MCA extends popular Virgil Abloh streetwear exhibition by a week

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Images in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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The artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the entrance to his exhibition "Figures of Speech" at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)
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A frame from a video in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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The entrance to the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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Images in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh are seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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A dress in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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A piece in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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An installation in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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The walls of a popup store connected to the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago are covered floor to ceiling with images by German fashion photographer Juergen Teller, as seen on June 4, 2019.
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A piece in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.
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A piece in the exhibition "Figures of Speech" by the artist and designer Virgil Abloh is seen at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago on June 4, 2019.

PUBLISHED: August 22, 2019 at 1:29 p.m. | UPDATED: August 22, 2019 at 5:29 p.m.

The Virgil Abloh exhibition is staying in Chicago for another week.

The MCA plans to extend the run of “Virgil Abloh: Figures of Speech,” one of its most popular shows ever, until Sept. 29, the Tribune has learned.

The multi-disciplinary exhibition looks at the clothing and sneaker designs and artwork of Abloh, who was raised in Rockford and trained as an architect in Chicago and has gone on to become an international design superstar.

Abloh first gained renown working with Kanye West and designing streetwear in Chicago. He has since designed sneakers for Nike and is now men’s artistic director for the fashion house Louis Vuitton.

The exhibition is projected to finish as one of the North Side museum’s three most popular shows ever, after exhibitions on Takashi Murakami and David Bowie. After Chicago, “Figures of Speech” will travel, beginning with a stop in Atlanta.

sajohnson@chicagotribune.com