Travis Scott has been tapped to headline an inaugural Artwork Basel competition in homage to the late Virgil Abloh.
The Mirror Mirror Music Pageant, curated by Benji B and produced by Virgil Abloh Securities, is ready to go down on December 3 on the FPL Photo voltaic Amphitheater at Bayfront Park in Miami. All earnings will probably be donated to the Virgil Abloh Basis, which launches subsequent yr.
“Virgil had the flexibility to convey everybody collectively to create magic,” Shannon Abloh, the style designer’s spouse and CEO of Virgil Abloh Securities, mentioned. “Together with his shut collaborators, we wished to convey everybody collectively to have fun Virgil–his legacy, his ardour, and his look after others. He believed his actual work was championing others and we’ll proceed his work supporting youth within the arts with the launch of the Virgil Abloh Basis in 2023.”
Skepta and Benji B may even headline. Tickets go on sale Wednesday (November 23) at 10am ET right here.
Virgil’s dying at 41 despatched waves by the Hip Hop and trend communities when he handed in November 2021 after a non-public, two-year battle with a uncommon and aggressive type of most cancers known as cardiac angiosarcoma.
Amid a slew of social media posts in October, shut pal and frequent collaborator Kanye West accused LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton CEO Bernard Arnault of being accountable for Virgil Abloh’s dying.
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“SPANK MY HAND WITH THE RULER(S) I’LL GO SIT IN THE ‘PRINCIPAL(S)’ OFFICE CAN’T WE TALK ABOUT MORE IMPORTANT THINGS LIKE HOW LATE THE SHOW WAS OR HOW BERNARD ARNAULT KILLED MY BEST FRIEND,” Ye wrote subsequent to a photograph of a statue bust. “EVERYONE’S GOT A RIGHT TO AN OPINION RIGHT THERE’S MINE.”
He additionally talked about Arnault by identify throughout his Yeezy Season 9 present the week prior, letting or not it’s identified that he noticed the LVMH head as his competitors.
“I wish to make it clear to you guys: Bernard Arnault is my new Drake,” Ye mentioned referencing his notorious rivalry with the OVO hitmaker.
As for Scott, the efficiency marks his slow-but-sure return to competition levels following November 2021’s AstroWorld tragedy that took the lives of ten concert-goers.
