Balenciaga has taken a hit yet again over photographs from an axed ad campaign that shows a book featuring a Belgian artist whose work includes depictions of castrated toddlers.
Photos from the brand’s now-canceled spring 2023 ad campaign show French actress Isabelle Huppert posed in a Manhattan office with a stack of books behind her.
Notably in that stack of books is a title celebrating Belgian painter Michaël Borremans, whose works frequently feature children.
The David Zwirner gallery in Hong Kong, where Borremans’ “Fire from the Sun” has been shown, described his paintings as “toddlers engaged in playful but mysterious acts with sinister overtones and insinuations of violence.” …
The images featuring Borremans’ book of work as a prop was swiftly taken down from Balenciaga’s website this week after a different ad campaign came under fire for featuring kids alongside stuffed animals wearing bondage-style attire.
[Too late. — Ed]
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