"The world gathered in Paris this week to celebrate the enduring legacy of Virgil Abloh, as the Grand Palais hosted the official opening of Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first major European exhibition devoted entirely to the late designer's career. Timed poignantly with what would have been Abloh's 55th birthday, the exhibition serves not just as a retrospective, but as a living dialogue with the codes and cultural language that defined his multidisciplinary practice."
"Curated by Chloe Sultan and Mahfuz Sultan, The Codes offers visitors a rare chance to immerse themselves in Abloh's expansive archive. With more than 20,000 objects spanning nearly two decades, the exhibition encompasses everything from unseen prototypes and sketches to personal collections, texts, and ephemera that shaped his thought process. Visitors encounter a narrative that stretches across fashion, art, music, and design, showcasing Abloh's ability to blur boundaries and redefine what contemporary culture could look like."
"This exhibition expands on the Paris 2022 Virgil Abloh: The Codes showcase, pushing the narrative further by broadening its scope and unveiling additional collaborations. The continuity underscores how Abloh's practice was less about discrete moments and more about an evolving framework of ideas. His "codes" - irony, quotation marks, the gray space between high fashion and streetwear - become lenses through which visitors can decode his multifaceted legacy."
An opening at the Grand Palais in Paris presents Virgil Abloh: The Codes, timed with what would have been Abloh's 55th birthday. Curated by Chloe Sultan and Mahfuz Sultan, the exhibition grants access to an archive of more than 20,000 objects spanning nearly two decades, including unseen prototypes, sketches, personal collections, texts, and ephemera. The presentation maps a narrative across fashion, art, music, and design, illustrating Abloh's capacity to blur boundaries and redefine contemporary aesthetics. Curatorial emphasis rests on a design-as-language philosophy and recurring codes—disruption, remix, irony, and quotation—that connect Off-White, Nike collaborations, Louis Vuitton menswear, and installations. The exhibition extends a 2022 Paris showcase, broadening scope and unveiling additional collaborations to frame Abloh's practice as an evolving framework rather than isolated moments.
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