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Peter Marino, Daniel Buren, Park Seo-bo and more artists have designed limited-edition bags for the 2022 Artycapucines line

The worlds of art and fashion intersect once again through Louis Vuitton’s latest Artycapucines collection. This year, the French fashion brand has tapped on six contemporary artists to reinterpret its Capucines handbag: Peter Marino, Daniel Buren, Ugo Rondinone, Kennedy Yanko, Park Seo-bo and Amélie Bertrand.

Each artist transformed the bag into unique works of art, working with Louis Vuitton’s artisans in France and Italy to bring their creative vision to life.

A standout is Rondinone’s design, which features a colourful harlequin pattern created with over 14,000 beads stitched by hand. The Swiss-born artist, known for his iconic Clown series, also turned the handle of the Capucines into a rainbow, on top of adding a clown emblem on the bag’s flap.

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Above Artycapucines by Ugo Rondinone
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Above Artycapucines by Peter Marino

In contrast, American architect Peter Marino’s take on the Capucines was a lot less playful. But the bag had its own mysterious appeal: it’s crafted entirely in black leather and features a studded exterior inspired by a medieval trunk. The highlight is the clasp, which can be slid sideways to lock or unlock the bag. Marino, who has designed interiors for the luxury maison, borrowed the locking mechanism from the aforementioned antique.

Louis Vuitton’s 2022 Artycapucines collection includes designs from other established names like Park Seo-bo, who is considered the father of modern Korean art, as well as the award-winning French artist Daniel Buren. The latter’s version of Capucines is double-sided—making the bag very practical—and comes in four different colours.

The French fashion house also invited emerging names like American sculptor Kennedy Yanko and Paris-based painter Amélie Bertrand. For their Capucines designs, both incorporated elements of their artworks—like metal, in Yanko’s case, or the trippy, vibrant gradients of Bertrand’s paintings.

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Photo 1 of 4 Artycapucines by Daniel Buren
Photo 2 of 4 Artycapucines by Amélie Bertrand
Photo 3 of 4 Artycapucines by Park Seo-bo
Photo 4 of 4 Artycapucines by Kennedy Yanko

The 2022 Artycapucines collection has launched worldwide, with 200 pieces available for each bag design. It marks the fourth edition of Louis Vuitton’s collaborative project, which previously saw the likes of Urs Fischer, Zhao Zhao and Henry Taylor put their distinctive spins on the Capucines.

The bag itself is a Louis Vuitton icon. Launched in 2019, the Capucines has a classic design with a front flap that can be hidden to reveal hardware spelling out the brand’s initials, LV. The handbag has since become a favourite among luxury bag collectors, and thanks to the maison’s Artycapucines line, it has found appreciation in the art crowd as well.

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