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A jewel contemporary to design in Milan

Published on April 5, 2019

In Milan, jewelry and art at the Rossini Gallery on the occasion of Design Week ♦ ︎

For a week, every year, Milan becomes the capital of design. Salone del Mobile (in the spaces of the Fair) and Fuorisalone (the exhibitions in the city) attract crowds and operators from all over the world. The proposal of the Rossini Gallery is also punctual, which organizes the exhibition Outsidelounge 2019. Gioiello Contemporaneo, on the occasion of the design week. Even the jewel, in fact, is the result of design, in particular that which comes from a link with the world of contemporary art. In short, jewels, but of research, unique pieces.

The exhibition will be open from 9 to 20 April, in collaboration with the curators Marina Chiocchetta and Sonia Patrizia Catena. The jewels are heterogeneous, born from the research and creativity of Italian and foreign designers, goldsmiths and artists. Pieces not necessarily created to be worn, but like small sculptures. The jewels on display focus on two main strands: the so-called biomorphic language, that is, of a formal imitation of nature, or on the study of regular geometric shapes linked to the world of architecture.

Simone Vera, Bath, bracciale in bronzo e argento

Amoridoro, Giovanna Bittante, Silvia Borghi, Calcagnini Jewelry, Glauco Cambi, Marina Cappellano, Dario Scapitta Design, Claudine Dupeyron, Sabrina Formica, Rosanna Frapporti, Genos Jewelry, JewelryGreen, Lakeobject, Lunante, Erica Magliano, Maragisca, Marcia Lima, Monreale Jewels, MyriamB, Fifth Essence, Ridolfi Francesco, Flavia Rivetti, Simone Vera Bath, Werner Altinger
The authors present in the exhibition

There will also be a selection of artist’s jewels from another project, Redefinire il Gioiello, now in its seventh edition and of which the gallery has been a partner since 2012. The winners of the Rossini Prize proclaimed by the artistic director Marina Chiocchetta will be exhibited. The gallery has chosen seven worthy artists for research, technique and originality: Genos by Adriana del Duca, Vanessa Kubach, Lalì creative leather, Emilie Le Dez, Daniela Luzzu, Studiozero glass by Caterina Zucchi, Qèc by Mariantonietta Davoli.

The exhibition, which will open to the public on the occasion of the Fuorisalone on Tuesday 9 April, will be open until 20 April 2019, from Tuesday to Saturday 10.00 am to 7.00 pm. The meeting with the artists is scheduled for Saturday 13th at 4:00 pm.

Francesco Ridolfi, collezione Skycity of Bhujerba

The Nizam’s treasure

Published on March 3, 2019

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The historic treasure of the Nizam, the royal family of central India, is visible again after 12 years with an exceptional exhibition ♦ ︎

If you are an enthusiast of jewelry, youmust buy a ticket for New Delhi, India. Until 5 May, you will have the chance to admire one of the world’s most precious diamonds, the 184.75-carat Jacob diamond, the seventh-largest, and another 173 precious jewels of the Nizams of Hyderabad, exhibited at the National Museum. The exhibition is titled Jewels of India: The Nizam’s Jewelery Collection. It is an exceptional event, because from 12 years nobody can see this collection of historical jewels up close. And it’s a story to be told.

The Nizam treasure is an outstanding example of Deccan jewelry, but was been locked up in the basement of the Reserve Bank of India in 1995, after a long legal battle over its ownership between the government and the former royal family.

A dispute that still continues between Esra, the widow heir of the royal family, and the government, which instead considers the treasure an invaluable national heritage, which should not be auctioned. In fact, jewels have historical value. It all started in 1948, after the accession of the state of Hyderabad at the new India state in 1948, following independence from Great Britain. After India’s annexation of the kingdom, Nizam and his heirs were banned by the Indian government. The heirs were forced to sell the jewels at a very reduced price and entrusted to some trusts. But after the death of Azam Jah, in 1970, the trusts decided to sell the jewels. And from that moment the legal battle with the government began.

Now, however, the exhibition organized at the National Museum allows you to closely observe the jewels.

Nizam jewels are set with fabulous Golconda diamonds, now exhausted mines, emeralds from Colombia, rubies and spinels, pearls from Burma and Basra. They are rich jewels and follow the traditional Indian aesthetic and design, appreciated by the seventh Nizam, Mir Osman Ali Khan. He created the Jewelery Trusts, which allowed the Indian government to acquire the jewels for the nation. The collection includes sarceche (turban ornaments), necklaces, belts and buckles, bracelets and bracelets, earrings, rings for toes, for hands, pocket watches and watch chains, buttons and cufflinks.
The exhibition will remain open to the public until 5 May 2019. Federico Graglia

Pendente del tesoro Nizam in oro, rubini e smeraldi

54 clips by Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on February 16, 2019

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Chrysanthème, esposto anche al Musée des Arts Decoratifs

The most beautiful clips by Van Cleef & Arpels gathered in an exhibition in Paris. Here are some ♦ ︎

The clip, if you read the definition, is a spring clip of various types and for different uses. All right, but the clip can also exist for another, unique, different reason: to be admired itself. This is the case with high-jewelry clips, which usually stop nothing, close or serve anything but show their own beauty. Back in fashion after years of oblivion, the brooch has a second youth. And remember what happens when the fine jewelry marries the art of goldsmithing thinks about Van Cleef & Arpels, who in Paris, in the luxurious venue at 20 Place Vendôme, has organized an exhibition of his most famous clips: from the famous dancers, animals, flowers.

The exhibition is titled Le clip, a bijou de style et d’élégance and contains 54 pieces from Maison’s heritage collection, accompanied by drawings and videos.

It is also an opportunity to revisit fashions and forms linked to historical periods from the 1920s to today. Wheat, feathers, perfect hoops, lace knots, lions and chicks, fairies that are pinned on evening or day dresses, on different occasions. But always as a distinctive sign: not everyone can wear these small works of art.
Boutique Van Cleef & Arpels
Heritage Gallery
20 Place Vendôme 75001, Paris
From 21 January to 30 March 2019
from Monday to Saturday from 11 to 19

Clip Danseuse (1947) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Orchidea (1927) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Lace Bow (1949) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Clip Fairy Dragonfly (1941) © Van Cleef & Arpels

Fabergé in exhibition

Published on December 12, 2018

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Fabergé style in a large exhibition near Moscow. Here are the preview images ♦ ︎

There are excellent jewelers. There are also great jewelers. A step above there are the jewelers who made history. And then there is Fabergé. Mythical, almost mysterious, with a contested legacy that has come to this day. The museum and exhibition center La Nuova Gerusalemme of Istra (near Moscow) dedicates a great exhibition to this tutelary jeweler: The Fabergé style. Timeless excellence.

The exhibition will present over 400 pieces, many of which have never been exposed to the public.

To the lucky ones who can visit the exhibition are proposed the works of the Fabergé jewelry house from the collections of Russian and foreign museums: the Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden (Germany), the State Hermitage Museum (Russia, St. Petersburg) and others.

The exhibition not only includes individual objects, but also tells the story of the development of the Casa Di Fabergé, with rare documents that mark the important phases in the history of the brand.

says the exhibition’s curator, professor, founder of the first private museum in Russia (The National Museum of Russia) and the Fabergé Museum in Baden-Baden (Germany), Alexander Ivanov. There are also crystal utensils, gifts and furnishing products. Furthermore, a comparison of the work of master goldsmiths from various branches of the company in Saint Petersburg and Moscow is presented. And there are the famous imperial easter eggs, the objects from the study of His Imperial Majesty, the accessories of the members of the imperial family.

Spilla con zaffiro di Peter Carl Fabergé

Among the main exhibits there is the imperial Easter egg of Karelian birch (1917), the last Easter egg, produced and given to the imperial family by the Fabergé company; the Easter imperial egg “The constellation of zarevic Aleksej” (1917), intended as a gift to the Empress Alexandra Fedorovna for Easter 1917; the “Farfalla” brooch (1896), donated by Emperor Nicholas II to the actress M. N. Ermolova.
Fabergé style. Timeless excellence
December 15, 2018 – March 24, 2019
“La Nuova Gerusalemme” Museum and Exhibition Center,
Istra (60 km from Moscow), Russia

Uovo di Pasqua del 1904, parte superiore

Imperial Easter Egg, Tsesarevich Constellation

Third life for the Jewelery Museum

Published on November 8, 2018

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Bulgari, collana Flora, High Jewellery 2013. Oro rosa, 60 zaffiri fancy color, diamanti tondi taglio brillante, pavé di diamanti

The Vicenza Jewelery Museum is renewed with the third exhibition curated by Alba Cappellieri. Here’s how it will be ♦ ︎

It was nice, it will be even more. After four years the Vicenza Jewel Museum housed inside the Basilica Palladiana is renewed. But it is not a surprise: the permanent exhibition, in fact, was born with the idea of a continuous renewal of exposed jewels.
The museum, an initiative of the Italian Exhibition Group Spa in partnership with the City of Vicenza, offers the public an exhibition of 310 unique pieces, many of which belong to private collections, which are generally not accessible to the public or operators in the sector.

The jewels are given to the museum for two years. Now it’s the turn of the third edition, which opens on December 14th and will be open until the end of 2020.

The Jewelery Museum is directed by Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewelery Design at the Milan Polytechnic, as well as the leading jeweler in Italy. Lots of news that jewel lovers can admire. Like the Bulgari Flora High Jewelery necklace. “I chose this extraordinary object because it is a tribute to Italian manufacture and beauty. Bulgari is inspired by the paintings by Sandro Botticelli, whose eternal grace reverberates in this precious and delicate floral bouquet and the splendid manufacture exalts the Italian artisan ability “, explains Cappellieri.
The exhibition path winds through nine rooms, each of which has a different meaning of the jewel, in a pluralism of contents, eras, geographies and origins.
They are the jewel as Symbol, Magic, Function, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, Icons and Future, each, in the new edition, entrusted to an internationally renowned curator who has interpreted the meaning through precious and extraordinary beauty and priceless value.
Pascale Lepeu, director of the Cartier collection for over 30 years, has chosen the Symbol Room, which houses extraordinary jewels capable of telling the symbolic power of the ornaments. Symbol of power, wealth, religion, royalty, craftsmanship.
Cristina Boschetti, archaeologist, expert in artistic productions of the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean, has instead entrusted the Magic Room: amulets and protective talismans, propitiatory jewelry to ward off evil influences. For the Function Room Massimo Vidale, professor of Archeology at the University of Padua, was chosen to focus on the communication function of the jewel. From the jewels of the warriors of different cultures, to the rings and pendants used by the rappers.

The interpretation of the Beauty Room is curated by Patrizia di Carrobio, an expert in diamonds. For her, jewels transfer beauty to those who admire them. The theme is the game, in a fascinating mix of values, where high jewelry mixes with fashion jewelry. The Art Room was entrusted to Marie-José van den Hout, the Dutch gallery owner, founder of the Marzee gallery. The theme is gold and the story unfolds through the processes of experimentation of international artists, who have not been afraid to bring creativity and experimentation to the limit, obtaining surprising results.

In the Fashion Room, curated by Chichi Meroni, creative soul of the Arabesque Cult Store in Milan, there are bijoux created for fashion in the twenties and eighties, while the Sala Design has been curated by Alba Cappellieri with a selection dedicated to designers who have not explored other products that were not the jewel.
The Sala Icone is curated by Gabriele and Emanuele Pennisi, antique dealers in Milan specialized in antique jewelry: it hosts masterpieces from the past between the seventeenth and twentieth centuries, icons of their times: from the nineteenth century frames to the admirable manufacture of enamel jewels, seals and portraits of famous people. The last room, dedicated to the theme of the Future, was curated by Olga Noronha, international fashion designer: from digital jewelry that modifies the body to invisible jewels that are grafted under the skin, from therapeutic jewels to home made jewels that can self-produce.

Queen Maria of Serbia's tiara. Van Cleef and Arpels, 1949 White gold, silver, diamonds, fake emerald (glass) — Queen Maria of Serbia’s tiara. Van Cleef and Arpels, 1949
White gold, silver, diamonds, fake emerald (glass)

Marcel Boucher, Sonia, Linea Ballet of Jewels, 1950, Usa. Metallo dorato, strass blu e bianchi

Alba Cappelieri in una sala del Museo del Gioiello

With Lebole Gioielli Macchiaioli to the ears

Published on October 5, 2018

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The paintings of late nineteenth century painters are transformed into earrings with Lebole Gioielli ♦ ︎

The Macchiaioli were an Italian artistic movement of the late nineteenth century, that including painters such as Giuseppe De Nittis, Giovanni Fattori, Carlo Fornara, Domenico and Gerolamo Induno, Silvestro Lega, Angelo Morbelli, Giuseppe Pellizza from Volpedo, Giovanni Segantini, Federico Zandomeneghi. Now the Macchiaioli is dedicated to an exhibition organized in Novara (12 october – 24 february) that includes about 80 works by the great Italian masters, to which are added those of painters who took inspiration from that movement, like Giovanni Boldini.

What do the Macchiaioli have to do with jewels? They have to do with.

Capsule collection dedicata ai Macchiaioli

Lebole Gioielli has decided to combine a line of earrings in the Circle collection with 12 images of the exhibited works.
The choice is due to the passion of the designer, Barbara Lebole, for painting and art in general, as well as traditional antiques in the family. The Circle earrings are made with flat capsules printed on tinplate, mounted in gold-plated brass and natural stones. The asymmetry is given by the different images imprinted in the capsule. They will be on sale at the show shoop of the exhibition and in all Lebole Gioielli retailers. Price: 28 euros.

Power & Jewels, an exhibition discovers the intertwining

Published on September 23, 2018

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The symbols of power: tiaras and crowns in an exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza ♦ ︎

Not only do jewels serve to emphasize the wearer’s body, they not only show the taste of those who choose them and not only are an index of wealth. They are also, on some occasions, symbols of power. Like tiaras and crowns, medals and brooches, rings and tiaras. The new exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza, inside the Basilica Palladiana, is dedicated to them, to the jewels of power. The museum is the first in Italy and one of the few in the world dedicated exclusively to jewelery and is managed by Italian Exhibition Group (a company that also organizes VicenzaOro) in partnership with the City of Vicenza.

The new temporary exhibition is titled The Jewels of Power: Crown and Tiaras and is curated by Alessandra Possamai (22 September-17 March 2019).

Under the display cases there is a careful selection of crowns and tiaras from different times and contexts, from high fashion jewelery to fashion. “The exhibition represents an excursus between the crowns and tiaras of the past and the present, and focuses on what they are and what they have been. A real leap in the taste and style of different eras through works by great artists “, explains the curator, Alessandra Possamai. “A world of creative interest, a testing ground for goldsmiths and contemporary designers. The precious artifacts protagonists of the exhibition are a sign of the excellence of the goldsmith’s art, characterized by attention to detail and quality of work, which has made Made in Italy great in the world “.
“Fashion has always been absorbing and giving birth to strong iconic values and crowns are powerful inspirations for their immediate and universal symbolism. We are very proud of this new temporary exhibition: Alessandra Possamai has been able to weave different times and contexts, presenting crowns and tiaras from high jewelery to fashion, confirming and expanding the pluralistic and inclusive spirit of the Jewelery Museum “, adds Alba Cappellieri, director of Jewelery Museum.

Corona, 2018, in oro, argento, diamanti taglio rosa, corallo rubrum. Collezione dell'autore Platimiro Fiorenza — Corona, 2018, in oro, argento, diamanti taglio rosa, corallo rubrum. Collezione dell’autore Platimiro Fiorenza

Corona, 1986. Realizzata per la parte di Re Oaudio in Amleto interpretato da Alain Batas, riduzione cinematografica di Franco Zeffirelli. Lastra in argento sbalzata a mano con pietre dure. Archivio Gerardo Sacco

The jewels of Kenneth Jay Lane

Published on September 19, 2018

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An exhibition dedicated to the most American of bijoux designers, Kenneth Jay Lane. Here’s where ♦︎

Kenneth Jay Lane (1932-2017) was an American designer who started designing jewelry in 1963. Not only that: he also designed jeweled shoes for Dior and Arnold Scaasi. It seems that his rise has also begun thanks to the appreciation of Wallis Simpson, the Duchess of Windsor, who bought some pieces of Lane and recommended it to her friends. An exhibition at the Museo del Bijou in Casalmaggiore (Cremona) is dedicated to Kenneth Jay Lane.

One of Lane’s main talents was copying high-end jewels. But so well that the jewels were proudly shown by the owners.

For the inauguration of the exhibition, on September 22nd, a conference on the work of Lane by the president of the museum, Maria Teresa Cannizzaro, will also be possible to buy some bijoux and an auction dedicated to a charity project will be held. In addition, there will be a parade of vintage American clothes, with models that will parade in the Museum. The new book, Brillanti Illusioni, which is also the Exhibition Catalog, will be available. The Kenneth Jay Lane exhibition will remain open until November 4th. On October 12th, Columbus Day, Teresa Cannizzaro will be back at the Museum and again for closure, November 3rd. Info: www.museodelbijou.it Lavinia Andorno

Cavallino alato, collezzione Pennetta. Resina acrilica turchese con strass su fusione in peltro placcato rodio

Spilla Elefante con portantina. Smalti policromi e strass su peltro americano dorato

Bracciale in metallo dorato e martellato con strass

In Rome the jewels of artists for Roberto Coin

Published on September 14, 2018

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In the Roberto Coin boutique in Rome the artists jewelry as Arman, Pol Bury, Turi Simeti… ♦ ︎

Arman, Pol Bury, Turi Simeti, Marco Lodola, Lim Dong Lak, Mauro Staccioli, Valerius Adami, Jean Claude Farhi, Emilio Isgrò. Artists who have decided, in a moment of their life, to devote themselves to small sculptures to put on the finger or wear on the wrist. In short, jewels. A collection of these jewels constitutes Marylart’s collection, on display in the Roberto Coin boutique in Rome (via del Babuino 73) from 15 to 29 September.
The collection, to be precise, is called Jewels by Contemporary Artists and is by Marylart is a publisher of Lugano for years engaged in the creation of jewelry designed by the most successful contemporary artists. The exhibition is titled, precisely, Gioielli d’Artista, and is curated by Marina Ruggieri, for over 20 years publisher of jewelry artist.

The French art critic Pierre Restany defined the collection as a “miniature museum”.

Also because they are part of artists who have marked the history of twentieth century art, such as those mentioned. “I have always considered jewelery as an art form, which goes far beyond the simple accessory linked to the world of fashion or style. This exhibition is the demonstration of how much artistic ability and sensitivity are fundamental to give life to precious and unique jewels “is the comment by Roberto Coin. Exhibitions in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Beijing are scheduled for next year.

Cartier in exhibition

Published on April 29, 2018

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Spilla Flamingo di Cartier, collezione Nils Herrmann. Platino, oro, diamanti, smeraldi, zaffiri, rubini, citrini

Over 300 great jewels of Cartier in a major exhibition: there is also the Queen Elizabeth’s tiara worn by Kate Middleton ♦ ︎
There are jewelry company that resemble royal families. They have a long tradition behind them and, above all, they are considered by everyone (even by competitors) a span above the others. In short, there are Maison with blue blood. And, not by chance, they are also the favorites by royals, the real ones. One of these queens of jewelry is Cartier. Five years ago, Cartier decided to celebrate its rich tradition with a major exhibition in Paris, at the Grand Palais. Now, a little surprisingly, he replicates this exposure in Australia. The exhibition Cartier: The Exhibition is organized at the National Gallery in Canberra, city where is the Australian Parliament (no, it’s not in Sydney) and presents over 300 jewels, including owned by royal families who kindly lent them to the exhibition, or belonged to celebrities, more rare pieces that are part of the Cartier collection. There are tiaras, necklaces, brooches and earrings that are part of a piece of history: in all, 7776 diamonds, 1246 emeralds, 301 sapphires, 249 other colored gems of 3500 carats. Like the diamond brooch of the Australian opera singer Dame Nellie Melba, the imperial jadeite necklace of the heiress Barbara Hutton, the 10.48-carat diamond engagement ring of Princess Grace of Monaco, the diamond and ruby necklace from Elizabeth Taylor (third husband’s gift Mike Todd).
Many of the exhibited pieces have a long history. Like the Halo Tiara, ordered by George VI to Cartier three weeks before becoming king , in 1936. The platinum tiara, with 739 round brilliant diamonds and 149 baguette-cut diamonds, was for his future wife Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (the queen mother). Which then gave the tiara to the future Queen of England, Elizabeth II, for the eighteenth birthday. The Halo Tiara was back to shine in public in 2011, worn by Kate Middleton for her marriage to Prince William.
The exhibition also includes a selection of original preparatory drawings, portraits, historical photographs, films, advertising material, tools for creating jewelry and equipment to provide an overview of Cartier history. Margherita Donato

A Sotheby’s online auction also in Italy

Published on April 26, 2018

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First online auction of jewelry organized by Sotheby’s in Italy. Exhibition in Milan of a prestigious private collection ♦ ︎
Even Italy, from Milan, has its share of jewels at auction. Sotheby’s has announced an auction, online, of jewelery from May 17th to 30th. And with an exhibition open to the public from 22 to 23 May, in the historic Palazzo Serbelloni (corso Venezia 16). In particular, a private collection is on sale which, according to Sotheby’s press release, has been “established with passion in the course of a lifetime since the early fifties”. This collection has two main subjects of inspiration: the world of nature and fashion and artist’s jewelry.
It therefore includes jewels that depict butterflies, dragonflies, bees and mosques of various periods, with pieces by Bulgari and Buccellati, by Cartier and Van Cleef & Arpels, or by American brands such as Webb, Tiffany and Schlumberger.
There are also jewelry signed by artists, such as the precious brooch of Capogrossi in diamonds, a series of necklaces by Facchini, Afro for Masenza, or jewels from the world of fashion such as those signed by Valentino.
«It is the first online auction dedicated to jewelry that we organize in Italy, in the wake of those in London and New York. And I am pleased that Milan was chosen immediately after London as the European platform of the international platform», says Sara Miconi, head of sales. The estimates of the jewels in the collection range from € 400 to € 20,000.

Artists to wear in Dubai

Published on February 24, 2018

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Anish Kapoor, Water Pendant, oro 22 carati lucido, smalto blu. Courtesy of Louisa Guinness Gallery. Photo Credit: Richard Valencia

Jewels signed by famous artists, from Picasso to Kapoor: are on display (and on sale) in Dubai ♦ ︎
That jewels are an artistic form, obviously when they are at the high level, it’s known. And the passion of many painters and sculptors for jewelry confirms this. If you go to Dubai, for example, from 19 March to 2 June 2018 you can visit the Custot Gallery, which has organized an exhibition entitled Art and Jewelry, curated by the collector Diane Venet. As you can imagine, the exhibition is dedicated to the jewels that have been made by internationally renowned artists, such as Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso and Niki de Saint Phalle, through Anish Kapoor, Marc Quinn, Ron Arad, or the Argentinean Pablo Reinoso, Iranian Monir Shahroudy and Lebanese Nadim Karam. Note: the 80 jewels on display are also for sale. The exhibition is an idea of Stéphane Custot, who manages the gallery in the city of the Emirates.
The exhibition includes bracelets, necklaces, earrings, rings, that is, the entire spectrum of jewels. They are often pieces created by artists as a sign of love for wife companions. But not only: Alexander Calder, for example, during his life has made more than 1,800 jewels, all unique pieces. Federico Graglia

Collana in ottone di Alexander Calder. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery

Anello Linea Indeterminata, in argento, di Bernar Venet. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery

Niki de Saint Phalle, collana Assemblage, 1974- 2015. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery

Pablo Reinoso, orecchini a forma di spaghetti. Foto Courtesy: Custot Gallery

High jewelery on show in Valenza

Published on February 21, 2018

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In Valenza the high jewelery techniques become a traveling exhibition ♦ ︎
It is said that Valenza is the capital of high jewelery in Italy. The truth is that not all the fine jewelry is made in the Piedmontese city, but a lot yes. The ancient Valenza goldsmith’s tradition is now shown through the Valenza exhibition. The art and technology of the jewel between past, present and future (23-25 February 2018). The eighteenth-century Villa Gropella will host the first and unprecedented stage, because it is a traveling exhibition. The exhibition is curated by Giansante Gioielli, a local reality in the sector and allows you to observe the techniques of processing fine jewelry from within. “With this precious review our reality intends to enhance the goldsmith’s art, indissolubly linked to the territory of Valenza, today as yesterday”, comments Marcello Giansante.
The exhibition shows the local artisan production, retracing its evolution through the exhibition of photographs, objects and writings that narrate the extraordinary work of the skilled craftsmen of this area, known in the world for its refined artifacts and now become a reference point of international goldsmith production. In fact, very often, one is not aware of the creative process behind a precious jewel. “Shops capable of processing precious stones and metals are today a very important cultural and not only economic heritage”, adds Giansante. “We want this art to be exalted and, for this reason, we have created an exhibition project that enhances know-how. The great precision and manual skill, as well as imagination and creativity, handed down, with his gestures and his tools, from generation to generation, from master to apprentice, are the elements that can be discovered during the exhibition” .
Valenza. The art and technology of jewelry between past, present and future
23 – 25 February 2018 from 10.00am to 6.00pm
Villa Gropella – Road to Solero, 8 – Valenza (Alessandria)
Free entry
www.gioielleriagiansante.it/mostra
Tel. +39 0362 907354

Immagine dalla mostra Valenza. L’arte e la tecnologia del gioiello tra passato, presente e futuro

Persia of jewels on exhibition

Published on November 21, 2017

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Fateme Safar Talab, collane serie Lady Pomegranate

The jewels of ancient and modern Persia at the Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore ♦ ︎
Persia is not just one of a thousand and one night. And it is not just the one that is sometimes read in the chronicles of geopolitics. There is also a Persia that has a millennial culture, which is also expressed with jewelery. Who is curious to know what art jewelry manufacture in Iran there are now, can go to visit an exhibit set up in the Bijou Museum of Casalmaggiore (Cremona, November 25 to January 28). The exhibition is called Splendid Persia, visions in Jewel, and curated by Bianca Cappello and the Iranian designer Sogand Nobahar. The exhibition proposes, of course, a selection of historical jewels, but also pieces of contemporary jewelery.
Among the ancient jewels are pieces that originate in ancient Mesopotamia, while among the contemporary jewels are those of great Iranian designers who reinterpret ideas and symbols of the Persian and Islamic traditions. Beside them, with a bold parallel, there is a selection of jewels made in Italy from the sixties to the 2000s thousand years, even those inspired by iconography, Persian colors and poetry. Surprisingly now you know that they exist. Moreover, with an even more surprising mix, the conceptual jewels of a group of young students from the Brera Design Academy’s Fine Art course are displayed.
Finally, the outline of the exhibition is exposed by the unpublished photographs of photographer Federico Wilhelm in Iran. Lavinia Andorno
Great Persia, Visions in Jewel
Bijoux Museum of Casalmaggiore
Via Porzio 9, Casalmaggiore (Cremona)
Timetable: Tuesday to Saturday: 10.00-12.00 / 15.00 – 18.00
Sundays and holidays: 15.00-19.00. Closed Christmas and New Year.
Admission: 3 Euros total; reduced 2.50 euros
Information and reservations: 0375 284424

Collane in corniola incisa, Bactriana III-X secolo d.C.

Collane in faiance, Persia, epoca sasanide VII secolo

Collana in giaietto e argento, secondo XII e XX

Maryam Azadegan, collana e bracciale in ricamo balouch

Nogol Zahabi, collare Dark Blue in ricamo Termeh

Sogand Nobahar, anello e bracciali serie MyCity, Teheran

The Pad of London’s novelties

Published on October 4, 2017

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Anello Vuoi una mentina? Di Suzanne Syz, con tormalina Paraiba, oro, smalto, diamanti

The Pad of London with vintage jewelry, but also with modern design. Here is a selection ♦ ︎
Here is another appointment for art lovers, antiques and jewels, vintage or modern: the Pad of London. In the heart of Mayfair, the chic quarter of the British capital, the Pad is London’s premier exhibition for art, design and decorative arts of the twentieth century. Many galleries, but also single jewelery Maison, want to be present at the Pad to show the best of the selected visitors. It has its own boutique structure: it’s like a concentrate of cultural and wealth at the same time. This year the fair takes place from 3 to 8 October at Berkeley Square W1. There are also jewels. Some, vintage ones are shown by antiquety signatures such as Siegelson, which this year presents valuable pieces of Cartier’s of Thirties. But there are also design signatures like German Hemmerle or Swiss Suzanne Syz: super-modern jewelery, for true connoisseurs, of great class. Or the London-based artist and designer Eliane Fattal, who has collaborated with SJ Phillips, the antique jewelry mecca for 2011, to create unique, historic and modern pieces. It presents resurrected jewelry as contemporary, wearable and sometimes transformable pieces: flowers, leaves, insects, butterflies and animals that have no rivals in their genre. Federico Graglia

Bracciale Art Dèco di Cartier, 1922. Corallo, onice, diamanti

Collana di Cartier, 1935. Diamanti e zaffiri

Eliane Fattal, spilla in oro e diamanti a forma di rosa

Anello di Hemmerle, in bronzo, oro bianco e diamante fancy yellow

Collana presentata da Ma Tei con cristallo di rocca, bronzo

Hemmerle, orecchini in bronzo, diamanti, oro bianco e zirconi

Hemmerle, orecchini in alluminio, oro bianco e diamanti

The jewelery landscapes in Paris

Published on October 4, 2017

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In Paris, the sculpture of the bijoux is exhibited with the Metaphysical Landscapes exhibition ♦︎
Trendy jewelry moves under another famous jewel of the vanguard, the Eiffel Tower. To bring them to paris is A / dornment, which is defined itself as “an integrated curatorial project devoted to contemporary jewelery”. The result is Metaphysical Landscapes, an exhibition organized at Galerie Graphem beside Parcours Bijoux 2017. The jewels, which are actually on the thin ridge separating an avant-garde common object, are made by Florence Croisier, Daria Borovkova and María Ignacia Walker Guzman. They will also be jewels to hear, given the work of a sound designer, Enrico Ascoli, with the idea of immersing the exhibition experience.
Metaphysical Landscapes aims to “multiply the aesthetic appeal of jewels through a multidisciplinary installation”. Very different the three interpretations of the jewel as the aesthetic landscape of their emotions. Jewelery-works are made with different styles and different materials, from titanium to bronze. More than being worn, in short, they are jewels to look at. Like landscapes. Federico Graglia
Galerie Graphem is located in the 12th arrondissement of Paris next to Ici-Même cellar
13-29 October, 68 rue de Charenton 75012 Paris.

Orecchini di Florence Croisier — Collana di Florence Croisier

Maria Ignacia Walker Guzman, Trascendieron

The gold of Giansone in Turin

Published on October 2, 2017

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Jewelery between sculpture and jazz: in Turin, the work of Mario Giansone in exhibition ♦
Between jazz and sculpture there is a feeling. And between sculpture and jewelery there is a link. And when the design is by Mario Giansone, an Italian sculptor (1915-1997) that marked the artistic life of the twentieth century, the link is double. In Turin, at Palazzo Madama, from October 5, 2017 to January 29, 2018, on the second floor, in the Atelier Room, an exhibition dedicated to gold jewelry forged by the Piedmont artist was organized. Attention: art, but to wear. They are not sculptures designed to rest in a glass bowl. On the contrary, they are jewels, though unique pieces, designed to be worn by ladies (several, it seems) that Giansone used to meet. During the course of his life, the artist has carved, painted, painted and made engravings and tapestries with a well-liked style, figurativity and abstraction. He used marble, stone, iron, wood. But also gold.
The exhibition features jewelery between 1935 and 1997. They are gold-melted microsculptures, in which Giansone emphasizes the sculptural component of jewelery. Another unique aspect is the choice of jewelery boxes: those are other sculptures, often with very hard wood, such as mahogany, azobé, padu, rosewood, roots and above all ebony.
The curators of the exhibition are Marco Basso and Giuseppe Floridia, assisted by the Registrar of Palazzo Madama, the art historian Stefania Capraro. The exposed pieces are forty. On the occasion of the exhibition at Palazzo Madama, the sculpture studio of Mario Giansone (Via Messina 38, Turin) is exceptionally open for guided tours (with compulsory booking. Telef.no 11 4436999, email didattica@fondazionetorinomusei.it).
www.palazzomadamatorino.it
Time: Monday-Sunday 10-18, closed on Tuesdays

The jewelery architects

Published on September 16, 2017

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Il Guggenheim Museum visto da Vicki Ambery

Architecture and jewelery, symbiosis at an exhibition in London ♦ ︎
Architecture and jewelry: who copied who? The question arises since architects and jewelers exist, that is always. There are building designers who have added decorations to walls and cornices that might be on a necklace or ring. And there are jewelery designers who have been inspired by the volumes of architecture. This theme, in London, there is an exhibition along with the 2017 London Design Festival. To organize it is Contemporary Applied Arts, an association that aims to promote and support quality craftsmanship in Britain and which brings together about 350 designers. Contemporary Applied Arts exhibits jewels inspired by architecture, with pieces that look like palaces, or simply recall the spaces of an arena or a theater. Like the Ute Decker gold and silver brooches, or the reduction of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao by Vicki Ambery-Smith. The exhibition is located in central London at Southwark Gallery.

Contemporary Applied Arts
89 Southwark Street – SE1 0HX
www.caa.org.uk
Hours: Monday-Saturday: 10am to 6pm
Until September 23, 2017

The volume’s of jewels in Venice

Published on June 24, 2017

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Letizia Maggio, In a colourful world. Photo: Alice Brazzit

Art and Jewelery: a marriage destined to last. Indeed, a n alliance that is regularly renewed with events, exhibitions, performances. Also on the avant-garde wavelength, as evidenced by About Volumes, dedicated to contemporary jewel and curated by A / dornment – Curating Contemporary Art Jewelry, in partnership with Cultural Valorisations. Art and jewelry, in short, in a city that is itself an extraordinary work: Venice, in view of a wider redevelopment of a space at the foot of the Rialto Bridge. The exhibition space is in what is historically considered the area dedicated to jewelery and jewelery in Venice, the Sottoportico Oresi.
The old goldsmiths, in this case, meet the design after the first event organized in Milan at the Design Week (Read also: Design Week and Jewelery) . The object of the exhibition in Venice is the theme of the jewelery volume, between matter and creativity. In the exhibition there are the works of several designers who have worked on the theme: Fabrizio Bonvicini, Martacarmela Sotelo, Anne-Sophie Vallée, Wing-Han Wong, Rie Makino, Ria Lins, María Eugenia Muñoz Curbelo, Zeta Tsermou, Iro Kaskani, Letizia May, Myriam Bottazzi.
About Volumes
Contemporary Art Jewelry Exhibition
Venezia, Sottoportico Oresi – San Polo 71 A
June 29 – August 27, 2017

Myriam Bottazzi, collana tralcio fiorito

Rising Sun for Van Cleef & Arpels

Published on May 29, 2017

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Spilla di Van Cleef & Arpels, diamanti e perle, circa 1930. Photo: Patrick Gries

Van Cleef & Arpels and the masterpieces of Japanese handicrafts in a exhibition in Kyoto ♦
In the West, jewelery is often relegated to minor arts. It’s art yes, but cousin of the True Art, that of paintings and sculptures. In the Orient, instead, decorative arts, including jewelery, but also furniture or weaving, are works of art tout court. This philosophy turned into an exhibition organized in Kyoto, the Japan’s old capital, dedicated to Van Cleef & Arpels. Indeed, the French Maison is compared to Japanese artwork.

The idea is original. Van Cleef & Arpels is known for its unique style and technical excellence. It was founded in 1895 by Alfred Van Cleef, who married the daughter of a precious stone merchant, Esther (Estelle) Arpels. In 1906, Van Cleef & Arpels was established in Place Vendôme and since then has marked jewelery milestones.
In 1925, for example, a Van Cleef & Arpels bracelet wins to the International Exhibition of Modern Industrial and Decorative Arts in Paris. In the 1930s, Maison introduced the Minaudière, a special evening bag and got the patent for its Mystery Set, a unique technique that allows you to set precious stones without visible griffes. There are also the Zip necklace, the Alhambra collection, the famous Ballerinas, the high jewelery. In short, between technical innovation and artistic skill, Van Cleef & Arpels is something more than a jewelery company.
An artisan skill that in Japan was blooming at the end of the Meiji period (1868-1912), with the emergence of Japanese artisans who emphasized the originality and were considered artists. The Kyoto exhibition encourages visitors to compare about one hundred jewels of Van Cleef & Arpels with about 50 equally sublime examples of Japanese handicrafts, including cloisonné enamels, ceramics, lacquers and metal objects. But also of contemporary Japanese craftsmen such as Moriguchi Kunihiko, a yuzen dye master, Kitamura Takeshi, an important weave artist, raca tatenishiki, Nakagawa Kiyotsugu, Hattori Shunsho, Miwa Kyusetsu XII (Miwa Ryosaku).

Van Cleef & Arpels, ciondolo a forma di uccello, 1971-72

L'immagine di locandina della mostra — L’immagine di locandina della mostra

Clip Fucsia, in platino, oro, diamanti e rubini, 1968: utilizza il Mystery Set

Van Cleef & Arpels, spilla Art Deco, 1930

Gioielli, Jewelry, Joaillerie, Joyas, Jewelen

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A jewel contemporary to design in Milan

In Milan, jewelry and art at the Rossini Gallery on the occasion of Design Week ♦ ︎

The Nizam’s treasure

The historic treasure of the Nizam, the royal family of central India, is visible again after 12 years with an exceptional exhibition ♦ ︎

The Nizam treasure is an outstanding example of Deccan jewelry, but was been locked up in the basement of the Reserve Bank of India in 1995, after a long legal battle over its ownership between the government and the former royal family.

Now, however, the exhibition organized at the National Museum allows you to closely observe the jewels.

54 clips by Van Cleef & Arpels

The most beautiful clips by Van Cleef & Arpels gathered in an exhibition in Paris. Here are some ♦ ︎

The exhibition is titled Le clip, a bijou de style et d’élégance and contains 54 pieces from Maison’s heritage collection, accompanied by drawings and videos.

Fabergé in exhibition

Fabergé style in a large exhibition near Moscow. Here are the preview images ♦ ︎

The exhibition will present over 400 pieces, many of which have never been exposed to the public.

Third life for the Jewelery Museum

The Vicenza Jewelery Museum is renewed with the third exhibition curated by Alba Cappellieri. Here’s how it will be ♦ ︎

The jewels are given to the museum for two years. Now it’s the turn of the third edition, which opens on December 14th and will be open until the end of 2020.

With Lebole Gioielli Macchiaioli to the ears

The paintings of late nineteenth century painters are transformed into earrings with Lebole Gioielli ♦ ︎

What do the Macchiaioli have to do with jewels? They have to do with.

Power & Jewels, an exhibition discovers the intertwining

The symbols of power: tiaras and crowns in an exhibition at the Museo del Gioiello in Vicenza ♦ ︎

The new temporary exhibition is titled The Jewels of Power: Crown and Tiaras and is curated by Alessandra Possamai (22 September-17 March 2019).

The jewels of Kenneth Jay Lane

An exhibition dedicated to the most American of bijoux designers, Kenneth Jay Lane. Here’s where ♦︎

One of Lane’s main talents was copying high-end jewels. But so well that the jewels were proudly shown by the owners.

In Rome the jewels of artists for Roberto Coin

In the Roberto Coin boutique in Rome the artists jewelry as Arman, Pol Bury, Turi Simeti… ♦ ︎

The French art critic Pierre Restany defined the collection as a “miniature museum”.

Cartier in exhibition

A Sotheby’s online auction also in Italy

Artists to wear in Dubai

High jewelery on show in Valenza

Persia of jewels on exhibition

The Pad of London’s novelties

The jewelery landscapes in Paris

The gold of Giansone in Turin

The jewelery architects

The volume’s of jewels in Venice

Rising Sun for Van Cleef & Arpels