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The Hague's Kunstmuseum to collaborate with Barbican London on 'Future Fashion' exhibition

Kunstmuseum Den Haag will open the “Future Fashion” exhibition early next year, focusing on the future of fashion. The exhibition will showcase how contemporary designers are addressing challenges like overconsumption, pollution and climate change by experimenting with new materials and production methods. “Future Fashion” is a collaboration...

Culture|In Pictures

Barbican opens first major fashion exhibition in nearly a decade

London’s Barbican has opened its first large-scale fashion exhibition in eight years, inspired by the “rebellious, playful and regenerative potentials of dirt and decay,” as it looks to reaffirm its commitment to fashion within its visual art programming, building on the success of exhibitions such as ‘The House of Viktor & Rolf’ in 2008 and...