Rick Owens, a fashion alien, on display at the Palais Galliera

There are two ways to approach the exhibition "Rick Owens, Temple of Love" at the Palais Galliera, running until January 4, 2026. Outside, with its cast concrete sculpture seats, in the tradition of American Brutalism and Donald Judd. And inside, where the ceilings of the neo-Renaissance building have been exposed to recreate pagan oratories where the experimental silhouettes of the Parisian Californian draw a formal and expressionist world.

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Dressed all in black , right down to the tips of his manicured nails, with a worked slimness, Rick Owens is a character as singular as his fashion. Beneath this gothic creature plumage hides a scholar who draws his passions from French romanticism and gathers entire communities around him (from freaks of all kinds to pop culture stars such as Rihanna and NBA basketball player Kyle Kuzma). And a true pragmatic American who doesn't forget to take care with his speech. Meeting in the garden.

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