“Bonfire of the Vanities” references the Florentine bonfire of February 7, 1497. Followers of Dominican priest Girolamo Savonarola burned allegedly vain and sinful objects by the thousands. Subject to destruction were books, fine dresses, cosmetics, mirrors, paintings, sculpture, and secular music. The exhibition questions the nature of vanity and frivolity, their source, and ultimate influence on society. Molina’s work addresses the negative and strangely positive impact van