Virgil Abloh Got a Powerful New Gig Photo: Getty Images
On Tuesday, the most powerful luxury-goods conglomerate in the world announced that it is giving a seat to one of the most prominent Black designers and executives in fashion. LVMH is becoming a majority investor in Off-White, the high-end streetwear brand founded by Virgil Abloh in 2013 in Milan.
As part of the agreement, LVMH is purchasing a majority stake of 60 percent in Off-White LLC, the trademark owner of Abloh’s Off-White brand. Milanese company New Guards Group, which is owned by Farfetch, will continue to operate the business since it owns the license for the brand. Meanwhile, Abloh will retain a 40 percent ownership and will also continue as creative director at Off-White, as well as at Louis Vuitton as artistic director of the French fashion house’s menswear collections.
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A posthumous album captures the legendary drummer and Afrobeat icon at his most copacetic and polished, meeting collaborators at their level even as he urges them to his.
In a video from a Paris recording session in 2014, Tony Oladipo Allen jams behind a drum set, hands lightly grasping the sticks, his body at ease. His mind was likely laser-focused on the rhythms, and yet nothing about him reads tense or forced. In this moment, the late drummer, composer, and Fela Kuti collaborator personifies Black coolâa term that, to borrow from the Roots drummer Questloveâs description, means Allen radiated âcool heat, intensity held in check by reserves of self-possession.â
Rita Mawuena Benissan, Conley Clark
Apr 30, 2021 12:00 PM to
5:00 PM
March 9, 2021
Arts + Literature Laboratory focuses on the recipients of the 2021 ALL Prize, awarded to graduating master of fine arts degree candidates at UW-Madison; this year s recipients are Rita Mawuena Benissan and Conley Clark. The exhibitions will be on view at ALL through May 1; on April 1, Benissan and Clark discuss their work on Facebook Live. Benissan is a narrative photographer who works with other media (painting, printmaking, textiles) to explore her Black and Ghanian American heritage. Clark is a multimedia artist interpreting culture through a queer perspective, questioning especially gender-conformity The gallery is open noon-5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, or by appointment.
Rita Mawuena Benissan, Conley Clark
Apr 22, 2021 12:00 PM to
5:00 PM
March 9, 2021
Arts + Literature Laboratory focuses on the recipients of the 2021 ALL Prize, awarded to graduating master of fine arts degree candidates at UW-Madison; this year s recipients are Rita Mawuena Benissan and Conley Clark. The exhibitions will be on view at ALL through May 1; on April 1, Benissan and Clark discuss their work on Facebook Live. Benissan is a narrative photographer who works with other media (painting, printmaking, textiles) to explore her Black and Ghanian American heritage. Clark is a multimedia artist interpreting culture through a queer perspective, questioning especially gender-conformity The gallery is open noon-5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, or by appointment.