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Paris' Galerie Kreo is letting us into the edgeless, immersive world of Virgil Abloh. The Paris gallery opened the doors to "Virgil Abloh: Echosystems" earlier this week: an expansive collection of Abloh's most recent pieces, alongside an array of work from the visual polymath's key creative inspirations including Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.Abloh's diverse range of work bridged gaps between communities and blurred the boundaries of genre, and in the Hugo Vitrani-curated exhibit, the fluidity of Abloh's creations exists at the forefront. Vitrani tapped into Abloh's origin story to compile a cohesive yet provocative array of art from the artist himself which includes: the "WORLD LEADERS" ladder, "TOWER HILLS" chair in embossed bronze and "MIDWAY VILLAGE" bench.In the exhibition's ...

After tapping J.30000 for the "It’s a Dog’s World" exhibition, standout Hong Kong eclectic select shop and vintage purveyor ASTERISK has now returned with its latest art exploration. Reimagining its BELOWGROUND shop space, ASTERISK has invited Japanese artist CFS to share his interactions between art and skate culture.Known for his work inspired by surf and skate culture, CFS’s signature artworks feature hand-carved graphics on wood by with varnish finishing the chisel designs.Titled "SUPER STARS BY CFS," the new exhibition at ASTERISK celebrates icons from different decades. Highlighting their varied impacts and influences in the store and around the world. The skateboard-focused collection of work features the figures with a process that will darken and change color over time, bringing e...

Photographer and Philadelphia native Quil Lemons has cut the ribbon on his first solo exhibition, titled Quiladelphia. The showcase, which is currently on view at the Hannah Traore Gallery in New York City's Lower East Side neighborhood, offers a "deeper retrospective of representations of the Black male form" through intimate imagery that looks to dissect the queer psyche.“I wanted to welcome folks into what it is to live life as a Black gay man," said Lemons. "I let my camera navigate everything I see. When it came to shooting, I was letting people into my brain. It was not to make Black nudity and sex into art. Everything I embody is what these images are and mean to me. This is ME. Welcome to my brain."The photographs, which were captured on film with a variety of cameras, are meant to...

Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that the city will recycle materials used in Christo and Jeanne-Claude's L’Arc de Triomphe Wrapped (1961-2021) for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games next summer. The initiative is in collaboration with Parley for the Oceans, who will repurpose the roughly 269,098 square feet of aluminum-coated blue polypropylene fabric and 9,843 feet of red rope needed to create the colossal piece for “shade structures, tents or barnums," according to Hidalgo. “This is a very fine example of the art world’s ability to adapt to climate challenges,” she added.Christo and Jeanne-Claude's artwork was often created with the intention for reuse. The Floating Piers (2014-2016) structure they created over Lake Iseo in Italy, was eventually recycled by German company Al-tex, who rep...