Dior Lady Art

Dior Lady Art #10

A timeless icon of Dior style, the Lady Dior continues to be reinvented. Blending modernity and elegance, this sculptural object of desire carries an exceptional legacy: its refined design, magnified by the graphic pattern of cannage, highlights the House's eternal codes and the excellence of its ateliers.

 

Since its creation a decade ago, Dior Lady Art has stood out as a singular means of expression, where unparalleled savoir-faire is combined with contemporary boldness: season after season, the emblematic Lady Dior becomes the perfect canvas for innovative and poetic reinterpretations. On this occasion, the House invites artists from around the world to embrace this legend and transform it into a manifestation of their vision, at the convergence of art and couture, sublimating its destiny and distinctive lines through the prism of their own realms.

 

In 2025, Dior celebrates ten years of artistic metamorphoses with this initiative – an anniversary edition, conceived as a testament to creative freedom, bringing together ten leading international personalities for a wonderfully inspiring carte blanche.

 

Successively, Jessica Cannon, Patrick Eugène, Eva Jospin, Ju Ting, Lakwena, Lee Ufan, Sophia Loeb, Inès Longevial, Marc Quinn, and Alymamah Rashed – from France to Korea, Brazil to China – unveil a plurality of perspectives and dialogues between heritage and the avant-garde, between matter and ideas. 

 

Through striking transmutations, the Lady Dior bag is transformed into a symbol of ingenuity: whether evoking memories of landscapes, the beauty of emotions or the invisible forces that connect us, each Lady Dior tells a different, unique story. Virtuoso techniques reveal an extraordinary sensory intensity that celebrates art, fashion, cultures, and life in a profusion of mesmerizing textures and colors.

 

A tribute to passion, stretching the limits of imagination.

Marc Quinn

Born in 1964, Marc Quinn is recognised as one of the leading artists of his generation. Emerging in the early 1990s, his extensive work spans sculpture, painting, and drawing, defying traditional classification and pushing both material and conceptual boundaries to explore the complexities of the human condition. 

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Inès Longevial

Revealing a colorful palette enhanced by captivating contrasts, and as if frozen in time, the portraits by French painter Inès Longevial convey the artist's intimate imperative: “to make the face speak”. Her subjects are transformed into landscapes shaped by light and traversed by shadows, inviting exploration of the realm of sensations. 

 

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Alymamah Rashed

Born in Kuwait, Alymamah Rashed explores themes of identity, climate, and nature through the history of her own body. Imbued with surrealism, her work examines social change through the lenses of womanhood, spiritual intelligence, and the grounding presence of Kuwait, which connects her to the world like a root, alongside an intimate dialogue with everyday objects. 

 

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Lee Ufan

Born in Korea, Lee Ufan lives and works between Paris, New York, and Japan. He is the theorist and spokesperson for the avant-garde Mono-ha (“school of things”) movement, which focuses on the encounter and interdependence of natural and industrial materials, as well as their relationship with space.

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Sophia Loeb

Advocating for the harmonious co-existence of humans with the natural world, Sophia Loeb's abstract paintings are inspired by the sensation of being immersed in nature, whether physically or in spirit. Combining expressive brushwork with moments of stillness, her work is realised through intuitive gesture, bringing the viewer into communion with the memory of a primordial Earth, untouched by mankind.

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Patrick Eugène

Patrick Eugène – born in New York to Haitian parents and now based in Atlanta – incorporates the connections that unite the African culture between the Caribbean and mainland North America into an intuitive artistic practice. 

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Lakwena

Bright colors and statement texts come together in the joyful and subversive work of London-born artist Lakwena. Conveying messages of hope, she is interested in the commonalities between individuals, with a utopian vision that dreams of redemption and liberation.

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Eva Jospin

Eva Jospin’s installations and sculptures can be discovered and experienced as enchanted interludes that invite escape and dreams. Through her research, the French visual artist has composed a fantastical imaginary world that evokes the settings of childhood stories and her various travels and residences. 

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Jessica Cannon

 A Brooklyn native and graduate of Parsons School of Design, Jessica Cannon is a contemporary American painter whose work explores abstract and spiritual landscapes. Depicting refracted sunrises and mysterious celestial movements in a palette of pastel tones, her paintings have a transcendental and meditative quality. 

 

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Ju Ting

Originally from Shandong Province, China, Ju Ting is an abstract artist based in Beijing whose work stands out for its fusion of conventional mediums – painting and sculpture – and the way she blurs the boundaries between them. 

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The Podcast

Dior Talks is delighted to introduce its podcast series dedicated to the tenth edition of Dior Lady Art. Tune in to hear the stories and inspirations behind a new round of artists and their reinterpretations of the iconic Lady Dior handbag.