Free Tickets for CDI Students to Attend VIRGIL ABLOH: FIGURES OF SPEECH

Free Tickets to Attend VIRGIL ABLOH: FIGURES OF SPEECH Exhibition @ The Brooklyn Museum + Exclusive Meet/Greet and Q&A with curator ANTWUAN SARGENT

Wednesday September 28 at 4:00 pm ET

200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn

This event has been arranged exclusively for Clive Davis Institute students and students from the TSOA Department of Photography and Imaging.

ABOUT VIRGIL ABLOH: FIGURES OF SPEECH: Since the beginning of his career, the multidisciplinary work of late visionary artist and designer Virgil Abloh (Rockford, Illinois, 1980–2021, Chicago, Illinois) has reshaped how we understand the role of fashion, art, design, and music in contemporary culture. Virgil Abloh: “Figures of Speech,” developed by the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, is the first museum exhibition devoted to Abloh’s work and spans two decades of his practice, including collaborations with artist Takashi Murakami, musician Kanye West, and architect Rem Koolhaas, among others; material from his fashion label Off-White; and items from Louis Vuitton, where he served as the first Black menswear artistic director.

Newly added for the Brooklyn Museum’s presentation are never-before-seen objects from the artist’s archive, as well as a “social sculpture,” which draws upon Abloh’s background in architecture. The installation offers a space for gathering and performances, and is designed to counter the historical lack of space afforded to Black artists and Black people in cultural institutions.

ABOUT ANTWUAN SARGENT: Antwuan Sargent is a director at Gagosian, and has written about and curated exhibitions devoted to Black artists. His 2019 book The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion (read the interview about the book here), which examined growing Black representation in fashion photography, was met with acclaim. He also edited the book Young, Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists, a survey of the next generation of Black artists driving visual culture focused on works owned by Bernard Lumpkin and Carmine Boccuzzi.

The Clive Davis Institute is providing student tickets free of charge. This is a first-come, first-serve offer. If you are a current CDI student, RSVP for your free ticket by filling out the form below. Once we have reached capacity, the tickets will be gone. Your attendance is required once you reserve and will be noted if you fail to attend after your reserve. This event counts toward the CDI Event Requirement.

Host or Publisher NYU-Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music