\t\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\tA artwork by Eduardo Chillida entitled \u201cGravitation Homage to Balenciaga.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMikel Chillida\/Courtesy of Balenciaga<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n \n\tThe new art series is designed to bridge Balenciaga\u2019s roots in the Basque region with modern design, according to the house.<\/p>\n \n\tThe first Antean exhibition is to run from April 21 to 27, with a special guest at the opening cocktail: Mikel Chillida, Eduardo Chillida\u2019s grandson and director of Chillida Leku, an open-air museum near Hernani, Spain, that is dedicated to his legacy.<\/p>\n \n\tChillida Leku mounted an exhibition in 2024 titled \u201cChillida\/Balenciaga \u2014 Plying Form.\u201d It explored \u201cthe common places of the sculptor of air and the couturier of space,\u201d according to the museum\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BASQUE-ING IN IT: Exalting the Basque roots of Balenciaga founder Crist\u00f3bal Balenciaga, the Paris-based house and its creative director Pierpaolo Piccioli have created a new art series under the handle \u201cArtean,\u201d which roughly means \u201cbetween\u201d in ancient Basque language. It will kick off with an exhibition during Salone del Mobile, or Milan Design Week, spotlighting Eduardo Chillida, a late Basque sculptor whose imposing, abstract works were admired by the legendary Spanish couturier. \u201cI have always believed that art is, above all, a generator of emotion \u2014 a vehicle for culture, certainly, but more importantly, a source of energy, thought and curiosity,\u201d said Piccioli, who initiated the project in order to create a \u201cspace that brings together art and the house\u2019s Basque heritage.\u201d Seven works dating from the \u201950s through to the \u201990s \u2014 which reflect an approach to artistic creation similar to Crist\u00f3bal\u2019s, and one direct homage \u2014 will go on display in Balenciaga\u2019s Via Montenapoleone flagship, putting them in dialogue with the store\u2019s architecture and the spring 2026 collections. \u201cI am certain that anyone who visits the exhibition will immediately sense how powerful and enduring this creative conversation remains,\u201d Piccioli said. \u201cI am both happy and proud to share a piece of this history.\u201d A artwork by Eduardo Chillida entitled \u201cGravitation Homage to Balenciaga.\u201d Mikel Chillida\/Courtesy of Balenciaga The new art series is designed to bridge Balenciaga\u2019s roots in the Basque region with modern design, according to the house. The first Antean exhibition is to run from April 21 to 27, with a special guest at the opening cocktail: Mikel Chillida, Eduardo Chillida\u2019s grandson and director of Chillida Leku, an open-air museum near Hernani, Spain, that is dedicated to his legacy. Chillida Leku mounted an exhibition in 2024 titled \u201cChillida\/Balenciaga \u2014 Plying Form.\u201d It explored \u201cthe common places of the sculptor of air and the couturier of space,\u201d according to the museum\u2019s websit…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.seekyourlove.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wwd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GRAVITATION-HOMAGE-TO-BALENCIAGA-_-Foto-Mikel-Chillida.jpg?w=248\")
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