AA suggests you four exhibitions to see in May. Discover them below :

Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier, Design Museum, London

His mastery of shapes –he was known for cutting his own templates himself– was celebrated by all and his passing on 18 November last year at the age of 77 hit the design world hard. Yet the exhibition that the Franco-Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaïa was preparing with the London Design Museum has still been opened to the public, with no fewer than sixty items. The exhibition also includes “architectural elements” specially ordered from some of the couturier’s artist and designer friends such as Tatiana Trouvé and Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec.

Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier
Design Museum, Londres
Until October 7th, 2018

Night Fever, Designing Club Culture, 1960-today, Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein

After the Villa Noailles in 2017, it is the Vitra Design Museum’s turn to explore the world of nightclubs. The Night Fever, Designing Club Culture, 1960-today exhibition explores the alternative culture of nightlife through films, posters, music, light installations and many other media.

Night Fever, Designing Club Culture, 1960-today
Vitra Design Museum, Weil-am-Rhein
Until September 9th, 2018

Bodys Isek Kingelez, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Known for his psychedelic “modelist architecture”, Congolese artist Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948-2015) had not yet had his own major retrospective. This will soon be corrected thanks to the MoMA, with the exhibition curated by Sarah Suzuki which will open to the public on 26 May 2018. Made of plastic, cardboard and paper, Kingelez’s urban utopias sometimes took him up to a year to complete.

Bodys Isek Kingelez
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Du 26 mai au 21 octobre 2018

Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo

While in France we constantly question our elected representatives’ passion for Japanese architects, the Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation exhibition held at the Mori Art Museum in Tokyo strives to provide some answers to this “Japanese fascination”. Based around 9 chapters, each embodying a key concept in Japanese architecture such as wood, transition and nature, it aims to explain the success of the likes of Kenzō Tange or Kazuyo Sejima while considering future development avenues.

Japan in Architecture: Genealogies of Its Transformation
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Until September, 17th 2018

Find Corinne Vezzoni, Frida Escobedo, or Françoise N’Thépé in the news of the AA’s issue n°423, available in our online shop!