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Ailey II dancers rehearsing for the opening night of Studio 54 wearing costumes designed by Antonio Lopez
ON VIEW: EDGES OF AILEY AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM
NEW YORK, NY, September 2024 - Edges of Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey (b. 1931, Rogers, Texas; d. 1989, New York, New York). This dynamic showcase—described as an “extravaganza” by curator Adrienne Edwards—brings together visual art, live performance, music, a range of archival materials, and a multi-screen video installation drawn from recordings of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) repertory to explore the full range of Ailey’s personal and creative life.
"Capucci", Vanity Magazine, unknown model, 1983
READ: RARE AVIS MODA IN VOLO ALLE UCCELLIERE FARNESIANE
ROME, ITALY, July 2024 - The Antonio Archives is thrilled to have this gorgous illustration included in the exhibition catalogue for ‘Rara Avis Moda in Volo alle Uccelliere Farnesiane,’ at the Parco archeologico Colosseo in Rome, curated by Sofia Gnoli.
READ: JENNA LYONS ON ANTONIO LOPEZ
NEW YORK, NY, June 2024 - In honor of Pride Month, 30 creative people, ranging in age from 34 to 93, share an indelible memory from an all-important year. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today. Jenna Lyons reflects: “I came to New York City because of [the American photographer and illustrator] Antonio Lopez’s 1982 book, “Antonio’s Girls.” Flipping through, you see him admiring the beauty of Grace Jones, Tina Chow and Marisa Berenson. These women weren’t the kinds of beauties that I saw in magazines. They were interesting for their personality and their style. He made me want something other than my sun-bleached, “Baywatch” California upbringing.”
Image: Michael Bailey Gates
IN STORE: NOAH x THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES
WORLD WIDE, June 2024 - For the second collaboration of the year, The Antonio Archives is thrilled to bring add swimwear to the partnership with legendary downtown streetwear brand NOAH for a capsule collection featuring the iconic Kodak Instamatics Bathtub Series and an illustration of Carol Labrie.
Tina Chow wearing Fortuny, London, 1975
ON VIEW: ANTONIO ON SUNSET IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ARE WE ON AIR?
LOS ANGELES, CA, April 2024 - Are We On Air x The Antonio Archives x Danziger Gallery presents ‘Antonio on Sunset’ a pop-up exhibition at Kiosk-o-teque, a gallery, concept store, and media channel by Arman Naféei, located on Sunset Boulveard across from the famed Chateau Marmont.
Image: NOAH
IN STORE: NOAH x THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES
WORLD WIDE, January 2024 - The Antonio Archives is thrilled to partner with legendary downtown streetwear brand NOAH for a capsule collection featuring two never before published Kodak Instamatics across a limited edition drop of apperal and skate decks.
"Karl Lagerfeld per Chloe" Vanity Magazine, Paloma Picasso and Anonymous model, 1983
ON VIEW: MOOD OF THE MOMENT: GABBY AGHION AND THE HOUSE OF CHLOE AT THE JEWISH MUSEUM
NEW YORK, NY, October 2023 - Mood of the moment: Gabby Aghion and the house of Chloé casts a new light on the label’s 70-year history with nearly 150 garments as well as never-before-exhibited sketches and documents from the Chloé Archive. Highlighting Aghion’s vision of effortless, luxurious fashion, and the work of iconic designers who began their careers with the brand, including Karl Lagerfeld, Stella McCartney, and Phoebe Philo, the exhibition showcases Aghion as a leader whose work altered the course of the global fashion industry in liberating women's bodies from the restrictive attitudes and styles of the time, as well as pioneering the emergence of luxury ready-to-wear.
Image: Monica Orozco
ON VIEW: TEDDY SANDOVAL AND THE BUTCH GARDENS SCHOOL OF ART
LOS ANGELES, October 2023 - Teddy Sandoval and the Butch Gardens School of Art is the first museum retrospective dedicated to the inventive though overlooked artist Teddy Sandoval (1949–1995). A central figure in Los Angeles’s queer and Chicanx artistic circles, Sandoval was an active participant in both U.S. and international avant-garde movements. For twenty-five years, he produced subversive, yet playful artworks that explored the codes of gender and sexuality and continuously mined archetypes of masculinity in his work through his signature icon of a faceless man, often sporting a mustache.
In the spirit of collectivity suggested by the "school of art," this exhibition includes works by other queer, Latinx, and Latin American artists who share similar graphic sensibilities, approaches to media, or thematic interests. Artists in the exhibition include Teddy Sandoval, Yolanda Andrade, Félix Ángel, Ever Astudillo, Myrna Báez, Felipe Baeza, Álvaro Barrios, Sérgio Valle Duarte, Gronk, Ester Hernández, Hudinilson, Jr., Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos, Marcos López and RES (with Liliana Maresca and Adriana Miranda), Marisol, María Martínez-Cañas, Agustín Martínez Castro, Marta Minujín, Troy Montes Michie, Adolfo Patiño, Claudio Perna, Moises Salazar Tlatenchi, Ana Segovia, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, Joey Terrill, Alex Vallauri, and Martin Wong.
Juan Ramos and Antonio Lopez, New York City, 1977
ON VIEW: AMIGXS RADICALES AT THE CLEMENTE
NEW YORK, NY, June 2023 - AMIGXS Radicales is the first in a series of collaborative and experimental projects investigating Cuir/Queer diasporic friendships between artists, collectives, and their archives. For this iteration, ‘Radicales’, works are presented by Camilo Godoy, Las Mariquitas, Carlos Martiel, Jorge Sánchez, Salsa Soul Sisters, and The Antonio Archives.
Curated by Sofía Reeser del Rio, Senior Program Manager at The Clemente Center, with Clarissa Passarinho and Jorge Sánchez, the exhibition challenged conventional narratives of friendship and belonging and underscore the importance of fostering inclusive spaces and amplifying a plurality of voices from different artistic communities.
Personal Study, Scott Daley, 1977
ON VIEW: LUXE, CALME, VOLUPTÉ AT CANDICE MADEY
NEW YORK, NY, June 2023 - Now on view at Candice Madey, and to coincide with the opening of the retrospective Darrel Ellis: Regeneration at the Bronx Museum, Luxe, Calme, Volupté brings together over 60 artists working in New York in the 1980s, the decade when Ellis developed his radical approach to photography, depicting intimate portraits of friends, family, and of himself.
Curated by Antonio Sergio Bessa and Allen Frame, artists include: Antonio Lopez, Philip-Lorca Dicorcia, Nicole Eisenman, Arlene Gottfried, Peter Hujar, Greer Lankton, David McDermott and Peter McGough, Larry Stanton, Paul Thek, Tseng Kwong Chi, Marguerite Van Cook, Sue Williams, David Wojnarowicz, Martin Wong, and Jimmy Wright, among many others.
Behind the scenes of Charles Tracey Shoot with Iris Chicon for the Puerto Rico issue of Interview Magazine, Puerto Rico, December 1976
ON VIEW: SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL: REFRAMING LA COLECCIÓN AT EL MUSEO DEL BARIO
NEW YORK, NY, May 2023 - Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección is El Museo del Barrio’s most ambitious presentation of its unique, complex, and culturally diverse permanent collection in over two decades. Organized by Rodrigo Moura, Chief Curator; Susanna V. Temkin, Curator; and Lee Sessions, Permanent Collection Associate Curator, the exhibition will present approximately 500 artworks, including new acquisitions and artist commissions, through rotating displays over the course of one year. Something Beautiful cuts across traditional chronological, geographic, and media-specific categories, reconsidering the Collection through new interdisciplinary approaches rooted in El Museo del Barrio’s foundational history and legacy. This forward-thinking model focuses on the contribution of Amerindian, African, and European cultures as the basis of visual production in the Americas and the Caribbean.
Personal Study, Fabel, c. 1983
ON VIEW: KIND OF A DRAG AT DANIEL COONEY FINE ART
NEW YORK, NY, November 2022 - Now on view at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Kind of a Drag features original works on paper, Kodak Instamatics, and SX-70 Polaroids. Bringing together the artists’ personal, commercial, and editorial work, this retrospective exhibition reveals how Antonio and Juan used the lexicon of fashion and publishing to explore the shifting gender play that bubbled up from the underground into the mainstream during the later half of the 20th century.
Interview Magazine (cover), Manuela Papatakis as Brigitte Bardot, April 1975
ON THE BLOG: APRIL IN PARIS
NEW YORK, NY; November 2022 - New to The Antonio Archives’ blog, we uncover the untold story of Antonio and Juan’s contribution to the April 1975 issue of Interview Magazine. Titled April in Paris, this special edition featured a series of influential drawings and photographed created byA & J that explored the demi-monde of Paris’ left bank.
Pictured here: Antonio, Juan, Mathew Olszak, Charles James, Chris Porrachia, Jane Thorvaldson, Wilnelia Merced, Don Hall & Tak at the 31 Union Square West studio, c. 1978
THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES X NYC LGBT HISTORIC PLACES
NEW YORK, NY, September 2022 - We're thrilled that Antonio & Juan's studio at 31 Union Square West is included on the NYC LGBT Historic Sites Project. This groundbreaking work documents historic places connected to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in New York City and tells the often untold story of their influence on American history and culture. Text by Hongye Wang.
Personal Study, c. 1983
ON VIEW: TIMELESS: BLACK AND WHITE PORTRAITS OF JOAN AGAJANIAN QUINN AT ANTHENAEUM MUSIC & ARTS LIBARY
SAN DIEGO, CA; MAY 2022 - The Athenaeum brings together portraits of journalist and Los Angeles art collector Joan Agajanian Quinn spanning five decades, all by different artists and united in the medium of black and white. Luminaries including Andy Warhol, Claire Falkenstein, Ed Ruscha, Antonio Lopez, Helmut Newton, and Steven Arnold will be exhibited. Quinn’s collection of portraits consists of over 300 artworks gifted by artist friends who have painted, sculpted, and photographed her image in their style.
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Portrait of Antonio Lopez c. 1975, printed by Madoka Takagi, 1988
SPRING NEWSLETTER: REIMAGINING THE ARCHIVES
NEW YORK, NY; March 2022 - This month marks 35 years since Antonio passed away from complications related to AIDS. It is impossible to image the life he could have led and the artwork he would have made if his life had not been cut short. Here at the archives, we devote ourselves to stewarding his and Juan’s legacy, sharing their history of collaboration, and reimagining new ways for the public to experience their life’s work.
As Fendi’s Spring Summer 2022 collection is unveiled around the globe, it has been a tremendous privilege to watch A & J’s drawings presented at a larger than life scale in window displays and wrapped around building facades. We hope you’ll have a change to visit a Fendi store near you to experience the magic of this incredible collaboration first hand.
Vanity Fashion special edition cover, September 1981
ON THE BLOG: VANITY
NEW YORK, NY; March 2022 - For the next installment on The Antonio Archives’ blog, we take a look back at Anna Piaggi’s Vanity magazine, a short lived but highly influential publication that was a beacon of avant-garde style that spanned art history, contemporary fashion, and graphic design.
Flowers, New York City, c 1977
THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES X DOUBLE DUTCH
NEW YORK, NY; January 2022 - The Antonio Archives is thrilled to have partnered with Inez and Vinoodh’s charitable giving platform Double Dutch Cash to create four unique e-cards. This innovative marketplace works with artists, charities and brand partners to achieve the simple philosophy of “more cash, less trash, and great art”.
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Antonio Lopez in New York City, December 1978. Photo by Bill Cunningham
WINTER NEWSLETTER: ANOTHER YEAR AROUND THE SUN
As we close out on 2021, here at The Antonio Archives we’re looking back at the year with deep appreciation for the creative projects we’ve undertaken. From launching our e-shop and blog, to participating in exhibitions across the globe, to our pinch-me moment in Milan as Antonio & Juan’s artwork walked down the runway for Fendi, we can’t help but be humbled by the continued support we receive in bringing the life and legacy of these two extraordinary artists to new audiences.
We wish you all a happy holiday season and a joyous new year.
Fashion as Fantasy poster design, 1975
ON THE BLOG: FASHION AS FANTASY
NEW YORK, NY; December 2021 - For the next installment on The Antonio Archives’ blog, we’re celebrating the anniversary of Fashion as Fantasy, a one of a kind exhibition that debuted at the Rizzoli bookshop gallery in New York City on December 2, 1975. Research fellow Mary Kate Farley has dug into the archives to share some details on this little known yet highly influential exhibition that brought together luminaries from the worlds of art and fashion.
IN PRINT: THE MEN’S FASHION BOOK
NEW YORK, NY; November 2021 - The Antonio Archives is pleased to be included in The Men’s Fashion Book, an unparalleled A-Z deep dive into the people and brands that have produced and inspired the most memorable looks in menswear.
Created in collaboration with Jacob Gallagher, men's fashion editor at Off Duty for the Wall Street Journal, The Men’s Fashion Book documents more than two centuries of fashion, bringing its history to life through iconic, inspirational images, from traditional suits to streetwear, and beyond. Published by Phaidon.
Pictures here: Feliciano Martinez wearing Polo by Ralph Lauren in “Patterns and textures in hand knits” from GQ Magazine, 1984
"Et pourquoi pas St. Trop" editorial for French Vogue featuring Donna Jordan wearing Cacharel, La Bagagerie, Tan Giudicelli for Micmac, Franck et Fils
NOW ON VIEW: THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES AT PALAIS GALLIERA
PARIS, FRANCE, October 2021 - In Paris, the newly renovated Palais Galliera debuted two shows: Vogue Paris 1920-2020, a graphic exhibition that highlights the magazine’s storied history as an arbiter of style, and A History of Fashion. Collecting & Exhibiting at the Palais Galliera, a chronological tour of the museum’s collection that traces three centuries of garments, objects and artworks. The Antonio Archives is thrilled to have a work included in each exhibition, and is grateful to the museum’s curator, Laurent Cotta, for his appreciation of Antonio’s work and his inclusion of the institution’s acquired pieces in these timely exhibitions.
IN PRINT: THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES X SKIN MAGAZINE
LIMA, Peru; October 2021 - The Antonio Archives is pleased to be featured in SKIN Magazine, a biannual fashion publication based out of Lima Peru. Designed by Antonio Choykay and Gerardo Larrea, this full color story pays homage to some of Antonio’s lesser known and wildly kinetic drawings.
Paintbrush study, c. 1978
ON THE BLOG: THE ART OF INFLUENCE
NEW YORK, NY; September 2021 - This month’s blog post takes a look at artwork that inspired the Fendi SS22 collection and the context within which Antonio and Juan created it.
© Fendi
FENDI X THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES
MILAN, ITALY; September 2021 - The Antonio Archives are thrilled to be a part of the Fendi Spring Summer 2022 collection. This past year Kim Jones and his team at Fendi mined the archives for inspiration and gave new life to some of Antonio and Juan’s rarely seen drawings for the brand. You can rewatch the Milan catwalk debut, you can here.
Jewelry Study, Anonymous model, 1963
NOW ON VIEW: DRAWING ON STYLE: MASTERS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION IN LONDON & BATH
LONDON, UK; September 2021 - Drawing on Style: Masters of Fashion Illustration brings together a comprehensive survey of original fashion illustration by the masters of the genre from the 20th century and today. Curated by Connie and Ashley Gray of renowned illustration gallery GRAY M.C.A, this traveling show is on view at Cromwell Place in London from September 15 - 26, 2021, with a second showing at GRAY M.C.A’s exhibition space in Bath from October 18 - November 20, 2021.
Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos, Tokyo, c. 1967
ON THE BLOG: NEW YORK, PARIS - AND TOKYO!
NEW YORK, NY; July 2021 - Last week we joined James Boehmer, Global Artistic Director of Shiseido Makeup, for our very first Instagram LIVE where we discussed Antonio and Juan’s longstanding history with the storied Japanese cosmetics brand, ongoing Archive projects and more. Now up on the blog, we explore how A & J’s time in Tokyo influenced and inspired them over the years
Missoni campaign Autumn Winter 84 featuring Paul Qually and Maria Snyder
THE E-SHOP IS LIVE
NEW YORK, NY; July 2021 - The Antonio Archives is pleased to announce our newly launched e-shop. Available exclusively via The Antonio Archives website, this curated selection of catalogues, exhibition posters, and photographic works is dedicated to the friends, fans, and collectors among us who continue to be inspired by Antonio and Juan’s prolific career.
Visionary Writing exhibition poster
NOW ON VIEW: VISIONARY WRITING AT CAMPREDON CENTRE D’ART
FRANCE; June 2021 - Presented for its third iteration at Campredon Centre d’art in L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, France, Visionary Writing: Drawings, Films, Photographs, explores the diverse practice of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos. Developed into thematic sections, the exhibition focuses on Lopez's use of fashion illustration, photography and super 8 films as pioneering visual vocabulary, as well as his diaries and drawings that document his ardent creative process. Curated by Anne Morin, Director of diChroma Photography (Madrid). On view June 5 - October 3, 2021
Costume designs for the opening night of Studio 54, 1977
NOW ON VIEW: STUDIO 54: NIGHT MAGIC AT DORTMUNDER U
DORTMUND, GERMANY; June 2021 - Studio 54: Night Magic traces the radiant history, social politics, and trailblazing aesthetics of the most iconic nightclub of all time. Behind the velvet rope, partygoers of all backgrounds and lifestyles could come together for nights of music, dazzling lights, and the popular song and dance “The Hustle.”
Included in this encyclopedic show, curated by Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture Matthew Yokobosky, are never before seen photographs, ephemera, and costume designs from The Antonio Archives. On view June 26 - October 17, 2021
Event Invite, Charles James as seen by Antonio produced by Halston at Electric Circus 1969
ON THE BLOG: HALSTON X ANTONIO X CHARLES JAMES
NEW YORK, NY; June 2021 - The Antonio Archives’ is pleased to announce the launch of our Blog, a dedicated editorial space where we can explore lesser known facets of the archive, reveal never before seen material, and share interviews with some of Antonio and Juan’s closest models, friends, and collaborators. First up is a look inside the 1969 event that brought Charles James, Antonio, and Halston together in an art/fashion/nightlife event.
Divine for Neon Woman, 1976
IN PRINT: ANTONIO LOPEZ x C☆NDY MAGAZINE
NEW YORK, NY; June 2021 - The Antonio Archives is delighted to have a series of 1976 pencil portraits of iconic performer Divine in the summer 2021 edition of C☆NDY TRANSVERSAL. Limited Edition of 1500 Numbered Copies.
Divine, New York City, 1977
NOW ON VIEW: DIVINE AT THE LOEWE FOUNDATION AS PART OF PHOTOESPAÑA
MADRID, SPAIN; May 2021 — LOEWE and the LOEWE FOUNDATION presents the house’s 10th contribution to PHotoESPAÑA, an exhibition of photography, illustration and film honouring an indomitable icon of queer culture, Harris Glenn Milstead - better known by his stage name, Divine.
Even in his art of drag, Divine defied the rules. His aesthetic rejected a glamorised, elegant vision of femininity, opting instead for the filthy and the trashy. Divine was sexy yet terrifying at the same time, blurring the boundaries between the desirable and the grotesque. This challenge to the acceptable, normative body subverted conventions of beauty in a way that felt tremendously liberating for audiences.
As Waters put it, Divine ‘exaggerated what everybody hated, turned it into a style - and won.’
By shining a light on this pioneer of gender-diverse artistry, who championed liberty and self-determination, LOEWE celebrates the transformative potential of queer performance. For anyone who questioned the establishment, or did not fit in, Divine was the voice of freedom. This exhibition is therefore a tribute to the power of drag to push boundaries, challenge ideals of beauty and redefine who we are.
Divine is curated by Maria Millan
Grace Jones, Red Coat Series, Paris, April 1975
NOW ON VIEW: A TASTE OF GRACE AT THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM
PITTSBURGH, PA; March 2021 — Grace Jones is a groundbreaking musician, model, actress and performer. Born in Jamaica in 1948, (or 1951, according to Jones), she began modeling in the early 1970s and released her first album that same decade. By the 1980s Jones had become an in-demand vocalist and Hollywood actress. Jones was a fearless multidisciplinary entertainer who relished attention–unapologetically androgynous, theatrical and inventive. Andy Warhol and Jones met in the mid-1970s, drawn together by mutual friends and shared interests. While no one remembers the specific circumstances of their first meeting, Jones recalls in her memoir: “One minute you don’t know him, and then you do.”
The two remained lifelong friends. This installation highlights Jones as a cultural sensation, showcasing her career from the 1970s through the 1980s. The gallery includes portraits by Warhol, over 30 photographs and dozens of archival items related to Jones and the formative years of her career. Jones continues to perform and remains an active provocateur and inspiration.
A Taste of Grace is curated by José Carlos Diaz, Chief Curator.
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Deal Elio: A Marvelous Journey Into the World of Fiorucci © Rizzoli
OUT NOW! DEAR ELIO: A MARVELOUS JOURNEY INTO THE WORLD OF FIORUCCI
NEW YORK, NY; March 2021 — The Antonio Archives is pleased to have contributed a chapter to Dear Elio: A Marvelous Journey into the the World of Fiorucci, edited by Franco Marabelli and published by Rizzoli.
The fashion and stores created by Elio Fiorucci in the late 1960s were a great creative hotbed for the following decades, anticipating many of the trends that emerged later and the ideas of the next generation of designers.
Throughout the 1970s, Antonio and Juan worked with Elio as creative advisors, meeting at the iconic store on 59th street twice weekly. In 1978, they turned the ground floor windows into stage sets, casting Pat Cleveland, Donna Jordan and others to model clothes for the thousands of pedestrians who passed by.
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Bill Cunningham Was There: Spring Flings + Summer Soirées © Rizzoli
OUT NOW! BILL CUNNINGHAM WAS THERE: SPRING FLINGS + SUMMER SOIRÉES
NEW YORK, NY; March 2021 — The Antonio Archives is pleased to have contributed to Bill Cunningham Was There: Spring Flings + Summer Soirées, edited by John Kurdewan and published by Rizzoli.
Bill Cunningham (1929-2016) embraced the colors, carefree beauty, and escapism of spring outings and summer parties as both a photographer and an astute fashion documentarian. His camera captured the showstopping hats and dresses worn by society ladies at the annual Central Park Conservancy luncheons, the gorgeous gowns sweeping the dance floors of tented galas in Newport and the Hamptons, and the authentic vintage outfits sported by young attendees at summertime jazz and swing-dance festivals. For decades, Cunningham's two weekly columns for the Times remained at the top of every fashionista's go-to list, presenting not only a comprehensive chronicle of the looks of the day but also an insider's view of the glamorous parties and philanthropic events that are part of the social whirl. This celebration of Cunningham's genius for capturing magical moments with extraordinary style provides a heartfelt insiders' tribute to one of photojournalism's greatest legends.
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“True Wit,” Vogue, Norma Kamali and Ernie, 1983
OUT NOW! NORMA KAMALI: I AM INVINCIBLE
NEW YORK, NY; February 2021 — The Antonio Archives is happy to have contributed an iconic portrait of fashion desighner Norma Kamali to her first book Norma Kamali: I am Invincible published by Abrams.
Norma Kamali: I am Invincible offers readers a stylish, inspiring, and heartfelt handbook for gliding boldly through each of life’s decades with purpose and power. Manifesto, memoir, and essential guide, its pages are informed by 50 years of Kamali’s twists, turns, triumphs, and failures experienced while finding the courage and conviction to race after her dreams and never look back.
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Photo © DiChroma Photography
OUT NOW! VISIONARY WRITING
PUBLISHED BY DICHROMA PHOTOGRAPHY
NEW YORK, NY; September 2020 — The Antonio Archives is pleased to announce the release of “Visionary Writing” the first ever dual-language monograph on the artists’ work in English and French. Published by diChroma Photography (Madrid), this 180-page full-color catalogue features essays by Paul Caranicas as well as Anne Morin, curator and director of diChroma Photography, and Alistair O’Neil, a fashion theorist and professor at Central Saint Martins, London.
The book is organized in thematic sections that focus on the artists’ use of fashion illustration, photography, and super 8 films as a pioneering visual vocabulary. It provides a lush and comprehensive biography that situates Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos at the nexus of a post-modern moment where art, fashion, and queer culture collided.
Purchase the book directly from The Antonio Archives at our E-Shop HERE!
Lui Magazine (Cover), Grace Jones, June 1976
NOW ON VIEW: GRACE BEFORE JONES: CAMERA, DISCO, STUDIO AT NOTTINGHAM CONTEMPORARY
NOTTINGHAM, UK; September 2020 - A cross between fan-fiction, study and biography, Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio departs from the iconic singer’s career and her collaborations with artists, designers, photographers and musicians to question black image-making and gender binarism as well as both performance and the performance of life.
Curated by Cédric Fauq with Olivia Aherne, Grace Before Jones includes 17 works from The Antonio Archives.
On view September 26, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Jane Forth, Carnegie Hall Studios, New York City, c. 1968
NOW ON VIEW: FEMME TOUCH AT THE ANDY WARHOL MUSEUM
PITTSBURGH, PA; August 2020 - Now on view at The Andy Warhol Museum, Femme Touch is a museum-wide exhibition that shines a light on the women and femmes who were intertwined with Andy Warhol’s life and career — but whose contributions have often been overlooked in retellings of his story.
Chief curator José Diaz mined The Antonio Archives for drawings and photographs to help bring to life the unique beauty of underground darlings and Antonio models Donna Jordan and Jane Forth, each of whom are featured in this sprawling exhibition
On view June 16, 2020 - January 3, 2021
Studio 54 Opening Night Rehearsal, April 1977
NOW ON VIEW: STUDIO 54: NIGHT MAGIC AT THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
NEW YORK, NY; March 2020 - Studio 54: Night Magic traces the radiant history, social politics, and trailblazing aesthetics of the most iconic nightclub of all time. Behind the velvet rope, partygoers of all backgrounds and lifestyles could come together for nights of music, dazzling lights, and the popular song and dance “The Hustle.”
Included in this encyclopedic show, curated by Senior Curator of Fashion and Material Culture Matthew Yokobosky, are never before seen photographs, ephemera, and costume designs from The Antonio Archives.
Photo © Assouline Publishing
OUT NOW! ST. TROPEZ SOLEIL PUBLISHED BY ASSOULINE
NEW YORK, NY; March 2020 — The Antonio Archives is pleased to have contributed to Simon Liberati’s latest coffee table book ST TROPEZ SOLEIL, published by Assouline.
Throughout the early 1970s, Antonio, Juan, and their closest friends would accompany Karl Lagerfeld to St. Tropez each summer for a sun-filled holiday at his rented villa. We are thrilled to have a series of intimate photographs of this time, along with a page from Antonio's 1970 French Vogue editorial, "Et Pourquoi Pas St. Trop?".
Body Study, Louis Falco Dance Company, model unknown, 1985
NOW ON VIEW: ANTONIO LOPEZ: LET ME HEAR YOUR BODY TALK AT DANIEL COONEY FINE ART
NEW YORK, NY; March 2020 - The Antonio Archives is pleased to present “Antonio Lopez: Let me Hear Your Body Talk” at Daniel Cooney Fine Art, now on view from March 5 - April 18, 2020 (NEW closing date July 31, 2020!). Nightlife, music, and dancing were a cornerstone of Antonio’s social life and studio practice. Throughout the early 1980s, as disco gave way to punk, new wave, and hip hop, Antonio and Juan took immense inspiration from the rise in the idealized athletic body that could be seen everywhere from the runway, to the nightclub, to the male break dancers performing in Union Square.
Featuring 12 black-and-white pencil drawings and 4 large-scale water colors completed between 1982-1985, "Let me Hear Your Body Talk" takes its title from Olivia Newton John’s 1981 smash hit “Let’s Get Physical”, a homoerotic chart topping anthem that permeated the culture. This exhibition showcases Antonio’s departure from the editorial and commercial images which made him famous, and celebrates this little known body of work that emphasis his unique blend of play, rhythm, and queer desire that perfectly captures the zeitgeist
On view March 5 - July 31, 2020
© Self Service Magazine
OUT NOW! BEAUTIFIED: AN HOMAGE TO ANTONIO LOPEZ IN SELF SERVICE MAGAZINE
NEW YORK, NY; February 2020 — A special thank you to Self Service Magazine for the the gorgeous sixteen page portfolio of Antonio instamatics featured in ISSUE 52 “On Beauty and Character”.
“It seems that illustrator Antonio Lopez was always in the right place at the right time. But really, the more you learn about his work, the more obvious it becomes that he created, and not just merely documented, the faces, the fashions, and the moods of the moment.” - Christopher Niquet
Video by Ilvio Gallo © Fondazione Sozzani
NOW ON VIEW: ANTONIO LOPEZ: DRAWINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS AT THE FONDAZIONE SOZZANI IN MILAN
MILAN, ITALY; January 2020 - Presented at the Fondazione Sozzani “Antonio Lopez: Drawings and Photographs”, is curated by Anne Morin, director of diChroma Photography, Madrid, and in collaboration with the Anna Piaggi Cultural Association, the Ottavio and Rosita Missoni Foundation, Versace, and The Estate and Archive of Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos.
This first solo exhibition of Antonio and Juan’s work in Italy, this show brings together over two hundred original drawings, Kodak Instamatics, photographic grids, collages, diaries, and films to present a dynamic overview of Antonio and Juan's creative process, visionary style, and deep relationship with the avant-garde Italian fashion scene.
On view January 12 - September 6, 2020
NEW TO THE ARCHIVES: THE TINA TURNER BIRTHDAY COLLECTIBLE
NEW YORK, NY; November 2019 - New to The Antonio Archive’s library is this limited edition monograph celebrating Tina Turner’s 80th birthday. Featuring an outstanding collection of unique images by photographers such as Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz, Bruce Weber, Anton Corbijn, Herb Ritts, Andy Warhol, and Paul Cox, and illustrations by Christian Louboutin, Bob Mackie, and Antonio Lopez.
NOW ON VIEW: ANTONIO: THE FINE ART OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION AT THE PHOENIX ART MUSEUM
PHOENIX, AZ; September 2019 - Featuring more than 100 original drawings, “Antonio: The Fine Art of Fashion Illustration” is a multimedia exhibition the chronicles the collaborative creative work of fashion visionaries Antonio Lopez and Juan Ramos. On view from September 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020, the installation features their artistic, editorial, and commercial work created from the 1960s through the 1980s for publications and retailers such as Vogue, The New York Times Magazine, French Elle, Harper’s Bazaar Italia, L’Uomo Vogue, Vanity, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Bloomingdale's.
Highlights of the exhibition include more than 20 drawings from Antonio’s Tales from the Thousand and One Nights, a lavishly illustrated book of stories from The Arabian Nights, translated by Sir Richard Burton and published in 1985. Additionally, Antonio will include 12 never-before-exhibited, large-scale drawings created in 1973 at the Condé Nast offices in New York City during a series of Vogue seminars.
On view September 21, 2019 - January 5, 2020
NOW ON VIEW: ANTONIO LOPEZ: VISIONARY WRITING AT CENTRO CULTURAL DE CASCAIS IN PORTUGAL
CASCAIS, PORTUGAL; July 2019 - The Antonio Archives is proud to present “Visionary Writing - Drawings, Films, Photographs”, curated by Anne Morin, now on view at the Centro Cultural de Cascais in Cascais, Portugal, from July 5 to October 12, 2019.
The first exhibition of Antonio’s work in Portugal, this show brings together original drawings, photographs, collage, and super 8 films to develop distinct thematic sections, focusing not only on fashion illustration, but also on Antonio’s creative process and the era in which he lived.
On view July 5 to October 12, 2019
Photo © The National Art Museum of Ukraine
NOW ON VIEW: CHLOÉ COUTURE AT THE NATIONAL ART MUSEUM OF UKRAINE
KIEV, UKRAINE; March 2019 - Presented at the National Art Museum of Ukraine from March 3 - March 28, 2019, Chloe Couture is a retrospective of the world famous Fashion House, founded in 1952 by the talented designer Gaby Aghion.
The special retrospective collection from the Chloé Archives explores key moments in the history of the fashion house, among them are some of Karl Lagerfeld’s iconic designs from the 1970s, shown alongside Antonio’s memorable illustrations
On view March 3 - March 28, 2019
Photo © Dorothea Mink
THE ANTONIO ARCHIVES AT PARIS FASHION WEEK FOR THE LAUNCH OF CHARLES JAMES: THE COUTURE SECRETS OF SHAPE
PARIS, FRANCE; February 2019 - Now available Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shape. Edited by Homer Layne, Dorothea Mink. Preface by Rick Owens. Text by Valerie Steele, R. Couri Hay, Paul Caranicas, Carolin Roider, Charles James.
Rick Owens took inspiration from James’ iconic sculptural cutoure for his Spring Summer 2019 collection, while his wife Michèle Lamy curated an exhibition of James’ designs, Antonio’s sketches and documentary photography, along with other ephemera, at Joyce Gallery to coincide with the book launch and PFW exhibition.
Karl Lagerfeld, Paris, 1976
KARL LAGERFELD (1933 - 2019)
PARIS, FRANCE; February 2019 - The Antonio Archives is saddened to hear of the passing of one of fashion’s legendary figures, Karl Lagerfeld.
Antonio and Juan's friendship with Karl began in Paris in 1969. Together the trio worked on designs and textiles for Chloé, spent countless days at Café de Flore and nights at La Couple, and travelled through Europe for business and pleasure. In remembrance of Karl, here is a small selection of their times together over the years.
Photo © Assouline Publishing
NEW TO THE ARCHIVES: NEW YORK BY NEW YORK PUBLISHED BY ASSOULINE
NEW YORK, NY; January 2019 - New to The Antonio Archives’ library is New York by New York. Published by Assouline, this extraordinary book reveals the city through the expert eyes and iconic images of leading photographers from Edward Steichen to Peter Lindbergh, together with texts and quotes from top writers including E.B. White , Edith Wharton, Tom Wolfe and Jay Mcinerney, and featuring a double page spread by Antonio.