Нью-Йорк Никс 53 жилийн дараа анх удаа НБА-гийн аварга болсон түүхэн амжилтад нь Карл-Энтони Таунсын сүйт бүсгүй Жордин Вүүдсийн барьж явсан улбар шар өнгийн цүнх нөлөөлсөн гэж шүтэн бишрэгчид нь үздэг.
Никс-ийн тоглолтын үеэр уг цүнхийг барьж ирэхэд баг ялалт байгуулдаг байсан нь олон нийтийн сүлжээнд ярианы сэдэв болоод байв. НБА-гийн финалын гурав дахь тоглолтын үеэр аюулгүй байдлын үүднээс цүнх оруулахыг хориглосон нь багийн ялагдалд нөлөөлсөн гэж фэнүүд нь хошигнодог бөгөөд дөрөв болон тав дахь тоглолтод цүнхээ авчирснаар Никс аварга цолыг хүртжээ. Карл-Энтони Таунс энэхүү цүнхийг багийн амжилтын салшгүй хэсэг хэмээн онцолж, музейд байрлуулах санааг дэвшүүлсэн байна.
Манхэттэний Гуггенхайм музей нь спортын соёл, загвар болон орчин үеийн алдар нэрсийн соёлыг холбосон энэхүү эд зүйлийг соёлын олдвор хэмээн үзэж, Кафе Ребай хэсэгтээ олон нийтэд дэлгэлээ. Музейн төлөөлөгчид өдөр тутмын энгийн зүйл хэрхэн фанатуудыг нэгтгэж, Нью-Йоркийн бахархал болсныг онцлон тэмдэглэв.
Гуггенхайм музей нь урлаг болон спортын харилцааг судлах чиглэлээр олон бүтээл дэлгэж байсан түүхтэй. Карл-Энтони Таунс болон Жордин Вүүдс нар 2025 оны дөрөвдүгээр сараас хойш тус музейтэй холбоотой ажиллаж ирсэн бөгөөд музейн захирал Мариэт Вестерманн уг цүнхийг баг болон хотын түүхэн дэх аз авчирсан дурсгалт зүйл хэмээн тодорхойллоо.
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Perhaps the most famous handbag in New York Knicks history has landed in the city’s Guggenheim Museum, where the $125 purse will be on display through the weekend.
To Knicks fans, it’s not just any purse. During the team’s historic championship run, the orange “Tux Clutch Mini” carried by Jordyn Woods, the fiancée of Knicks center Karl-Anthony Towns, earned a cult following among superstitious Knicks fans who believed it played a role in their team capturing its first NBA title in 53 years.
Whenever she carried the bag with her to Knicks games, the team won. The lore of the bag became a social media joke that gained even more traction after the Knicks lost Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Woods was forced to leave the bag at home due to a strict no-bag policy implemented at Madison Square Garden for President Donald Trump’s attendance.
No such policy was in place for games 4 and 5, and the purse was seen in Woods’ hands and over her shoulder.
Towns leaned into the handbag superstition after the Knicks’ historic 29-point comeback to win Game 4, and again after the Knicks won the title in San Antonio.
“The bag is undefeated. I want everyone in New York to know that bag won a championship,” Towns said after Game 5.
“The bag did its thing tonight!” Towns wrote on Instagram after Game 4. “We’ve got to put this in the Whitney or the Guggenheim!”
The Guggenheim, the iconic Frank Lloyd Wright-designed cylindrical space on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, welcomed the bag as a cultural artifact that binds sports, high fashion and modern celebrity culture. It will be on display at the museum’s Café Rebay.
“People have always found meaning in objects that embody profound cultural moments, and they often go to great lengths to see them,” a museum spokesperson told The Athletic. “The Guggenheim was interested in celebrating this important New York moment, the cultural phenomenon that developed around the bag, and how an everyday object became a rallying point for fans and a symbol of New York pride.”
Among those who wanted a close-up look at the bag, part of Woods’ own line of accessories, Woods by Jordyn, was New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who clutched the clutch with a wide smile during the city’s ticker-tape parade honoring the Knicks.
The Guggenheim is known for showcasing modern and contemporary art, including paintings, sculptures, photography and performance art. But Woods’ bag adds an element that the museum continues to explore. The museum has Lin Yilin’s Monad (2018), a virtual reality work comprised of three separate but interconnected parts. One of those parts uses virtual reality software to simulate a series of basic basketball movements. The Tschabalala Self’s Sprewell (2020) is a painting that pays homage to Knicks icon Latrell Sprewell.
“The Guggenheim has long been interested in the ways art and sport reflect one another,” a museum spokesperson said. “The presentation of Jordyn Woods’ lucky bag builds on this and the museum’s ongoing exploration of the relationship between art, culture, and sport and continues that conversation while celebrating this special historic New York moment.”
Towns and Woods’ relationship to the museum began in April 2025, when they attended a celebration for the opening of Rashid Johnson’s exhibit, “A Poem of Deep Thinkers.” That exhibition included nearly 90 works from the American artist, spanning three decades. Towns and Woods soon became collectors of Johnson’s artwork, and the first piece of art Towns bought for his collection was from Johnson’s Anxious Men portrait series. The couple has remained connected to the Guggenheim since.
“I have no doubt in my mind that this lucky bag will go down in history as the beloved good-luck charm for a team of extraordinary athletes and humans who brought New York incomparable pride and joy,” Mariët Westermann, director and CEO of the Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, told The Athletic.
