At Vuitton and Sacai, the Art of Contradiction

PARIS — Our view of the Vuitton catwalk on Monday was obstructed by a large metal cage, which clearly had something to do with artist Philippe Parreno, once again collaborating with designer Nicolas Ghesquière. Parreno’s work is often about ghosts, absences, transitional spaces and here, working with his own collaborators, production designer James Chinlund and sound designer Nicholas Becker, he created a spectral aural simulacrum of…