{"id":249455,"date":"2025-09-23T17:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249455\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T17:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T17:17:13","slug":"virgil-ablohs-legacy-comes-alive-at-grand-palais-exhibition-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/249455\/","title":{"rendered":"virgil abloh&#8217;s legacy comes alive at grand palais exhibition in paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virgil Abloh\u2019s Multidisciplinary Legacy Comes to Life in Paris<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>From September 30 to October 10, 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/grand-palais\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Grand Palais<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Paris is set to stage Virgil Abloh: The Codes, the first major European exhibition devoted to the late designer\u2019s work. Organized by the Virgil Abloh Archive\u2122 in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/nike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Nike<\/strong><\/a>, the show surveys nearly two decades of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/virgil-abloh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Abloh\u2019s<\/strong><\/a> career by drawing from his 20,000-object personal archive. It highlights how his creative \u2018codes,\u2019 the recurring principles that guided his approach, connect disciplines as different as fashion, footwear, architecture, music, and advertising.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One part of the exhibition reactivates the Paris concept store colette, long a central platform for Abloh\u2019s early work. Co-founded by Sarah Andelman, the iconic store is recreated inside the Grand Palais as a hybrid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/interactive-installation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>installation<\/strong><\/a> and functioning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designboom.com\/tag\/retail-interiors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>shop<\/strong><\/a>, where limited-edition objects shaped in partnership with Abloh will be available, including a reissue of his collaboration with Braun and a French-language edition of his book Abloh-isms.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1155757 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"virgil abloh's creative legacy comes alive at expansive grand palais exhibition in paris\" width=\"818\" height=\"1213\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/virgil-abloh-creative-legacy-immersive-grand-palais-exhibition-paris-colette-designboom-04.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>Virgil Abloh: The Codes is devoted to the late designer\u2019s work | image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tyronelebon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tyrone Lebon<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>the grand palais exhibition expands the archive<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Curated by Chloe and Mahfuz Sultan, Virgil Abloh: The Codes expands on an earlier edition presented in 2022, this time with a broader view of Abloh\u2019s practice. Alongside well-known projects, the show presents prototypes, sketches, and items from his own collections and library. The archive seeks to make Abloh\u2019s methods available for study and reuse, reflecting his belief in openness and collective learning by focusing on process as much as on outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The project is supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/thevirgilablohfoundation.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Virgil Abloh Foundation<\/strong><\/a> and accompanied by a series of public programs, from workshops and dialogues to performances and screenings. For the late designer\u2019s wife, Shannon Abloh, who leads the archive and foundation, the exhibition is both a celebration and a teaching tool, a way of ensuring that Virgil Abloh\u2019s ideas remain accessible to future generations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1155754 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"virgil abloh's creative legacy comes alive at expansive grand palais exhibition in paris\" width=\"818\" height=\"1227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/virgil-abloh-creative-legacy-immersive-grand-palais-exhibition-paris-colette-designboom-01.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>the show surveys nearly two decades of Abloh\u2019s career | image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.juliencedolin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julien Cedolin<\/a> courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.galeriekreo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Galerie kreo<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1155755 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"virgil abloh's creative legacy comes alive at expansive grand palais exhibition in paris\" width=\"818\" height=\"1023\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/virgil-abloh-creative-legacy-immersive-grand-palais-exhibition-paris-colette-designboom-02.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>drawing from the designer\u2019s 20,000-object personal archive | image by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chilldays\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bogdan Chilldays Plakov<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1155756 size-full lazyload\" bad-src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" alt=\"virgil abloh's creative legacy comes alive at expansive grand palais exhibition in paris\" width=\"818\" height=\"456\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/virgil-abloh-creative-legacy-immersive-grand-palais-exhibition-paris-colette-designboom-03.jpg\"  data- loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>image by Tyrone Lebon<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virgil Abloh\u2019s Multidisciplinary Legacy Comes to Life in Paris \u00a0 From September 30 to October 10, 2025, the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":249456,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[648,1032,1033,171,132265,67,132,68,15217],"class_list":{"0":"post-249455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-design","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-grand-palais","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us","16":"tag-virgil-abloh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115254752364399043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}