The Hennessy 250 Art Exhibition Arrives in New York City

The legendary cognac company celebrates its 250th anniversary with a global art exhibition.

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Hennessy celebrates an impressive 250-year anniversary by doing what the legendary cognac company does particularly well—embracing and nurturing the arts and artists. 

Enter the Hennessy 250 Tour. While many know Hennessy's involvement in the arts through artist collaboration bottles (Futura, KAWS, Os Gemeos, and Shepard Fairey have all done them), this spring they launched a traveling art exhibition stopping in Guangzhou, Moscow, New York, Johannesburg, and Paris.

Featuring artists like Daniel Arsham and Jonah Bokaer (who created a collaborative performance around a sculpture), Anton Corbijn, Laurent Pernot, and Xavier Veilhan, the exhibition is full of moments inspired by Hennessy's history. Additionally, there are original documents that had previously never left Cognac, France, on display. 

A walk through the exhibition, curated by Hervé Mikaeloff and Raphael Gerard, reveals a company that has kept family, tradition, collaboration, and the arts central to its product. View a few of the pieces above, and if you're in New York, check it out all month at Lincoln Center.

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