A new painting by the Scottish painter Peter Doig, titled Alpinist, is established to hang as portion of a new demonstrate that opens at the Courtauld in London this week. Finished in 2022, it depicts a male donning a riotously colourful harlequin match, uncannily equivalent to the crystal-lined Egonlab jumpsuit worn by Harry Types on this week’s Grammy awards pink carpet. Their resemblance did not go unnoticed by Doig, who posted an picture of Styles in the Grammys ensemble on Instagram, full with a pair of skis and rucksack from the authentic portray crudely included. A fabulously figuring out wink by the artist – and an additional great flip-flop among art and fashion.
From the Lucian Freud clearly show at London’s Back garden Museum, to the forthcoming Lynette Yiadom-Boakye exhibition at Guggenheim Bilbao, and the Basquiat x Warhol blockbuster opening at the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris in April – when it will come to reimagining the way we get dressed, there is trend inspiration in each individual gallery.
This collision is not new. Elsa Schiaparelli labored with Alberto Giacometti and Salvador Dalí in the 1930s, and the label she established continues to stir excitement under its current designer, Daniel Roseberry, who developed Kylie Jenner’s controversial lion-head gown for Paris fashion week past month. But it’s Andy Warhol, who began his job as a manner illustrator for Vogue, who remains the most fashiony of all from developing portraits of Halston and Giorgio Armani, to posing with Basquiat in Everlast boxing equipment, to owning his do the job seem on Versace dresses and Uniqlo T-shirts.
Doig now has trend sort, far too. In 2021, he collaborated with Dior’s resourceful director for menswear, Kim Jones, on