Roberto Lugo’s latest exhibition, “Drip,” is on view at New York gallery R & Company through April 11. Photo by Logan Jackson, courtesy of R & Company
A new show of artist Roberto Lugo’s work opened at Manhattan design gallery R & Company this past weekend. “Drip” includes such pieces as his hand-painted Nike Air Force 1 sneakers and ceramic teapots, all displayed in customized USM Haller cases. The exhibition is up until April 11.
Paris’s Musée du Louvre opened its first-ever fashion exhibition, per the New York Times, situating garments within the museum’s decorative arts department. A 3D-printed armor dress by Balenciaga stands on a platform near 16th-century French armor, while Alexander McQueen’s Armadillo shoe is juxtaposed with 17th-century rustic pottery. The objective is to bring new, younger people to the museum, says Olivier Gabet, director of the Louvre’s decorative arts department. “Fashion is a bridge to us,” he told the Times. Relatedly, as part of a substantial new restoration and expansion project at the Louvre, Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa will get its own room. Last week, a leaked memo to France’s culture minister Rachida Dati from Laurence des Cars, the museum’s director, warned that the institution’s deteriorating conditions were “endangering the preservation of artworks.”
Best known for his crushed-car sculptures, John Chamberlain in fact produced work in a variety of mediums. Covered in Hypebeast, “PARIS RUE” is a collection of the artist’s photography and ink-on-canvas works, which the John Chamberlain Estate is offering for sale on 1stDibs.