An interdisciplinary project that brings together visual artists, fashion designers, and ?lmmakers in their exploration of growing up.
GIRLS explores the beauty and complexity of girlhood and the emotional journey to adulthood. How is ‘being a girl’ portrayed? How is it remembered? And how does ‘the girl’ in?uence visual culture and fashion? Central themes are daughters, sisters, and friendship, along with experiences of boredom, rebellion, and growing up.
Featuring work by various artists from different ?elds, such as Veronique Branquinho, Louise Bourgeois, So?a Coppola, Jenny Fax, Roni Horn, Jas Knight, Alice Neel, Meret Oppenheim, Frida Orupabo and Simone Rocha.
Text contributions by, among others,
Elisa De Wyngaert, Claire Marie Healy, Wim Mertens, Morna Laing, and Alex Quicho. Interviews with Nancy Steiner, Leticia Valverdes, Lauren Green?eld, and others.
Published on the occasion of the epony-mous exhibition at MoMu – ModeMuseum Antwerp, from 27 September 2025 to 1 February 2026.
