What works of art does Kim Jones like? A catalogue of Sotheby's gives an insight into the tastes of Dior's creative director

The famous auction house Sotheby's invited Kim Jones, creative director of Dior Homme, a frequent collaborator of contemporary artists and collector himself, to create a small selection of about twenty works from the "Contemporary Curated" auction catalogue. Jones chose his favorite works from a catalogue of more than 250 lots that includes both contemporary pop artists such as Takashi Murakami, KAWS and Yayoi Kusama as well as photographers, sculptors, jewellers and painters such as Hockney and Willem de Kooning. Before going to auction on March 6, the works will be the protagonists of an exhibit in New York that begins on February 28. Speaking about her choices and tastes with Vogue, Jones said:

“I’m quite fast when I make decisions about things like that. It’s the same as when I’m working doing a collection, I guess. I pulled out things I loved, and the things that spoke to me, and the things that related to what I do with my job at Dior.”

Charlotte Van Dercook, director of "Contemporary Curated" auctions at Sotheby's, decided to undertake this collaboration and invite Jones as guest curator because of the continuous dialogue between the designer and the world of contemporary art that manifests itself in each of Dior's collections, each inspired by the work of a different creative. In addition, commercially, this auction is also aimed at younger buyers, and Jones's ability to translate the language of modern art into forms that the new generations are able to love has been another important factor in the choice of invite him to curate his own selection of works. His selection is presented as a series of expressive works of Jones' taste, filtered through the designer's vision.

In general, however, each of these works can become a window on one of the most influential creative minds in fashion today and also represent an opportunity to explore a world, that of contemporary art, which is rarely explained and rarely understood, acting as an effective bridge between the public and the most important artists of the last century.