'Star Shoes' Exhibition in Pécs Features Many International & Local Designers

  • 23 Aug 2023 7:11 PM
'Star Shoes' Exhibition in Pécs Features Many International & Local Designers
An exhibition presenting designer shoes by international and Hungarian artists is now running in the Gallery of Pécs, in southern Hungary.

The show entitled Shoe Fantasies will feature more than 80 pairs of footwear including Zaha Hadid’s revolutionary model NOVA with a metallic chromed vinyl rubber upper part lined with Italian kid nappa leather as well as shoes designed for Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift ad Fergie, the Zsolnay heritage manager Nkft told MTI in a statement.

The international creators include British, Belgian, Bulgarian, Dutch, Israeli, Italian, Japanese, Russian and Romanian artists. Shoe Fantasies is the result of a collaboration between the Pécs Gallery and the Virtual Shoe Museum and is curated by Liza Snook and Dutch designer Amber Ambrose Auréle, who is known for her ‘sky-high heels’.

The exhibition also presenting installations, photographs and videos will run until September 3.

Click here to know more about the exhibition

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