Linda Evangelista: For Art's Sake

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Carolina Herrera’s silk moiré dress with cotton mesh corset, at Carolina Herrera, New York, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Bal Harbour, Florida, carolinaherrera.com. Louis Vuitton necklace and bracelet; Burberry bracelet; on her right hand: Alexander McQueen and Asprey rings; on her left hand: Yves Saint Laurent and De Beers rings; Yves Saint Laurent shoes.

Chanel’s silk dress, at select Chanel boutiques, 800.550.0005, chanel.com. Ellen Christine Couture Millinery headpiece with veil; Fred Leighton cross necklace (top); Doyle & Doyle cross necklaces; Cornelia James gloves.

Valentino Haute Couture’s silk lace dress, to order, at Valentino, valentino.com. Wolford garter belt and hosiery.

From left: Marc Jacobs’s silk dress, at Marc Jacobs, New York, marcjacobs.com. Versace’s silk dress with metal and crystal detail, at Versace, 888.721.7219. Givenchy’s sequined silk dress, by Riccardo Tisci, at Bergdorf Goodman, New York, bergdorfgoodman.com. Versace’s silk dress, at Versace, 888.721.7219. American Apparel briefs.

Rena Lange’s silk blouse, at Saks Fifth Avenue, 877.551.SAKS, saks.com. De Beers earrings.

Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is best known for his subversive, hyper-realistic sculptures—including depictions of Pope John Paul II being hit by a meteorite, a child-size Hitler kneeling in prayer and a suicidal squirrel. For W’s Art Issue, he conceived a politically and religiously charged portfolio featuring supermodel Linda Evangelista. “She’s a still actress,” says Cattelan of Evangelista. “At the end, she was so tuned-in that all she needed were a couple of words and she knew what we wanted.” A new piece by Cattelan is included in “Pop Life: Art in A Material World,” an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London that runs through January. In February a show focusing on his large-scale works will open at the Menil Collection in Houston. Cattelan cocurated the Berlin Biennial in 2006 and lives in New York and Milan. (W magazine)

Linda Evangelista is still as hot as ever!