Saint Laurent Rive Droite Unveils Miya Ando Exhibition in Los Angeles
Art and Atmosphere: Miya Ando at Saint Laurent Rive Droite
This spring, Saint Laurent Rive Droite continues its cultural trajectory under the direction of Anthony Vaccarello with the debut of a new art exhibition featuring the work of Miya Ando, a Japanese-American artist known for transforming industrial materials into ethereal meditations on light and impermanence. The exhibition is now on view simultaneously at Saint Laurent Rive Droite Los Angeles and will run through May 28, 2025.
Set within the Maison’s experimental concept stores, the show reflects the seamless integration of art, fashion, and lifestyle that defines the Rive Droite ethos. In collaboration with Ando, whose works have appeared at institutions including LACMA and the Noguchi Museum, Saint Laurent offers guests an opportunity to slow down and engage with an environment shaped as much by reflection as by form.
An Aesthetic Rooted in Stillness and Process
Miya Ando’s work balances rigorous technique with contemplative beauty. Using steel and aluminum as her primary materials, she manipulates their surfaces through processes like anodization, painting, sanding, and chemical alteration, achieving near-translucent gradients that evoke natural phenomena—mist, sky, water, and moonlight. These pieces do not shout; they shimmer, waiting for the viewer to bring attention to their subtle shifts in tone and texture.
The Rive Droite exhibition features both metal paintings and suspended mobiles, allowing guests to experience Ando’s practice in different dimensionalities. The artist’s roots in Buddhist philosophy and Japanese-American heritage inform her minimalist vocabulary, where every mark and gesture is precise yet poetic.
Rive Droite: Where Culture and Couture Converge
Launched as a creative extension of the Maison, Saint Laurent Rive Droite—reimagines the concept store as a curated space for interdisciplinary expression. Under Vaccarello’s leadership, Rive Droite exhibitions have highlighted design, photography, music, sculpture, and architecture, presenting work that resonates with both artistic depth and aesthetic clarity.
In partnering with Ando, Saint Laurent reinforces its commitment to elevated curation and experiential retail, making the store itself a site of discovery. The installations are not tucked away in gallery rooms—they inhabit the space, placed among exclusive books, vinyl, design objects, and limited-edition pieces that reflect the brand’s cultivated lifestyle.
Anthony Vaccarello’s Curatorial Signature
The collaboration with Miya Ando aligns with Anthony Vaccarello’s ongoing vision of transforming Rive Droite into more than a shopping destination. “We’re redefining what a museum café can be, creating a space where coffee culture, creativity, and community come together in a way that feels fresh and unexpected,” notes Shantelle Rodriguez, Director of Experiential Art Centers at Superblue—a quote originally shared in the context of another cultural initiative, but one that mirrors the ethos Vaccarello champions at Saint Laurent.
Ando’s art, rooted in the tension between permanence and transience, offers an elegant counterpoint to the pace of fashion, reminding visitors that reflection and resonance are themselves luxury experiences.
Through May 28, Saint Laurent invites guests to encounter Miya Ando’s work not just as visual art, but as a spatial and emotional experience. It’s an exhibition that speaks in gradients rather than declarations—an elegant meditation perfectly at home in the Maison’s cultural lexicon.