It will be one of the prestigious brands present at the Biennale des Antiquaires in Paris (September 10 to 18). It will be a debut for Cindy Chao, 41, Taiwanese, “jewelry artist”, who in 2004 founded his The Art Jewel. And she really is an artist of the jewel. Her pieces are small masterpieces of gold, with precious stones molded to form intricate flowers or butterflies. “My philosophy is to create jewelry as pieces of art in miniature, sculpture and architecture,” explained Chao at Blouinartinfo site. That they are widely valued: in 2012 at an auction at Christie’s in Geneva its first piece sold at auction was been a brooch shaped like a butterfly with sapphire and diamonds, sold for almost $ 953,000, well above the estimate of 210 to 260,000. And the year after a pin with pigeon blood ruby was sold at Sotheby’s for 3.8 million. In short, in a few years it has earned a place in the Olympus of the great designers. And in Paris, not only will attend the fair staged at the Grand Palais, but for the first time his pieces will be visible in an exhibition open to the public. If you are of the Chao fans, you will admire the most iconic pieces, and his last work, Black Label Masterpiece. It sure will be interesting: she does not produce more than 36 pieces a year. Federico Graglia
