OMA and Maison Margiela launch multi-city exhibition across China using shipping containers
OMA / AMO has collaborated with Maison Margiela to present MaisonMargiela/Folders, a traveling exhibition that will run across four cities in China until April 13, 2026. This marks the inaugural partnership between Rem Koolhaas's architectural firm and the renowned fashion label. In Shanghai, shipping containers on Yan Dang Road display fifty-eight couture outfits spanning from 1989 to 2026, focusing on themes of upcycling and trompe l'oeil. The exhibition in Beijing, titled Anonymity: Our History of Masks, showcases forty-eight masks at the Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre. Chengdu features Tabi: Collectors Exhibition, which reconstructs nine collectors' wardrobes, while Shenzhen's Bianchetto: Atelier Experience emphasizes the overpaint technique. Each city acts as a 'folder' for Margiela codes, with digital resources accessible via the brand's Dropbox. La Mode En Images managed the production.
Key facts
- Exhibition runs until April 13th, 2026
- First collaboration between OMA/AMO and Maison Margiela
- Features 58 couture looks from 1989-2026 in Shanghai
- Four Chinese cities: Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Shenzhen
- Uses shipping containers as exhibition architecture
- Each city focuses on a different Margiela code
- Digital materials circulate via Dropbox system
- Production by La Mode En Images
Entities
Artists
- Rem Koolhaas
Institutions
- OMA / AMO
- Maison Margiela
- Zhengyici Peking Opera Theatre
- Third Avenue Art Museum
- La Mode En Images
- OMA/AMO
- Louis Vuitton
- Dior
Locations
- Shanghai
- China
- Beijing
- Chengdu
- Shenzhen
- Yan Dang Road
- Hairun Badminton Courts
- Nanchang Road
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Osaka
- Japan
- New York City
- USA