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The Arts Intel Report

A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler
A Cultural Compass
For the World Traveler

Balenciaga: Master Craftsman

Mar 26, 2020 – Sept 20, 2021

A short slideshow tutorial on the incomparable Cristóbal Balenciaga. It includes three filmed deconstructions of the master’s designs, which give viewers a sense of the quantum leaps he made between the pattern and the final product—a shape impossible to envision until he gets there. A genius. —L.J.

Exhibition interior of “Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion.” Courtesy of Victoria and Albert Museum, London.