The Rick Owens ‘Temple of Love’ exhibit features collections from his early beginnings in Los Angeles through to his most recent with Rick Owens himself as the exhibition’s artistic director.

Featuring over 100 silhouettes, the retrospective is augmented by Owens’s personal documents, as well as videos and some never-before-seen installations. Works by Gustave Moreau, Joseph Beuys and Steven Parrino provide insight into the designer’s sources of inspiration and show his work in a new light. The exhibition also focuses on the central role played by his wife Michèle Lamy, whose presence is felt throughout the exhibition, even in a recreation of their Californian bedroom.

Rick Owens’s work also extends outside of the museum. He has wrapped the statues on the façade in a fabric embroidered with sequins. In the garden of the Palais Galliera, thirty brutalist-style cement sculptures, specially designed for the occasion, recall pieces from his furniture line. The garden has been designed with his beloved Californian vines and plants.

The scale and scope of the exhibition, Rick Owens, Temple Of Love, is unprecedented. It is a meditation on love, beauty and diversity, presented in a monumental setting. The silhouettes, most of which come from the archives of one of today’s leading designers, transform the museum into a temple dedicated to creation.

The exhibit will run until January 4th, 2026.