LPM Riyadh Welcomes Laurence Jenkell

Candy meets the Riviera in a collaboration with noted French artist

La Petite Maison Riyadh has invited a burst of playfulness into its elegant dining room. The French Mediterranean institution is hosting its first artistic collaboration with Laurence Jenkell, the Côte d’Azur sculptor celebrated for her gleaming “Wrapping Candy” works, a motif that has become a global symbol of joy, nostalgia, and craft. Recent posts from the artist and the restaurant confirmed the Riyadh collaboration at the end of October, with Jenkell’s bonbon sculptures appearing in situ and a program of creative moments around the unveiling.

For guests, the pairing makes intuitive sense. LPM’s room already feels like a slice of the Riviera in Al Olaya, all light, linen, and market produce treated with care. The restaurant’s new Déjà Vu menu of alcohol free cocktails reads like a vintage magazine of coastal stories, so Jenkell’s polished candies slip naturally into the scene as tactile memories translated into contemporary sculpture. Expect a refined dialogue between plate, glass, and gallery object, with the dining ritual framing the works rather than competing with them.

Jenkell, a self-taught artist and Chevalier of the French Order of Arts and Letters, developed her signature torsion technique in the 1990s to “wrap” color and light into plexiglass forms that feel both familiar and elevated. Her pieces have traveled from major galleries to world events, and she recently anchored Middle East showings that brought the candy motif into regional conversations around design and pop sensibility. Seeing the work in a living, dining context highlights the artist’s intent to reconnect viewers with childlike wonder while honoring craft and finish.

If you go, book a table that catches the room’s natural glow, then let service guide you through signatures and the Riviera inspired mocktails that LPM Riyadh has been perfecting. It is an evening that feels curated rather than staged, a meeting of French Mediterranean hospitality and contemporary art that makes the restaurant feel like a small salon, right here in the capital.