Dior Men artistic director Kim Jones is branching out and will be a guest curator for Sotheby's Contemporary Curated sale. As Vogue reports, Jones has selected works from the likes of KAWS and Raymon Pettibon, both of whom he has worked with before. In total, there's 250 lots, featuring work by David Hockney, Cindy Sherman, and Kerry James Marshall among others.
"I was quite focused. ... It's the same as when I'm working doing a collection, I guess," Jones said of the auction. "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." He went on to add, "I’m very instinctive the way I choose stuff. I purely choose things because I love them, not because it’d be cool or anything. It’s just things that speak to me."
One of the most interesting highlights of the sale is Yoshitomo Nara's Fire, which could sell for up to $900,000. Another potential big earn is George Condo's The Strangers, estimed to sell for $700,000. As Jones said, he didn't go into curating the auction with any particular criteria in mind, instead looking for "things that I find I can live with at home, things that feel like they belong in the building so to speak."
See some what of what he will have for sale over at Vogue.
