200 TRUNKS, 200 VISIONARIES: THE EXHIBITION has opened on Madison Avenue inside the landmark Barney’s New York building.
NYC marks the fourth and final destination of Louis Vuitton’s 200 TRUNKS, 200 VISIONARIES: THE EXHIBITION, celebrating Louis Vuitton’s bicentennial birthday. The exhibition first launched at the Louis Vuitton family house in Asnières. It then traveled to Singapore and Los Angeles, before arriving on Madison Avenue in NYC’s former Barney’s location. It will be open from October 14th, 2022 – December 31st.
Prior to the founding of his world-renowned company, 16-year-old Louis Vuitton was a trunk maker at Parisian atelier of Monsieur Maréchal in 1837. His success led him to opening his own workshop 17 years later, and by 1859 he opened his first atelier in Asnières.
According to Louis Vuitton’s Instagram, the massive exhibition explores never-before-seen installations, interactive experiences (one of the sections in the exhibition is live streamed on the exterior of the building) and most notably, 200 trunks from visionaries such as Franky Zapata, Willo Perron, Francesca Sorrenti, Peter Marino, and Brooklyn Balloons to name a few.
Figures were asked to “personalize a metaphorical blank canvas” similar to the dimensions of the original Louis Vuitton trunk from the 1850s. Each trunk stands “as an ongoing tribute to Louis Vuitton’s innovative legacy.”https://www.instagram.com/p/CjnptLZA744/embed
After walking through the many rooms of trunks, visitors are encouraged to explore the multifaceted space that will put on cultural, artistic and educational events, known as The Workshop.
Barney’s iconic Fred’s restaurant will also return for a limited time with FREDS x LOUIS, in partnership with the exhibition.
Admission to the exhibition is free. You can book your reservation here.
Learn more about it on their website here.
Where: 660 Madison Avenue, New York
When: October 14, 2022 – December 31st, 2022
Hours: Monday – Sunday: 10am – 8pm
Source: secretnyc.co