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Organised by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse is the first major Australian exhibition to explore the work of this boundary-pushing fashion designer.

Image Caption. Installation view of Alexander. McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV, International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV, International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpieces by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV, International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpiece by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV, International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Robert Fairer’s photographs in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Michael Schmidt’s headpiece on display in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpiece by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Sean Fennessy.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Robert Fairer’s photographs in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Look 11, dress from the Joan collection, autumn-winter 1998-99 on display in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpiece by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Photo: Tom Ross.

Installation view of The Widows of Culloden collection, autumn winter 2006-07 in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpieces by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Sean Fennessy.

Installation view of Scanners autumnwinter 2002-2003 in Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse on display at NGV International from 11 December 2022 - 16 April 2023. Headpiece by Michael Schmidt. Photo: Sean Fennessy.

Lee Alexander McQueen (designer) Alexander McQueen, London (fashion house) Woman’s ensemble: dress and leggings 2009 Plato’s Atlantis collection, spring–summer 2010. Los Angeles County Museum of Art Gift of Regina J. Drucker © Alexander McQueen© Museum Associates/LACMA.

France Coat and waistcoat c. 1775, silk, linen, wool, metal (a) 112.7 cm (centre back) 73.3 cm (sleeve length) (frockcoat) (b) 54.6 cm (centre back) 38.0 cm (waist, flat) (waistcoat) National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Felton Bequest, 1958.

Francisco Goya y Lucientes Pedro Romero killing the halted bull c. 1815–16 plate 31 from La Tauromaquia (The Art of Bullfighting) series c. 1815–16, published 1816 etching, aquatint, drypoint and burin 21.0 × 30.9 cm (image) 24.8 × 35.0 cm (plate) 26.7 × 37.0 cm (sheet). National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Presented by the National Art-Collections Fund, 1919.