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2025-06-27 03:12:51 [Digital Culture] Source: Prosperous Times Information Network

It's been quite the week for Kanye West.

After cancelling what was already a makeup show in Inglewood,the courtesan and the nun: finding spaces for female eroticism in renaissance italy California, on Sunday, the rapper broke all social media etiquette and posted a whopping 99 photographs of blurry fashion lookbook images on his Instagram.

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West, who was scrutinized by fans for his extremely short sets, Trump-supporting tirades and Beyoncé comments during recent Saint Pablo tour dates, has not publicly offered reasons as to why the Nov. 20 show was cancelled—unless somehow the flood of Instagram pics means something and we're just all missing it.

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The images are all closeup, blurry shots from what seem to be from old and new Maison Margiela lookbooks.

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It's tough to say whether or not it's random or a hint at a future Margiela collaboration, but according to Uproxx, director Eli Russell Linnetz might be the one to thank for the spam.

Linnetz collaborated with West the music video for "Fade" and captioned a similar Instagram shot with "new installation on @kanyewest."

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Two months ago, West opened his Instagram account with a still from Total Recall. This recent onslaught of fashion photos are the only other images posted on his account, and because of his recent remarks calling out Beyoncé, many of the comments on these new images are bee emojis from the BeyHive.

See more of the bizarre "installation" below: