August 17th, 2022

Monte Carlo Exhibition of Christian Louboutin July - August 2022

The much-anticipated exhibition took place from Saturday, July 9 until August 28, Christian Louboutin presented the extent of his work in the Principality, following an initial exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris, in 2020.

Christian Louboutin, L’Exhibition[niste], designed by its curator Olivier Gabet (Director of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs), presented the public a new perspective following the first exhibition at the Palais de la Porte Dorée in Paris in 2020.

A retrospective covering thirty years, where creativity and curiosity came together in a very specific circuit. With the “Imaginary Museum”, objects from Christian Louboutin’s personal pantheon, as well as heritage and artistic works borrowed from public and private collections (including some from Monegasque collections) have been on the show.

There are, for example, items that recall Louboutin’s love of dance, through the heritage of the Russian Ballet, but also his passion for African art and Asia, the Pop influence of Warhol, the photographic genius of Helmut Newton or his fascination for the oceanographic world.

“There are hundreds of shoes, hundreds of artworks, photographs, films… It [was] an extremely generous exhibition, where we really [dove] into the artist’s world,” Olivier Gabet, Director of The Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris.

Olivier Gabet leaves to join the Musee du Louvre told Monaco Info. Over the course of nine years, under the successive chairmanships of Bruno Roger, Pierre-Alexis Dumas, and Johannes Huth, Olivier Gabet thoroughly transformed the two museums under his leadership.

A selection of exceptional pieces, including some unique models. Also worth discovering are stained glass windows made by the Maison du Vitrail.

Photo credit: Maya Jonhson