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This summer, the first-ever museum exhibit devoted to the genre-spanning work of designer Virgil Abloh will debut in New York, the Brooklyn Museum recently announced.

Before his death in November 2021 from cancer, Abloh broke ground as Louis Vuitton鈥檚 first-ever Black artistic director 鈥 a crowning achievement on a resume full of highlights, from earning a masters degree in architecture to serving as creative director for Kanye West鈥檚 Donda to launching the luxe-streetwear brand Off-White to creating a mass-market collection for Ikea.

Opening July 1 and running through January 29, 2023, Virgil Abloh: 鈥淔igures of Speech鈥 will celebrate that polymath perspective, featuring Abloh鈥檚 collaborations with West, artist Takashi Murakami and architect Rem Koolhaas, plus an array of fashion-oriented materials and deep cuts from the archives. These objects, guest curator Antwaun Sargent said in a press release, 鈥渢ouch on the ways he blurred the boundaries of different mediums to make something entirely his own.鈥

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Virgil Abloh 'Figures of Speech' exhibition comes to Brooklyn Museum this summer 漏 Brooklyn Museum

鈥淚 don鈥檛 concentrate on a particular form of art, I see things in a wider context,鈥 Abloh Vogue France in one of his final interviews. 鈥淣o need to focus on one particular genre, whether it鈥檚 fashion, art or music... Tying your creativity up in a capsule corrupts the natural process.鈥

Anchoring the Brooklyn exhibit is his new 鈥渟ocial sculpture,鈥 a gathering and performance space designed 鈥渢o counter the historical lack of space afforded to Black artists and Black people in cultural institutions,鈥 according to the press release. It鈥檚 a monumental sculpture that 鈥渆mphasizes how Virgil鈥檚 creativity made space for young people to explore their own ideas in ways that re-center art and design,鈥 Sergeant added.

That concept clearly resonated with the artist and designer. 鈥淭hese youngsters need to forge their own paths,鈥 Abloh told Vogue France. 鈥淭hey shouldn鈥檛 have any limits put on them. I continue to be very inspired by my predecessors, but no one tells me which direction I should take. You need to go with the flow and see what happens. Being an optimist is what gets me out of bed every day. I see a future that is better than our past.鈥

Virgil Abloh at the 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion
Virgil Abloh at the 2021 Met Gala Celebrating In America: A Lexicon Of Fashion at Metropolitan Museum of Art 漏 Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Who was Virgil Abloh?

Born to Ghanaian parents he鈥檚 described as his first style inspiration, Abloh鈥檚 identity was integral to his work. 鈥淚t鈥檚 my epicenter,鈥 he told Vogue France when asked about the importance of his African origins. 鈥淎frica is where I鈥檓 from, where my heritage is rooted, the one I grew up with. It鈥檚 my DNA, my own personal culture and as I get older, I鈥檓 getting more and more attached to it.鈥

As a prominent Black artist and creative, he was a trailblazer in various fields 鈥 a responsibility he didn't consider lightly. 鈥淚 take pride in the fact that there鈥檚 a kid who鈥檚 living in, you know, Alabama, who never thought something like this was possible for him鈥. But all of a sudden, because I鈥檓 here, he knows [he can do it too],鈥 Abloh British GQ in 2018, ahead of his first Louis Vuitton runway show. 鈥淚鈥檓 not doing [this] for myself. I鈥檓 doing it to be a beacon of hope for someone. This is the legacy of any artist or creative: you want to make sure that your work makes an impact.鈥

Tickets for Virgil Abloh: 鈥淔igures of Speech鈥 go on sale March 10, 2022. Visit the for more information.

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