Loli Bahia enjoys strong start to 2024

Loli Bahia stars in Tod's new spring-summer campaign. (Supplied)
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Updated 11 February 2024
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Loli Bahia enjoys strong start to 2024

DUBAI: French Algerian model Loli Bahia is enjoying a great start to 2024, with a starring role in the new Tod’s spring-summer campaign, and a recent appearance at Paris Couture Week, walking for Chanel.

Bahia concluded the Chanel show in a head-turning bridal ensemble.




Loli Bahia walks for Paris Couture Week. (Getty Images)

The gown was a white organza mini dress adorned with intricate floral detailing, while the sleeves, characterized by a touch of glamor, were voluminous and adorned with layers of delicate sheer tulle.

Meanwhile, Bahia also shared Tod’s new campaign on Instagram over the weekend, simply captioning the post: “TOD’S!!”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Set in southern Italy, Tod’s new advertising campaign is an ode to authentic Italian lifestyle, where Mediterranean scents, lights, and landscapes serve as the backdrop to the spring-summer 2024 collection.

“It’s an invitation to gracefully immerse oneself in the most genuine scenarios among magnificent terraces and enchanting gardens. Tod’s wardrobe essentials and icons emerge as a contemporary portrait, reinterpreted with sophisticated textures, tailored suits, and artisanal details,” read a statement on the brand website.

“In a constant blend of masculine and feminine attitudes, the collection unfolds in a palette of natural tones, from camel to tobacco, and swift touches of lime green. Accessories define each ensemble, offering a captivating glimpse into the quintessence of Tod’s style and savoir-faire.”

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Bahia also had other shows at Paris Couture Week, which concluded last month, walking for Valentino in a loose embellished set, featuring a plunging neckline that accentuated her silhouette. The ensemble was cinched at the waist with a gleaming metallic silver belt.

To add a vibrant pop of color, Bahia wore bright pink heels.

Bahia began 2024 as the face of yet another YSL Beauty campaign. The campaign’s video features Bahia applying two shades of its Rouge Pur Coutour The Slime lipsticks. The orange and nude hues were titled “Fiery Vermillion” and “Scorching Brown.”

“Loli Bahia surrenders to the energy of fire with bold shades and the couture matte finish,” the brand captioned the short clip.

The model was wearing full black fits for both looks. Her first was a long-sleeved top with leather pants, a classic belt and pointy-toe heels. She wore a blazer, calf-high boots, and tights for her second look.

In January last year, Bahia was named as one of the brand’s ambassadors. “Super happy to be one of the YSL Beauty ambassadors,” she wrote on Instagram Stories at the time.


Riyadh exhibition to trace the origins of Saudi modern art

Updated 07 January 2026
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Riyadh exhibition to trace the origins of Saudi modern art

  • Features painting, sculpture and archival documents
  • Open from Jan. 27-April 11 at Saudi national museum

DUBAI: A new exhibition in Riyadh is focusing on the origins of Saudi Arabia’s modern art scene, examining how a generation of artists helped shape the Kingdom’s visual culture during a period of rapid change.

The “Bedayat: Beginnings of Saudi Art Movement” show reportedly traces the emergence of creative practices in Saudi Arabia from the 1960s to the 1980s, an era that laid the groundwork for today’s art ecosystem.

On view from Jan. 27 until April 11 at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia, it includes works and archival material that document the early years of modern and abstract art in the Kingdom, according to the organizers.

It will examine how artists responded to shifting social, cultural and economic realities, often working with limited infrastructure but a strong sense of purpose and experimentation.

The exhibition is the result of extensive research led by the Visual Arts Commission, which included dozens of site visits and interviews with artists and figures active during the period.

These firsthand accounts have helped to reconstruct a time when formal exhibition spaces were scarce, art education was still developing, and artists relied heavily on personal initiative to build communities and platforms for their work.

Curated by Qaswra Hafez, “Bedayat” will feature painting, sculpture, works on paper and archival documents, many of which will be shown publicly for the first time.

The works will reveal how Saudi artists engaged with international modernist movements while grounding their practice in local heritage, developing visual languages that spoke to both global influences and lived experience.

The exhibition will have three sections, beginning with the foundations of the modern art movement, and followed by a broader look at the artistic concerns of the time.

It will conclude with a focus on four key figures: Mohammed Al-Saleem, Safeya Binzagr, Mounirah Mosly and Abdulhalim Radwi.

A publication, documentary film and public program of talks and workshops will accompany the exhibition, offering further insight into a pivotal chapter of Saudi art history and the artists who helped define it.