French art museum Musee Rodin was filled with mosaic artwork from some of American artist Faith Ringgold’s most known painting series, Freedom Woman Now and Woman Free Yourself, on Monday. The museum was the setting for Dior’s Fall Winter 2024 Haute Couture show in Paris.
The show’s backdrop included political posters challenging the way African American and gender identity has been portrayed in the world, along with a nod to the upcoming 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games set to take place next month.
Upon entering the space, guests were greeted with a recreation of Ringgold’s L.A. Subway Commission Mosaics hanging on the walls. The work, featuring 32 life-sized athletes in action, was done by Chanakya ateliers and the Chanakya School of Craft. Dior’s creative director for women and haute couture, Maria Grazia Chiuri, bridges the gap between fashion and sport by using Ringgold’s work.
The show brought in a slew of celebrities, 52 in total, including Jennifer Lopez and Quinta Bronson, along with front row guests Doja Cat, Kelly Rutherford, Blackpink‘s Jisoo and Heart Evangelista. As Saltburn star Rosamund Pike had her photo taken in front of the mosaic artwork, the actress grabbed her cell phone to snap a photo of the artwork in front of her.
