Luminato 2013: All Dolled Up

These dolls, by designers Viktor&Rolf, are one of Luminato 2013's odder attractions.

By Steve Kupferman • Photos by Corbin Smith

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WHERE: The Royal Ontario Museum’s Thorsell Spirit House

WHEN: Earlier today

WHAT: These dolls, by Dutch fashion designers Viktor&Rolf, manage to be both strangely adorable and completely unsettling, which we hope is what the creators were going for. They’re on display as part of Luminato 2013, and you don’t need to pay admission at the ROM to see them in the flesh—or, in the porcelain?