“This bag is an emotion, Dior is an emotion for me,” says Joël Andrianomearisoa, the latest guest on the Dior Talks series themed around the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art and hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. Delving into the concepts and processes behind his layered, tactile creations for the project, the Malagasy artist discusses the challenges of condensing his universe in the Lady Dior bag. Entitled the Lady Dior Labyrinth, Joël’s reinterpretation of the iconic handbag is a...

Welcome to the first episode of the new Dior Talks series, themed around the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art and hosted by Paris-based journalist Katya Foreman. Ten artists and collectives from around the world have participated in a game of metamorphosis by rendering the iconic Lady Dior handbag as a unique piece of art. Our first guest is friend of the House, Judy Chicago, a founder of the American feminist art movement who already collaborated with Dior on the installation “The Female Divine”...

Welcome to the new series Dior Talks, themed around the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art. In this introductory episode, we’re going back in time to share how the Lady Dior saga began, with a brief history of the icon. Before meeting this year’s artists, we invite you to (re)discover the legacy of the Lady Dior, the quintessence of the Dior spirit. All icons have an extraordinary backstory, and the Lady Dior is no exception. A timeless icon and a celebration of multifaceted femininity, the Lady...

In this teaser for the new Dior Talks series about the 5th edition of Dior Lady Art, host Katya Foreman introduces the ten contemporary artists and collectives who, in the weeks to come, will share their personal experience of transforming the Lady Dior handbag, one of the most visible icons of the House of Dior. Discover The Dior Lady Art 5th Edition : https://youtu.be/yv3B2gR48eU (https://youtu.be/yv3B2gR48eU)

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce sixième épisode, retrouve Eric Troncy, critique d’art et commissaire d’exposition, avec qui elle avait collaboré en 2007, pour la présentation des bijoux de la collection Belladone Island, au musée de l’Orangerie. Il l’interroge ici sur son processus créatif et ses grands imaginaires.

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce cinquième épisode, Victoire de Castellane retrouve Donatien Grau, philosophe, critique d’art et conseiller de la présidence du musée d’Orsay pour les programmes contemporains. Lui-même passionné par le travail de la créatrice des bijoux Dior, il l’interroge longuement sur ses collections. Ils échangent aussi sur le pouvoir évocateur du...

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce quatrième épisode, Victoire de Castellane rencontre Patrizia Ciambelli, ethnologue, ancienne conservatrice au musée des arts et traditions populaires de Rome, chercheur au centre d’anthropologie de Toulouse. Fille de joaillier, elle raconte ses souvenirs et échange avec Victoire de Castellane sur la notion d’héritage et de mémoire de...

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce troisième épisode, Victoire de Castellane rencontre Georges Vigarello, agrégé de philosophie et diplômé de l’institut national du sport. Les questions d’hygiène, de santé, de représentation et de rapport au corps sont au cœur de ses travaux et de ses livres. Dans son échange avec Victoire de Castellane, il revient sur les croyances liées...

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce second épisode, Victoire de Castellane échange avec Vannina Micheli-Rechtman, psychanalyste et médecin psychiatre, docteur en philosophie, spécialiste des images contemporaines. Ensemble, elles parlent du rapport du bijou au corps et de la notion de transmission. 

Retrouvez la directrice artistique des collections de joaillerie et de haute joaillerie de la maison Dior, dans cette nouvelle série des Dior Talks.  Pour ce premier épisode, Victoire de Castellane retrouve Olivier Saillard, historien de l’art, grand spécialiste de la mode et du costume. Ensemble, ils parlent du rapport du bijou au vêtement et abordent les questions du genre et de l’ornement corporel. 

Victoire de Castellane est arrivée chez Dior en 1999 pour créer la première collection de haute joaillerie de l’histoire de la Maison. Ses bijoux sont narratifs, abstraits, colorés et féminins. Ils nous emportent dans un univers ludique et fantastique où les histoires se racontent en pierres précieuses. Des fleurs figées dans l'éternité des gemmes. Elle revisite les codes de la Maison et l’histoire de Monsieur Dior qu’elle réinterprète dans le langage de la joaillerie.  Pour cette série de...

Welcome to the 16th episode of the Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers, directors and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this new episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, talks to Raffaella Perna, the highly-esteemed Italian art historian and...

Welcome to this fifth episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with the Dutch artist and photographer Viviane Sassen, whose highly...

Welcome to the 14th episode of the Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, talks to Julia Hetta, the acclaimed Swedish fashion photographer who has carved out a...

Welcome to this 13th episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Maya Goded from her home in Mexico City. Goded is no ordinary arbiter...

Welcome to this 13th episode of the Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers, directors and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this new episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, talks to Alina Marazzi, the Italian director commissioned by Creative...

   Welcome to this 12th episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Jodi Bieber, a Johannesburg-based photographer who eschews...

Welcome to this eleventh episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with one of the legendary figures of photography in the last half...

Welcome to this tenth episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, talks to Nadine Ijewere, who is making major strides in the world of fashion...

Welcome to this ninth episode of the Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with young fashion photographer Paola Vivas, who is making waves in the...

Welcome to this ninth episode of the Dior Talks podcast series ‘Feminist Art’. This podcast series will explore the connections between Creative Director of Women’s collections Maria Grazia Chiuri and contemporary women artists and curators.  In this episode, series host Katy Hessel, a London-based curator, writer and art-historian, speaks with Mickalene Thomas, the New York-based painter and multimedia artist, about her career as an observer and documenter of African American womanhood in...

Welcome to the eighth episode of the new Dior Talks podcast series ‘Feminist Art’. This series will highlight some of the key practitioners in the pioneering and evolving field of feminist art, a source of endless inspiration for Maria Grazia Chiuri, Creative Director of Women’s collections.  In this episode, series host Katy Hessel, a London-based curator, writer and art-historian, speaks with Marinella Senatore, the Rome-based multimedia artist, about her challenging and politically...

Welcome to this eighth episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, talks to Pamela Hanson, a major figure in the world of fashion photography. She...

Welcome to this seventh episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Lean Lui, a young photographer making major strides in the worlds...

Welcome to this sixth episode of the new Dior Talks series ‘The Female Gaze’. With the term developed in response to the writings of feminist film theorist Laura Mulvey, this podcast series will explore how the work of the female photographers and creatives collaborating with Dior offers a radically new and progressive image of women. In this episode, series host Charlotte Jansen, a British journalist and author, speaks with Sarah Waiswa about her life and career. Waiswa is a documentary and...