Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the 10th edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this milestone edition, 10 artists from across the globe were invited to reinterpret the iconic Lady Dior handbag, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind artwork.

This episode invites us into the universe of Alymamah Rashed, a Kuwaiti visual artist and storyteller whose work is as intimate as it is expansive. Known for her poetic, multidimensional practice, Rashed explores the intersections of spirit, memory, and the quiet rituals of daily life. Her visual language is one of duality—femininity and masculinity, softness and density, ephemerality and permanence—all expressed through painting, sculpture, printmaking, and spontaneous writing.

For her Dior Lady Art collaboration, Rashed approached the Lady Dior as a vessel of layered meaning. One bag draws on the sensual textures of Failaka Island’s seashore, where a single seashell, a patch of sand, or a barnacle becomes a sacred relic. The second is an homage to the native Humaith flower of Kuwait, its fleeting springtime presence captured through an explosion of 3D blooms, embroidered petals, and beadwork.

In each piece, the figure is subtly embedded within the landscape, emerging through surface and texture. Inside, hidden poems and symbolic charms serve as secret offerings that deepen the emotional resonance of each work.

Download the episode to explore Rashed’s world—where art becomes a vessel to “bodify” the spirits we birth across lifetimes.

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the 10th edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this milestone edition, 10 artists from across the globe were invited to reinterpret the iconic Lady Dior handbag, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind artwork.

In this episode, we speak with London-based artist Lakwena, whose vibrant practice draws on the power of words, color, and everyday symbolism to create visual declarations of hope, strength, and spiritual resonance. Blurring the lines between street signage, sacred space, and pop culture, her work inhabits both public murals and intimate objects—offering what she describes as “a present hope and a future glory.”

For Dior Lady Art, Lakwena approached the Lady Dior as a vessel of meaning—honoring the bag’s symbolic function as something we hold, carry, and treasure. Inspired by her experience of new motherhood, she infused her designs with phrases like “Love Me,” “Hold Me,” and “Carry Me”—a poetic reflection on tenderness, prayers and meditations, and feminine power.

Drawing from her recent body of sculptural paintings—assemblages composed of cut wooden pieces—Lakwena translated her visual language into a richly tactile patchwork of leather and precious metallic finishes. Each element was hand-cut and assembled to echo the collage-like surfaces of her work. The addition of a resin sculpted hand to the bag’s iconic “D, I, O, R” charms deepens the symbolism—evoking ideas of making, holding, and connection.

Embracing the legacy of Dior’s cannage quilting while imbuing the bags with contemporary vibrancy and meditative stillness, Lakwena’s creations bridge the personal and the universal. These intimate yet powerful pieces pulse with her signature voice—joyful, instinctive, and quietly radical.

Download the episode to enter Lakwena’s universe and discover her journey with Dior Lady Art #10.

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Welcome to the Dior Talks podcast series dedicated to the 10th edition of Dior Lady Art, hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. For this milestone edition, 10 artists from around the world were invited to reinterpret the iconic Lady Dior handbag, transforming it into a one-of-a-kind artwork.

In this episode, we speak with British artist Marc Quinn, whose practice spans sculpture, painting, and public installations that explore identity, the body, and the evolving dialogue between nature and technology. A pivotal figure in contemporary art, Quinn was the very first artist to collaborate on Dior Lady Art in 2016. Almost a decade later, he returns with a bold new series that bridges past and present, human and machine, reality and dream.

For this 10th edition, Quinn reimagines the Lady Dior as a living sculpture, enriched with three-dimensional elements that bring sound and movement to life. His five new creations revisit themes at the heart of his work: the iris as a symbol of identity and perception, flowers as emblems of beauty and transience, and fingerprints as unique traces of the self.

Among the collection, one bag shimmers with metallic forms of varying sizes, enlarged portraits of Christian Dior’s own fingerprint. These abstract, oval shapes are partly fixed, while others dangle freely and produce a soft clink as the bag moves. Another bag teems with hundreds of enameled eyes generated by an AI system trained on Quinn’s iris paintings —surreal variations he describes as “AI dreaming of what we look like.” One design stands out for its restraint: pure white, decorated only with a sculptural silver orchid on the front and a smaller bloom in the top corner, its pared-back elegance recalling the minimalism of the 1960s.

For Quinn, these works are not simply accessories but mobile sculptures—artworks carried into daily life, shaped by chance, encounter, and performance. Bridging the virtual and the physical, the personal and the universal, they embody identities in transformation, becoming relics of the present and messengers of the future.

Download the episode to hear Marc Quinn reflect on his creative journey, his return to Dior Lady Art, and the poetic meeting point of art, fashion, and technology.

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