Artycapucines with Ubuntu Spirit in Sotheby's Paris Louis Vuitton Online Auction June 28 - July 5 AOC EYE

Sotheby’s and Louis Vuitton are teaming up in an exciting new initiative that reinforces the values-driven connections between the world’s biggest luxury brand and improving/advancing the lives of people in need.

Sotheby's and Louis Vuitton will auction 22 "exceptionally remade" Artycapucines handbags, with net proceeds benefiting organizations like UNICEF, Médecins sans Frontières, The United Negro College Fund, Teach for China, World Central Kitchen, Opendorf Afrika and RED, which fights AIDS.

UBUNTU Spirit: I am because we are

Vuitton launched the Artycapucines bag made by artists in 2019, inviting six artists each year to create an Artycapucine that is sold in a limited edition of 200 for each design. Sold in Vuitton boutiques around the world, the most recent Artycapucines were priced at $8,000 each.

A group of 22 artists will now remake their original Artycapucines using the same materials wherever possible with the artist scrawling his or her name under the flap and on the carrying case, a monogram Louis Vuitton hat box based on a 1924 design.

Amélie Bertrand’s Artycapucines Bag, and her signed hat box.

The participating artists are Alex Israel, Amélie Bertrand, Beatriz Milhazes, Daniel Buren, Donna Huanca, Gregor Hildebrandt, Huang Yuxing, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Jonas Wood, Josh Smith, Kennedy Yanko, Liu Wei, Paola Pivi, Park Seo-Bo, Peter Marino, Sam Falls, Tschabalala Self, Ugo Rondinone, Urs Fischer, Vik Muniz, Zeng Fanzhi and Zhao Zhao.

Opening bids for these one-of-a-kind, recreated Artycapucines start at 16,000 euros.

See the 22 Artycapucines at Sotheby’s Paris July 1-5

In the spirit of these public commissions, all 22 bags will be on show from 1-5 July 2023 at a public exhibition at Sotheby’s Paris headquarters on Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. This exclusive collaboration with Louis Vuitton is a first for Sotheby’s Handbags & Accessories department, but entirely in line with its ongoing support of emerging and independent artists and designers.