doha,2022year10moon——On October 27, 2022 Valentino Valentino, the Qatar Creates project and the Qatar Museum jointly organized the “Forever Valentino” exhibition to pay tribute to the founder of the brand, Valentino Garavani, and to promote the spirit of high fashion. The exhibition was inaugurated at the M7 Design and Innovation Center in the heart of the city of Doha – Mshleb.
“Forever Valentino” is the largest exhibition that Valentino has held so far and the first exhibition to be held in the Middle East. This year coincides with the 90th birthday of the legendary designer Valentino Garavani and the Valentino 2022 fall winter 2022 couture show held in Rome, where the brand was born. Rome, the “eternal city”, has also been home to the brand since its inception. birth in 1959.
Sheikha Al Mayassa, President of the Qatar Museum, said: “This year, with the Qatar World Cup, the focus of the world is on Qatar and we are also launching a number of exciting activities. With this exhibition, we sincerely invite the people of Qatar and the public world to explore fashion, The fascination of culture and history. I sincerely thank all parties for their tireless efforts in promoting Valentino’s artistic vision – deep emotional bond with Rome and its splendid history legendary fashion house – in the Middle East. I look forward to seeing more elements of fashion, culture, art and entertainment being introduced to Qatar and we are also happy to see more cultural milestones emerge.
“For me it was a pleasant surprise to be part of the curatorial work of the Valentino exhibition. It was a unique opportunity to work with Pierpaolo Piccioli, Alexander Fury and other fantastic teams. It was the hard work of each team that made this extraordinary A great event for four. The work experience in Doha is very special: it is a place where the dreams of artists collide and intertwine; participating in this exhibition is a wonderful and dreamy experience, like playing a “Romantic Capriccio”, but also like being on a unique “Casual Art Journey” in Doha. “- Massimiliano Gioni, Artistic Director of the New York Museum of Art
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“Valentino is one of the largest fashion houses in the world and is now led by Pierpaolo Piccioli, undoubtedly one of the greatest designers of our time. It is a great honor to be part of this exhibition with Massimiliano Gioni, Pierpaolo and the Valentino team. The curatorial task of creating a dream Rome in Doha, exhibiting the Valentino classics and offering a unique fashion atmosphere, this curatorial task is surprising and incredible. Valentino Garavani’s exceptional legacy is also the secret of Valentino, who celebrates the Valentino’s successes in different eras, A legacy of excellence in different contexts. Forever Valentino, in my opinion, is a noble pursuit, a relentless exploration and celebration of beauty, while at the same time striving to promote a better world. ” – Alexander Fury, fashion critic and author
The “Forever Valentino” exhibition will feature La Rosa mannequins, with over 200 Valentino couture and prêt-à-porter dresses, as well as engaging scenes paired with classic accessories and fashion pieces. The entire exhibit provides an in-depth rendition of the city of Rome, incorporated with exclusive moments from Valentino’s 60-year history of glory, including rarely advertised dresses for celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor, Jacqueline Kennedy and Zendaya, as well as other Valentino dresses Fantastic work .
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Pierpaolo Piccioli, Creative Director of Valentino, worked closely with the Art Director Massimiliano Gioni of the Museum of New Art in New York, and the fashion critic and author Alexander Fury to present the exhibition “Forever Valentino”, which will also present the private life of her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, longtime Valentino customer, collection.
From October 28, 2022 to April 1, 2023, visitors can visit the exhibition at the M7 Design and Innovation Center in the city center of Mshleb, Doham. How to buy tickets:Qatar Create the official websitevisitors with One Pass cards can take advantage of special discounts, see:www.qacreates.com. One Pass is the art and culture portal for all residents and visitors, from November to December 2022, visit the One Pass website to enjoy over 300 items including art and culture exhibitions, museums, live events, festivals , theatrical performances and musicals Discounts on benefits.
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Presentation by the curator
MASSIMILIANO GIONI
Massimiliano Gioni lives in New York and is a well-known Italian curator and contemporary art critic. He is also the artistic director of Edlis Neeson, Museum of New Art in New York. Gioni has curated numerous successful exhibitions at the New Museum including John Akomfrah, Ed Atkins, Lynda Benglis, Tacita Dean, Nicole Eisenman, Urs Fischer, Hans Haacke, Camille Henrot, Carsten Höller, Kahlil Joseph, Ragnar Kjartansson, Sarah Lucas Solo exhibitions of artists such as, Gustav Metzger, Marta Minujin, Chris Ofili, Raymond Pettibon, Carol Rama, Faith Ringgold, Pipilotti Rist, Anri Sala, Peter Saul, Nari Ward, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye. Massimiliano Gioni is also an expert curator in large group exhibitions, having successfully curated “After Nature” (2008), “Ostalgia” (2011), “Here and Elsewhere” (2014), “The Keeper” (2016) and “Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America “(2021).
Gioni has curated countless international exhibitions, including “The Warmth of Other Suns” (2019) at the most popular Philip Collection in Washington, DC; “Triennial” in Milan in collaboration with the Nicola Trussardi Foundation The Restless Earth “(2017) and” The Great Mother “at the Milan Fair at Palazzo Reale (2015); The 10th Gwangju Biennale (2010); The New Art Museum Triennial (2009); Berlin Biennale (2006) and 5th Manifesto (2004). In 2013 he was Artistic Director of the 55th Venice Biennale, and in 2022 he curated the great solo exhibition “Jeff Koons: Lost in America” at the Qatar Museum Gallery (Al Rivak) in Doha.
ALESSANDRO FURIA
Alexander Fury is a fashion journalist, author and critic, currently Fashion Director of AnOther Magazine and Menswear Reviewer of the Financial Times.
From 2013 to 2016 Alexander Fury was the fashion editor of The Independent, i, The Independent on Sunday; from 2016 to 2018 he was the chief fashion reporter for T: The New York Times Style. In 2018 he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from San Francisco Art University. He has contributed to several famous magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, System and the international editions of Document Journal.
He has published several books on the work of important fashion houses such as Christian Dior, Vivienne Westwood and Chanel and the stylists of the house. He has also contributed to exhibitions including Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris; Savage Beauty at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London; Isabella Blow: Fashion at Somerset House, London Galore and Claude Parent: Dessiner la Mode and Richard Wentworth à la Maison Alaïa at the Azzedine Alaïa Gallery in Paris. In 2018, Alexander Fury contributed to the Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier exhibition at the Design Museum in London, the first retrospective of designer Azzedine Alaïa in the United Kingdom. “Forever Valentino” is his curatorial debut.