CHAMPIONS Cannes

Standalone event during the Cannes Film Festival at a private villa minutes from the festival.

Production & Curation

• Produced by: Paris Fashion Air, with Anna Sashina and Alex Surba
• Curated by: Anthony Haden-Guest, Anna Sashina and Bailey Lalonde

Artists

• Headliner: Mambu Bayoh — artist collected by MoMA. Exploration of identity, resilience and the human experience.
• Bailey & Christi Lalonde — abstract figurative expressionist practice centered on boxing and the human form: endurance, vulnerability and transformation.
• Additional guest artists to be announced.

Featured Piece

Original Guernica print by Pablo Picasso, created in collaboration with master printmaker Joan Barbarà, founder of Studio 46 Barcelona — bridging historical significance and contemporary expression.

Cause

Awareness and support for retired boxing champions through Taking Kare of Our Own, an initiative by former world champion Donny Lalonde.

Highly curated guest list crossing boxing, fine art, fashion and film. Support from Martin Sky Art Management via isee.art.