Vogue & Vikram Goyal curates The Elephant Migration Finale Exhibition in Los Angeles

Acclaimed Indian designer, Vikram Goyal, just announced his latest curation: Wrapped in History – 100 Blankets for 100 Elephants - the final exhibition and striking finale to The Great Elephant Migration, a 5,000-mile public art journey across the U.S. This exhibition will open in Los Angeles on June 27, 2025.

Curated in partnership with Vogue US and contributing editor Dodie Kazanjian, Vikram Goyal brings together internationally acclaimed fashion designers including Diane von Furstenberg, Sabyasachi, and Tarun Tahiliani, alongside Indigenous artisans, to create 100 ceremonial blankets. Each blanket draws on rich textile traditions and contemporary design, honoring the cultural significance of elephants and the spirit of human-wildlife coexistence.

“The vision of 100 hand-made Indian elephants migrating across America in my mind, is a monumental,
cinematic and moving work of performance art. Each elephant is a sculpture of a real elephant with
its own name that coexists with the Indigenous communities in the Nilgiri Hills of Southern India. I see
these elephant sculptures descending from the superb 16th to 18th Century Royal elephant portrait
paintings, where every elephant had its own name.”

- Dodie Kazanjian,
Curator, The Great Elephant Migration,
Vogue US
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ELEPHANTS ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLEThe creators of the herd live in the Nilgiri Hills, Southern India, where humans and elephants coexist in the densest overlap on the planet. The indigenous communities here see everything in nature as being alive and having a soul. The wind has a spirit, whispering secrets to the trees as she moves through. The stars, rocks, rivers, trees, plants and animals are all part of a big family. 
This way of looking at the world is rooted in mutual respect and reciprocity. There's a reverence for nature and all its inhabitants and a belief that the earth will look after us if we are respectful towards the earth and all of its inhabitants. Humans are a part of a larger web of life, where everything is interconnected. When we harm the earth or other beings we harm ourselves. If we behave respectfully towards the elephants, they are expected to behave well in return. This way of looking at the world is key to everyone’s survival and successful coexistence between all living beings.