As Art Basel Paris week 2025 unfolded, the city became a stage for creativity in every form—from couture and contemporary art to culinary innovation and performance. Across palaces, salons, and foundations, Paris revealed its power to host intimate encounters between tradition and experimentation. From Dior’s Lady Art 10th Anniversary to Audemars Piguet’s evening with Chloé Caillet, and from DOCENT’s transformation of the Hôtel de Crillon to Detroit Salon’s cross-continental dinner, Reiffers Initiatives’ mentorship exhibition, and Four Seasons’ debut of One of One, the week pulsed with the energy of artistic collaboration and cultural dialogue.
Dior Lady Art 10th Anniversary
Eva Jospin, photo by © Marion Berrin, courtesy of Dior.
On Monday, October 20, 2025, Dior celebrated ten years of the visionary Lady Art project with a dazzling presentation in Paris, honoring a decade of creative collaboration between fashion and contemporary art.
For this milestone edition, the maison invited ten international artists—Jessica Cannon, Patrick Eugène, Eva Jospin, Lakwena, Sophia Loeb, Inès Longevial, Marc Quinn, Alymamah Rashed, Ju Ting, and Lee Ufan—to reinterpret the iconic Lady Dior bag through 29 new designs. The event reflected Dior’s enduring dialogue between savoir-faire and artistic innovation, uniting painting, sculpture, and design within one emblematic silhouette.
To commemorate the anniversary, Dior also announced Dior Lady Art: The Lady Dior Reinvented by 99 Artists, a retrospective volume authored by Hervé Mikaeloff, Jérôme Hanover, and Anne Malherbe, chronicling a decade that has seen 99 artists and 270 creations redefine the boundaries between couture and contemporary art.
Four Seasons Debuts One of One: A New Global Experience Series
Four Seasons Debuts One of One: A New Global Experience Series by RR Paris. Artwork: “Dreamland Sirens” by Charlotte Colbert © 2023. All rights reserved. Photo: Captured by Romain Reglade.
Four Seasons Debuts One of One: A New Global Experience Series by RR Paris. Artwork: “Dreamland Sirens” by Charlotte Colbert © 2023. All rights reserved. Photo: Captured by Romain Reglade.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts unveiled One of One, a new global series celebrating creativity, culture, and hospitality through one-night-only experiences at its landmark properties around the world.
Conceived as a traveling platform for artistic collaboration, each edition transforms a Four Seasons destination into a stage for imagination—where art, design, cuisine, and atmosphere unite in an ephemeral expression of place and emotion. For the Paris inaugural, held during Art Basel Paris at Four Seasons Hotel George V, the maison presented A Dreamlike World by Charlotte Colbert, the multimedia artist and filmmaker known for her surreal, psychologically rich practice.
The evening transformed Le George restaurant into a living artwork, guided by Colbert’s Dreamland Sirens series—an immersive mirror-world of reflections and shifting perspectives that invited guests to question perception and reality.The experience was a first-ever collaboration between the hotel’s constellation of Michelin-starred talent: Christian Le Squer, Three-Michelin-Star Chef, Le Cinq; Alan Taudon, Michelin-Star Chef, L’Orangerie; Simone Zanoni, Michelin-Star Chef, Le George; Michael Bartocetti, Executive Pastry Chef; and Wine direction by Éric Beaumard, Master Sommelier, Le Cinq. Menus mirrored Colbert’s themes of imagination and surrealism, enhanced by bespoke light and sound design. The service itself became performance art: synchronized plate reveals, choreographed pacing, and silent cues transformed haute cuisine into living theatre.
Detroit Salon × We Are Ona at Hôtel de Talleyrand
We Are ONA x Detroit Salon; Photo by Bre’Ann White.
On October 21 and 22, Detroit Salon hosted an unforgettable dinner in collaboration with We Are Ona at the historic Hôtel de Talleyrand, bringing the creative pulse of Detroit to the heart of Paris.
Conceived by Detroit-based artist Elizabeth Salonen (@mottoform), the evening unfolded as a poetic exploration of material, memory, and place, transforming the neoclassical interiors into a bridge between two cities.
Chef Javier Bardauil (@javierbardauil) presented a menu as visually striking as it was flavorful, complemented by Stitched Into History: The Legacy of Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion, an exhibition spotlighting Detroit’s contemporary fashion scene.
Hosted in partnership with @we.are.ona, @detroitsalonofficial, @salonniere, and @usembassyfrance, the evening embodied a rare convergence of art, gastronomy, and cultural diplomacy—where Detroit’s soul met Parisian grandeur.
DOCENT × Aline Asmar d’Amman at Hôtel de Crillon
Courtesy of DOCENT, Aline Asmar d’Amman, and Hôtel de Crillon, Paris.
At the Hôtel de Crillon, A Rosewood Hotel, DOCENT and Aline Asmar d’Amman presented a curated showcase of contemporary art engaging with the palace’s historic grandeur.
Within the neoclassical salons overlooking Place de la Concorde, works by artists including Bianca Bondi (Prix Marcel Duchamp nominee) echoed and reinterpreted the landmark’s architecture.
Through intimate performative tableaux, DOCENT invoked the spirit of Marie-Antoinette—blending elegance, excess, and irreverence in a night that transformed the Crillon into a living artwork.
Daniel Buren & Miles Greenberg at Reiffers Initiatives
Vernissage exposition, Daniel Buren, Miles Greenberg, Paul Emmanuel Reiffers; Courtesy of Reiffers Initiatives.
Reiffers Initiatives unveiled its fifth mentorship exhibition, pairing legendary artist Daniel Buren with performance artist Miles Greenberg at its rue des Acacias space. Hosted by Paul-Emmanuel Reiffers, the two-day celebration included an intimate dinner and a public vernissage that drew over 1,500 guests.
Buren’s La Façade aux acacias and Images du Ciel transformed the architecture, while Greenberg’s Gods of Solaris introduced monumental sculptures and a four-hour performance featuring Yseult. Among guests: Isabelle Adjani, Mélanie Laurent, Francis Kurkdjian, Benjamin Millepied — a vivid intersection of art, performance, and mentorship that defines Reiffers Initiatives.
Audemars Piguet × Chloé Caillet at Mona Bismarck
At the Mona Bismarck American Center, Audemars Piguet hosted an evening where art and sound merged in true Parisian style. Under the glass pavilion and garden lights, guests were swept into an immersive performance by Chloé Caillet, whose soulful DJ set brought the night to life. The event captured Audemars Piguet’s spirit of craft and collaboration—an ode to art and time that resonated across the city.
Across these unforgettable nights, Paris reaffirmed its place as a crossroads of art, design, and cultural expression. From luxury maisons to independent collectives, each celebration reflected a shared belief in creativity as connection—the idea that beauty, conversation, and emotion remain the beating heart of culture.
Chaises Musicales: Art Salon and Dinner Curated by Vanessa Fuchs
Chaises Musicales; Courtesy of DREAM Architects and NYC Culture Club.
At DREAM Architects, the creative pulse of Paris took on a fresh, intimate form as NYC Culture Club introduced Chaises Musicales, a multidisciplinary art salon and dinner curated by Vanessa Fuchs. Marking the nonprofit’s first exhibition in Paris, the program from October 24-26 brought together 33 artists and two nonprofits for a weekend of cultural dialogue and exchange.
A Choreographed Dinner and Immersive Encounter
Hosted at the luminous studios of Dimitri Roussel—lead architect behind Paris’s 2024 Olympic Athletes’ Village—the evening unfolded as a choreography of connection. Midway through the five-course dinner, guests were invited to switch chairs, creating an intentional moment of social recomposition and widening the circle of conversation.
The menu was crafted by chef-artist John Black alongside Chef Brian Calvert, father of Clayton Calvert and Parker Calvert, founders of NYC Culture Club. The atmosphere was heightened by a captivating solo from renowned violinist Florestan Raes, whose performance added emotional depth to the evening.
A Gathering of Cultural Leaders and Visionaries
The salon assembled a singular constellation of artists, patrons, curators, and cultural leaders, including:
Gilles Fuchs, Founder of ADIAF & Le Prix Marcel Duchamp
Mario Cristiani, Founder & Director, Galleria Continua
Aydha Mehnaz, Global Brand Relations Lead, Moynat (LVMH)
Afrodet Zuri, Collector & Writer
Raline Shah, Actress & Collector
Larry Vickers, Choreographer
Chiara Pepe, Emidio Pepe Winery
Neda Young, Collector & Patron
Dimitri Guerrasimov, CCO, VML France
Drake Doremus, Feature Film Director
Yvannoé Kruger, Executive Director, POUSH
Thomas Moore III, Executive Director, American Friends of the Louvre
Eddie Hautchamp, Head of Evening Sales, Sotheby’s
Durjoy Rahman, Patron
Elenda Andurand
Daniel Leibovici
Selected for their “extraordinary combination of kindness, creativity, and prominence,” guests embodied the salon’s ethos of human connection and cultural generosity.
Exhibition Weekend
Across the weekend, visitors explored works by an international roster of artists, including:
Abbott Stillman, Aigana Gali, Amy Louati, Bach Vu, Cavier Coleman, Charles Hascoët, Chellis Baird, Claudio Coltorti, Clayton Calvert, DRIFT, Elia Festa, Jason Wallace, John Black, Juliette Jouannais, Kevin Couliau, Kwesi Kwarteng, Laura Grinberga, Layo Bright, Leah Ying Lin, Leon Zhan, Lisa Stoufflet, Maryam Eisler, Max Frieder, Michela Roman, Pablo Tomek, Parker Calvert, Rachel Marks, Sarp Kerem Yavuz, Taezoo Park, Triana Terry, Will Watson, Youkee Nishida, and Zeehan Wazed.
Two nonprofit partners, Artolution and Save the Artistic Heritage, expanded the exhibition’s mission-driven dimension.
Sponsors
The evening was supported by Billecart-Salmon Champagne, Château Malherbe, Plantin Kaviari Caviar, and Poilâne Bakery, reinforcing the salon’s generous spirit and community-driven ethos.
