years to come. This gift was born out of those conversations and a shared belief that access should be central to the future of cultural institutions. Internships are often the first meaningful step into this field, yet too often that path depends on circumstance rather than talent. The Met welcomes over 100 interns each year. The internship program became fully paid in 2021, and our endowment will ensure that it stays that way for generations to come. Talent is everywhere, but opportunity is not. We are so proud to help remove financial barriers for students beginning their careers in the arts. I am forever grateful to everyone who opened doors for me early. It’s our turn to help hold that door open. ❣️

Five years of Oliver ❤️ Nothing makes me feel more human than seeing the world through your eyes. We love you endlessly.

My original dress fell through nine days before my first Met red carpet. (That’s a story for another day.) An angel of a friend reminded me of this look from the @ashistudio fall couture show and within 48 hours we had the team on WhatsApp sending measurements, convinced a friend flying from Paris to bring the bubble-wrapped runway sample corset in his lap, and a sketch of a custom column skirt, adapting the runway look to better suit all five feet of me. The bodice alone took 400 hours to make: it was hard plaster, hand-painted in oils with a trompe l’oeil burl wood finish so realistic I kept forgetting it wasn’t wood. The monkeys were hand sculpted from wood and were the detail I was immediately drawn to: a nod to a bronze Lalanne monkey that has become a mascot in our home—everyone says hi to it, touches it for good luck, gravitates toward it. When I saw the monkeys on this piece, it felt personal. I’ve also always loved Frida Kahlo’s use of monkeys. The fact that she would pass time in her blue house painting her own medical plaster corsets made this feel like an even more serendipitous connection. As a mom with two rainbow babies, the symbolism of monkeys as her unborn children really touches me. My husband, who collects Old Masters, loved the monkeys too. Monkeys depicted as humans were a recurring motif with his favorite Dutch painters (the Bruegels, the Teniers) so this felt like a strangely perfect bridge between us. The necklace by @sarahysabeldyne was the perfect finishing touch: veined jadeite, emeralds, and reverse-set diamonds drawing on a closed bud as a metaphor for protection. The yellow @jessica_mccormack ring is my own and very sentimental. For my first Met Gala as a trustee of The Met, I wanted to wear something that honored art, fashion, craft, and obsession. And what we did in a week managed to do that in a much more personal way than I could have ever imagined. 💚 Thank you to: @ashistudio @sarahysabeldyne team lead @sethgrav @theonly.agency team: @andrewgelwicks @ryanaustinhair @naimabremer the prep before the prep @hairbyester @nsoxperience @amy.lee.nyc @rachele_jtav

Met Gala late night in @alexandermcqueen dress @sidneygarber rope @jessica_mccormack pendant @ysl coat 🖤 hair by @ryanaustinhair @hairbyester makeup by @naimabremer

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Met Gala 2026 in @ashistudio @sarahysabeldyne @jessica_mccormack Styling @andrewgelwicks Hair @ryanaustinhair Makeup @naimabremer @stewart in @connerives

@chanelofficial at PFW

Couture in January. Thank you @dior @chanelofficial @ysl @giorgioarmani for all of the beauty

Last night, Sotheby’s first ever Creators & Collectors dinner celebrated the stars of our October/November issue of #SothebysMagazine. Honoring Julian Schnabel, Thelma Golden, Peter Marino, Jen Rubio and Jon Batiste, the evening saw artists, curators, musicians, designers, entrepreneurs and more congregate at the Breuer building. Swipe to see a few. Tap the link in bio to read the magazine. Creators & Collectors is presented by @tiffanyandco , @sothebysrealty and @editionhotels .

Chanel ❤️ New York (perfect earrings by @sophiebillebrahe / glam by @jocelyn_biga @andrita )

One of the first artworks that Jen Rubio acquired was an Ed Ruscha lithograph depicting a marmalade-hued, snow-capped mountain amid an intense, televisual sunset. In front of that landscape, its sky fading from deep plum to tangerine, are the words JET BABY—an appropriate phrase, given Rubio’s career. In less than a decade, the Away co-founder has quickly built an ambitious, wide-ranging collection, alongside her husband, Stewart Butterfield. She’s also stepped up as a philanthropist, joining the Whitney’s board as its youngest member. Read the full story in #SothebysMagazine’s Creators & Collectors, a new annual issue dedicated to cultural figures shaping and reshaping our creative landscape, and on Sothebys.com. Photography by @pamela_hanson . Written by @maid_marriott_innit .

Constantly inspired by @kellysawyer @norahweinstein and the work they do at @baby2baby . They make a REAL difference for families around the country and oh what fun we all had celebrating raising nearly $20M and honoring @serenawilliams . 💚