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Jar in Rome for Menorah

Published on May 19, 2017

Menorah di Jar, sotto forma di un ramo di mandorlo in fiore, con fiori di smalto rosa e un bocciolo centrale con un mix di pavé con diamanti bianchi e oro, zaffiri blu e viola, rubini rosa

A unexpected jewel by Jar at the Rome exhibition dedicated to Menorah ♦
Shock, surprise: Jar is in an exhibition that originated 2088 years ago. The jeweler has made a special jewel for the Menorà exhibition. Cult, history and myth, which takes place parallel to the Arm of Charlemagne of the Vatican Museums and the Jewish Museum of Rome (until July 23, 2017).
The exhibition is dedicated to one of the symbols of Jewish culture. Better to explain what it is: Menorah is a seven-armed gold candle that, according to the sacred scriptures, would have been ordained to Moses by God. And so, Moses would have made it in a single gold cast of 35 kilograms this large candlestick, the Menorah. About a thousand years before Christ, according to the legend, was placed in the temple of Solomon, and then to be raided by the Babylonians. To make it short: in 71 BC, Menorah was considered a booty of war by the Romans and brought to the Capital by General Tito. But in Rome Menorah is disappeared, robbed by the barbarians, perhaps the visigots of Alaric, or by the vandals of Genserico. Who knows. After the disappearance are flourished a lot of legends.
We come to Jar, that is, Joel Arthur Rosenthal, American of the Bronx, moved to Paris and considered the Fabergé of our time. It is unapproachable, mysterious, it only produces a few pieces a year that it sells only to those who want, and with a price that he decides. In short, it is more unapproachable than Bob Dylan. It was a surprise, therefore, his participation in the exhibition with a special piece: in five weeks (incredibly fast for him) he designed and made a bronze and aluminum menorah (with a touch of gold). It is an almond with pink enamel flowers, a central bud with a mix of pavé of white and gold diamonds, blue and purple sapphires, pink rubies. Jar explained that he felt the urge to participate in the exhibition thanks to the re-emerging of memories of his childhood and Jewish religious ceremonies to which he attended his bar mitzvah. He also added that he could draw other pieces on the subject. His fans are already waiting. Federico Graglia

Altri gioielli firmati Jar

Orecchini con diamanti e specchio firmati Jar

Orecchini firmati Jar, in argento, oro, diamanti e topazi

Jar, spilla Geranium in titanio verde e rosso, platino e pavé di diamanti del 2007

Jar, orecchini Geranium in titanio verde e rosso

Jar, bracciale Parrot Tulip in oro modellato a forma di foglie due che circondano il polso con diamanti e granati verdi

Jar, spilla Camelia in oro e argento, appartenuta a Lily Safra, con pavé di rubini per 173 carati complessivi. Prezzo realizzato: 3 milioni 750 mila euro

Jar, orecchini appartenuti a Lily Safra, a forma di tulipano in argento e oro con pavé di rubini circondati da diamanti e due zaffiri centrali taglio cushion blu e giallo arancio. Prezzo realizzato: 221 mila euro

Orecchini con zaffiri, rubini e diamanti firmati Jar

Schlumberger on exhibition

Published on March 9, 2017

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Jasmine, collana di Jean Schlumberger del 1966

On exhibition 140 pieces signed by French designer Jean Schlumberger. Here are a few.
If you like the jewels of the great designers you are certainly among the fans of Jean Schlumberger. And if you are fans of Jean Schlumberger you might have a desire to visit an exhibition dedicated to this jewelry designer, but not only, which brings together 140 pieces of this master of the precious world. Provided you go to Virginia, United States, halfway between New York and Florida. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, in fact, organized this exposure dedicated to Jean Schlumberger. The designer began his career in 1930, working for Elsa Schiaparelli in Paris. In New York, in 1950, Schlumberger has then become designer of Tiffany jewelry. It is known for imaginative interpretations of animals and botanical subjects: some of his pieces have made the history of jewelry. But not only: he also designed the door cigarettes, candlesticks or boxes for pills. Many of his pieces have been collected in the Rachel Lambert Mellon collection and are now on display in the exhibition. Rachel’s husband, who died in 2014, Paul Mellon, has donated a number of pieces to the museum, which now holds the largest and most comprehensive public collection of jewelry and art objects created by the French designer. Federico Graglia

Gli uccelli, 1964. Oro, smalto, lacca, rubini, turchesi

Jellyfish (La Meduse). Spilla del 1967 per Tiffany. Oro 18 carati, platino, pietra di luna, diamante, zaffiro. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Paul Mellon

Bracciale con farfalle. Oro, diamanti e pietre

The last Diana’s necklace

Published on March 8, 2017

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Princess Diana: fashion and her jewelry celebrated in an exhibition 20 years after his death.
An exhibition on Princess Diana’s style. With the consent of two sons, Prince William and Prince Harry: 20 years after her death in a car accident, Kensington Palace has opened the exhibition «Diana: Her Story Fashion». The exhibition does not apply, however, only clothes for day and evening. The exhibition also considers one of the passions of the most beloved princess: the jewelery. For example, the tiara Cambridge Lover’s Knot, which the Duchess of Cambridge wore on two occasions. Another iconic piece is The Swan Lake necklace, made by the jeweler of the royal house, Garrard, with 178 diamonds and pearls. It was worn by Princess Diana to a ballet performance Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall in 1997, two months before his death. Now it goes to auction for 12 million dollars in New York, from the house of Guernsey auction. Sellers are a Ukrainian couple who bought the necklace in 2010 for $ 630,000. Sign that the myth of Diana does not tend to fog. Federico Graglia
Diana: Her Story Fashion
Since March 1, 2017 until February 28, 2018
Ticket for adults – £ 19.00 (£ 17.10 online)
Children – Free. They must be accompanied by an adult.
* Prices include a voluntary donation.

Diana con la tiara Cambridge Lover’s Knot

La principessa Diana con la tiara Cambridge Lover’s Knot

Diana alla rappresentazione del Lago dei Cigni con la collana

The Swan Lake necklace, composta dal gioielliere della casa reale, Garrard, con 178 diamanti e perle

Diana con parure il 2 novembre 1987 a Bonn

La principessa del Galle con suite di gioielli in diamanti e zaffiri

Diana Spencer in un'occasione uffciale, con collana in oro bianco e diamanti — Diana Spencer in un’occasione uffciale, con collana in oro bianco e diamanti

Milan Unchained

Published on February 23, 2017

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Chains, chains, chains: 150 jewelry made with interlaced rings in the exhibition Scatenata (Unchained), in Milan.
If you love jewelry made with chains, Homi has opened in Milan Scatenata (Unchained), exhibition of 150 pieces made of intersecting circles. It would have been strange if the show had not been curated by Alba Cappellieri, a professor of Jewellery Design and the Attachment to the Politecnico di Milano, already active in the Museum of the Jewel of Vicenza. The chains on display have the most varied backgrounds: they are made by artisans, artists, designers and established brands. They are the result of goldsmith skills, but also of use of innovative materials, by hand or by machine. And for the uninitiated, the chain there is not just one type. It can be groumette, marinara, crossbar, belcher, forzatina, drip, ear, or bracket. All on exhibition.
Scatenata
to March 5, 2017
Hours: 10-20
Fondazione Stelline
Corso Magenta 61, Milan
Free entry

Versace, collezione 1992. Collana in metallo dorato, pelle. Archivio Associazione Culturale Anna Piaggi

Uli Rapp, -2014. Collana in cotone e gel

Stefania Lucchetta, Drago 2, 2003. Collana in argento rodiato

Sandra Di Giacinto, Arabesque, 2009. Collana in cartoncino canneté

Raffaella Mangiarotti per San Lorenzo, Modulo-C, 2014. Collana in argento

Peter Hoogeboom, Red Lantern. Collezione Greenware Crockery, Chinawear, 2014. Collana in porcellana, argento

Paco Rabanne, anni Sessanta. Cintura-catena in metallo

Olivia Monti Arduini, M, 2013. Collana in porcellana, ottone

Moschino realizzato da Sharra Pagano, 1990. Collana in ottone. Archivio Sharra Pagano

Flavia Alves De Souza per San Lorenzo, 2003. Collana in argento

Afra Bianchin Scarpa, Hokusai, catena in argento 2003 — Afra Bianchin Scarpa per San Lorenzo, Hokusai, catena in argento 2003

Monica Castiglioni per Bijouets, Superleggera doppia lunga scalare, 2015. Collana in poliammide sinterizzata, bronzo

Matali Crasset per San Lorenzo, Self Loop, 2003. Catena in argento

Maria Francesca pepe, collezione (H)oops!,-2016. Collanain ottone dorato

Manuganda, Compo, 2007. Collana modulare in alluminio anodizzato

Maiden Art, Swanlight, 2011. Collana in bronzo, argento, cristalli Swarovski

Linda Gamero, Biomechanical Design, 2013. Collana in titanio, nylon

Laura Affinito per Rossociliegia, 2017. Bracciale in acciaio inox

Giancarlo Montebello. Superleggeri, 2000. Collana in acciaio inox, oro giallo

Ermanno Scevrino. 2015-16. Collana in metallo, cristalli

Enrico Coveri, Giardini all’italiana,1989. Collana con cristalli Swarovski, metallo dorato, vetri di Murano

Emma Francesconi. Arlecchino, 2015. Collana in titanio

Dorothea Brill, Ladakh. Collezione Meter wise, 2016. Collana in argento rodiato

Carla Riccoboni. Mix Ellisse Phitos, 2015. Girocollo in argento e oro

Bozart, collana della collezione Saturn, 2015, in ottone

Barbara Uderzo, Ruggine. Collezione Bijoux Chocolat, 2004. Cioccolato fondente

Angela Missoni per Missoni. Collana in acetato plexiglass, lana fiammata, metallo. Archivio Missoni, 2010

Bulgari with Rome in Madrid

Published on December 2, 2016

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Girocollo con diamanti e rubini che riprende la forma del Colosseo

An exhibition with 145 jewels explores the influence (close) between the Bulgari design and the monuments of Rome.

The link between architecture and jewelery is tight. In some cases, then, it is almost ostentatious. So it’s not a surprise the exhibition Bulgari and Rome, in Madrid at Museo Thyssen Bornemisza, with 145 pieces of jewelry that show the similarities between some of the Maison masterpieces and other masterpieces such as monuments and urban organization of the Eternal City. Some of the forms as the plant St. Peter’s Square, Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona and Pantheon, for example, may be found in bracelets and necklaces by Bulgari. But even the old pavement in small blocks of stone can become the model of cascades of stones that form an irregular mosaic. Or the Coliseum, which, with its facade of full and empty spaces inspired a 1934 bracelet with diamonds and rubies, in perfect Art Deco style. And not forgetting the obelisks that were brought to Rome by the emperors two thousand years ago and have seen their hieroglyphics turn into snakes and symbols that accompanied the creations of Bulgari for so many years. It is also used the octagonal shape, a favorite in many monuments and Baroque architecture: a pendant with this geometry was one of the nicest jewelry gifted from Richard Burton to Elizabeth Taylor for 40 years, perhaps to relieve the shock of the age. The exhibition hosts the Bulgari Heritage Collection, which includes, of course, jewelry that belonged American actress, plus some drawings on loan from private collections such as the Baroness von Thyssen. Federico Graglia
Bulgari and Rome
From 30 November 2016 to 26 February 2017
Paseo del Prado, 8
28014 Madrid
http://www.museothyssen.org/

Collier e orecchini come una piazza con colonne

Collana di zaffiri che ricorda la pavimentazione di pietra

Bracciale serpente di ispirazione egizia

Bracciale che ricorda la pianta di piazza San Pietro

The italian jewelry at Poldi Pezzoli

Published on October 30, 2016

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The history of Italian jewelry in the twentieth century in an exhibition at the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan.
To tell the story of the Italian jewel in the twentieth century, it would not be enough encyclopedia. But a close look at a number of particularly great pieces can make an adequate summary. And it is the aim of the exhibition Il gioiello italiano del XX secolo, organized at Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan. Melissa Gabardi, which has selected and brought together the 150 pieces on display, wants do a photograph the Italian production through chronological sections dedicated to new historicism, the Liberty, Art Deco, the production of the thirties, forties and fifties, until you get to sixties, seventies, eighties and nineties. In short, nothing is missing. For jewelry lovers or history of goldsmith’s art, it is an interesting opportunity. There are tiaras and diadems, necklaces umbilicals, rings, bracelets, brooches and earrings made by masters like Mario and then Gianmaria Buccellati, Alfredo Ravasco (some works are on display to the public for the first time), Filippo Chiappe, of the Turin Musy, Petochi and Cusi, the neoarcheologismo Codognato, to jewelry in coral Ascione family. The exhibition is broad.
The jewels will be shown in relation to their historical, social and economic, with particular reference to the artistic culture (fashion, design, architecture), as well as events and personalities that have characterized the various ages and influenced public opinion, in particularly members of royal families and movie stars, who were inspiring models of collective taste. An evolution that led to what is now recognized as made in Italy.
The Italian jewel of the twentieth century
November 24, 2016 – March 20, 2017
Museo Poldi Pezzoli
Via Manzoni 12-20121 Milan
Salle 10 to 18 (last entry at 17.30)
The Museum is closed on Tuesdays, New Year, Easter, April 25, May 1, August 15, November 1, December 8, Christmas, Boxing Day
Tickets: 10 €, reduced 7 €
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Due opposti modi di intendere la gioielleria. A sinistra, Nardi, Moretto, Albero della vita. A destra, collana di Bulgari stile Art Deco

Anello di Alfredo Ravasco — Anello di Ravasco

In Milan 500 Fashion Jewels

Published on October 22, 2016

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Sharra Pagano, Marcopaillettes 2014. Collana Paillettes

The exhibition of 500 fashion jewelry at the Palazzo Reale, in Milan.
Fashion and jewelry: like saying champagne and bubbles, or sea and tanning. In a nutshell, are two aspects of the same game. The differences are especially those related to the material used which, of course, also affect the shape of the jewels, but not the creativity expressed. And Milan, the Italian fashion capital, joins the wires in the exhibition dedicated to the Fashion Jewelry (Royal Palace, from 8 to November 20, admission free). The exhibition is sponsored and produced by the City of Milan, the Royal Palace and Homi and is curated by Alba Cappellieri, a professor of Jewellery Design and the Attachment to the Politecnico di Milano. Objective: to highlight the relationship between Jewel and Fashion. The exhibition presents 500 significant jewels divided into three sections: Jewels for Fashion, dedicated to the main Italian craft and manufacturing excellence, Jewelry on Fashion, with independent designers and brands, with a focus on the creative processes, and Jewelry with Fashion , dedicated to the main designers and ability of jewel to interact with the dress.
And so, the organizers point out that no mention of jewelry but the real jewels for fashion, since they are not the materials to make a valuable object, but the creativity that is used to think it. At the same time, however, it is difficult to argue that a pair of earrings with emeralds and diamonds are not valuable because it modeled on a style already in use.
The fashionable jewelry
8-20 November 2016
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Piazza Duomo 12
Monday from 14.30 to 19.30 Tuesday – Wednesday – Friday – Sunday from 9.30 to 19.30 Thursday – Saturday from 9.30 to 22.30
Last admission one hour before closing
Free entry

Afra Bijoux, 1986. Collana Ottone dorato, cristalli Swarovski

Bozart 1966, collana, ottone, resina plastica, pelle, metallo

Carmen Scar, Place Vendôme Smeraldo 2013, collana tela di lino, colori a olio, resina

Ermanno Scervino, 2014. Bustino tulle, ottone, cristalli

Fausto Puglisi, Conchiglia 2015, orecchini lega metallica, ottone, conchiglia

Iosselliani,Collezione Indian Summer, 2014-2013. Collana ottone, agata verde, strass, conchiglie, pietre fuse, galvanica a tre colori

Marni Microrganismi, 2013, collana in legno, metallo, cuoio, resina

May mOma GeaSphere 2016. Collana ottone dorato, resina, cristalli Swarovski

Missoni 2006. Spilla puntale plastica, metallo, cristalli Swarovski, giada

Olivia Monti Arduini. Collezione Opium 2014. Bracciale ottone dorato, porcellana

Paola Volpi, collezione Armatura 2011. Anelli doppia falange e placca dorso della mano argento

Prada, Tricks. Collezione 2016. Collana metallo, saffiano, plexiglass

Radà, Special edition, collezione 2015. Collana seta, strass, plexiglass, legno, ottone, perline, cuciture a mano

Sveva Collection. Collezione Scorfanea 2016. Collana metallo, ricami, pietre semipreziose

Ugo Correani. Pinza a pappagallo, collezione Strumenti da lavoro 1980. Spilla resina, strass. Archivio Associazione Culturale Anna Piaggi

Mellerio and Napoleon

Published on October 9, 2016

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Spilla a forma di piuma di pavome commissionata dalla imperatrice Eugenia. Oro e argento con zaffiri, rubini, smeraldi e diamanti

Mellerio is a witness of Second Empire: in Paris 35 masterpieces on display.
Mellerio dits Meller, the oldest jewelery in the world, with 400 years of history behind it (we talked about here) has witnessed political and cultural changes. So Paris at the great exhibition at the Museum d’Orsay dedicated an exhibition to the Second Empire, that of Napoleon III, and decided to also include 35 jewels of the these age, which are part of the long business of the House. Under the lights of the old railway station opposite the Seine River, redesigned 30 years ago by an Italian architect, Gae Aulenti, the French jewelry house of Italian origin, which is active in Paris since 1815, shows rich diamond brooches and above all, a capacity goldsmith higher than the average of the time. As in diamond broochs of the Empress Eugenie and Princess Mathilde, but not only. So if you’re in Paris and you like jewels, the exhibition is a unique opportunity to see up close ones kept in the historical collections of Mellerio, as the pair of snake-shaped bracelets. The exhibition ends on 15 january 2017. Federico Graglia

Bracciali a forma di serpente con oro, smalto, diamanti, rubini e smeraldi

Spilla a forma di rosa con foglie in oro e diamanti

Spilla a forma di lilla in oro, diamanti e smalto, presentata al Expo mondiale di Londra nel 1862

Tiara con turchesi e diamanti del 1860. È formata da otto spille combinabili

L'imperatore Napoleone III e la principessa Eugenia — L’imperatore Napoleone III e la principessa Eugenia

Paris to Paula Crevoshay

Published on September 25, 2016

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Polipo in oro, diamanti e spinelli: è uno dei pezzi esposti alla mostra

An exhibition in Paris devoted to refined designer and expert of gems Paula Crevoshay .
Paula Crevoshay is two women in one: she is a great expert in minerals, particularly of gems, and at the same time she is a refined designer. Her imaginative jewelry, elaborate, unique, are now the subject of an exhibition organized in Paris at the Musée de Minéralogie. The exhibition is titled Illuminations: de la Terre au Bijou. The occasion is interesting not only to admire closely the extraordinary jewelry that are made by Paula Crevoshay, but also to compare the final result with the initial one, that is, with rough stones from which originates the work of the artist-designer. The jewelry which designs and manufactures Paula Crevoshay, in fact, always start with what the fruit of the earth, the precious gems that turn itself as glittering jewelry items.
The Paris museum houses one of the largest collections of minerals in the world: what better place to pay tribute to a virtuoso of precious stones? Among the most interesting jewels exposure includes the brooch one-of-a-kind Bitterroot, the latest creation, and a bracelet with six opals in their natural form, not cut. Federico Graglia
Illuminations: de la Terre au Bijou
from November 9, 2016 – 1 February 2017
Museum of Mineralogy
60 Boulevard Saint Michel
75006 Paris
Tuesday – Friday: 13h30 – 18h
Sunday: 10:00 to 12:30 and 14h – 17h

Pesce volante con apatite, diamanti neri, bianchi e quattro perle

Spilla con zaffiri rosa, arancio e gialli

Spilla a forma di fiore con zaffiri orange e gialli

Spilla a forma di fiore con gemme colorate

Jewelry, someone loves Calder

Published on September 6, 2016

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In London, an exhibition of Calder’s jewelry, sculptor famous for its mobile works.
Sculptures that move: it was the specialty of one of the great artists of the twentieth century, Alexander Calder. But few know (perhaps) that Calder had also produced jewelry. And his art is now (September 27-November 5) the subject of an exhibition at Louisa Guinness Gallery in London. The exhibition is titled The Boldness of Calder and features some of the artist’s sculptures-jewelry from collections around the world. But the jewels, even if designed by an artist, are still jewelry: and so the exhibition also includes photographs showing women wearing pieces of Calder, as Simone de Beauvoir, Peggy Guggenheim, Georgia O’Keeffe. Often on the jewelry, there are also the initials of the customer. There are earrings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, hair clips handmade, obviously with not exactly traditional forms, often quite large. The materials most used are silver, or brass. Federico Graglia

Alexander Calder con una delle sue sculture mobili

The new masterpieces by Fulco di Verdura

Published on August 28, 2016

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New jewels by Fulco di Verdura presented in London.
Fulco di Verdura debuted at Masterpiece London with a collection that pits two works of the thirties of the Sicilian Duke: one was the Byzantine-inspired by Coco Chanel in Paris, and other his distinctly modern designs for the stars of cinema.

The Fulco di Verdura jewelry have been worn by the most famous actresses in Hollywood: Katherine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Lauren Bacall, Gene Tierney. And then from Windsor and the Agnelli family, the Ruspoli and Crespi. The Sicilian nobleman who emigrated to New York had among the customers also Astor, the Wanderbildt, the Rothschilds. To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the store on Fifth Avenue in New York, in 2014 Verdura presented The Power of Style: verdura to 75, a retrospective exhibition with over 150 jewelery created by master jeweler Duke Fulco di Verdura. His name has become famous thanks to his friendship with Coco Chanel, Diana Vreeland, Helena Rubinstein.

The story of Fulco di Verdura must to be told. Born in Palermo in 1898, was part of one of the oldest families of the Sicilian aristocracy, of Spanish origin. The name of the house was San Esteban y de La Cerda. And so Fulco Santostefano di Murata de La Cerda, who lived in Palermo Palazzo Verdura, after his father’s death he moved to France, to work for Coco Chanel. After the war he opened the famous store on Fifth Avenue.

Ward Landrigan then purchased the company in 1984, six years after the death of the duke.

Orecchini a clip in oro, smalto e pietre preziose

Gemelli Night and Day in oro giallo, smalto e diamanti

Orecchini con acquamarina, smeraldi, granati, tsavorite

Anello Giacinto, oro giallo, platino, diamanti, zaffiri

Collana Stardust in oro bianco, pietra luna, diamanti

Clip con pietra luna, diamanti e platino

Anelli in oro giallo, smalto, diamanti e pietre preziose

Coco Chanel e Fulco di Verdura. Per lei realizzò i bracciali con la croce maltese

I bracciali realizzati per Coco Chanel con il simbolo della croce maltese

Cindy Chao flies to Paris

Published on July 20, 2016

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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

Farfalla con zaffiri e diamanti, del 2012

Spilla farfalla ideata per uno scopo benefico assieme a Sarah Jessica Parker

Disegno per Winter Leaves, Black Label Masterpiece

Venice wears the vanguard

Published on May 13, 2016

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There are going up exhibitions dedicated to the jewel: the next one is scheduled in Venice. From the Museum of Vicenza, passing through the festivals during the Milan Design Week, to large exhibitions to Asti and Turin: it seems that the jewel has become a work of coolest Italian art. The new exhibition is planned within the event on Design.Ve design. Curated by Ilaria Ruggiero, the exhibition is organized with the support of the School of Jewellery Alchemy and sponsored by the Association of Contemporary Jewellery.
Design.Ve is a popular festival in the most beautiful lagoon city in the world. And, among the things to see in this event is Adornment – Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition, section dedicated to contemporary jewelery. The theme of the exhibition this year is The shape of wearable art, “a jewellery that explores and crosses the typical formal boundaries of the body to defy the mere fit and be above the limit.” In fact, the spirit of the program is traveling on the vanguard: those pieces that were selected for form, design and use of the material, challenge the conventional fitting space to pass him and enter into dialogue with the body in an unexpected manner, able to unveil new senses and meanings tied to the identity of the individual, as it be single or inserted in the community.
On display will be exhibited 14 artists and designers on the international jewel: Rosalba Balsamo, Florence Croisier, Clara Pope, Marion Delarue, Eleonora Ghilardi, Elie Hirsch, Florence Jaquet, Laberintho, Chiara Lucato, Letizia May, Paola Mirai, Ōki Izumi, Nazan Pak and Caterina Zanca. Federico Graglia
Adornment – Contemporary Jewelry Exhibition
The shape of wearable art
Venice in a Bottle
Castello 1794
30122 Venice
25 May-26 June 2016
Monday to Sunday 10:00 to 20:00
Opening Thursday, May 26, 2016 at 19.00

Composizione concettuale di Caterina Zanca

Marion Delarue, spilla Pappagallo devoto

Chiara Lucato,Il cantastorie, collana con pendente, argento ossidato, acciaio

Turin is giddy with Ada Minola

Published on April 29, 2016

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Anello in oro con rubini e smeraldi. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

The avant-garde, art, culture: Piedmont seems to become the second capital of the exhibitions of jewelry. After the initiative of Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo (the article here) to Asti, Turin responds with an exhibition at the Palazzo Madama. From May 6 to September 12, the Atelier Hall hosts Gioielli Vertiginosi, an exhibition on gold jewelery and in particular on the artistic and human personality of Ada Minola (1912-1993): sculptor, goldsmith, entrepreneur, gallery owner, active in Turin in the second half of the twentieth century. Who does not know his work, particularly that related to jewelry, would do well to go to visit the exhibition curated by Paola Stroppiana. It is divided into five sections and presents for the first time to the public 120 jewels which represent the main production traits goldsmith by Ada Minola, which over the years has varied its production in the wake of various stylistic influences: from Art Nouveau to the jewel d ‘artist, from comparisons with the sculptures of Pomodoro and Lucio Fontana to the neo-Baroque period, from the dialogues with the works of Umberto Mastroianni to aesthetical universe influences the brilliant architect Carlo Mollino.
The rich life of Ada
Ada Minola was a friend of Carlo Mollino, who designs the home of family furnishings in 1944, he attended Lucio Fontana, Pomodoro, Umberto Mastroianni and, at the end of the fifties, French art critic Michel Tapie, who then called Ada direct the International Center of Aesthetic Research, which he founded in Turin in 1960. The passion for jewelry comes from being the daughter and granddaughter of goldsmiths Lombard. She knows the technique of lost wax casting, with which she made his first jewelry in gold, silver and precious stones. She was invited by Arnaldo Pomodoro and the pieces are exhibited at the Triennale of 1957. Some of her jewelry come in prestigious Italian and international private collections, such as the American art dealer Martha Jackson and the French poet Emmanuel Looten, which will set them in a poem to her dedicated “dizzying jewelry.” Which it is also the title of the exhibition at Palazzo Madama. Federico Graglia
Jewels vertiginous
Palazzo Madama
Piazza Castello, Turin
Until 30 April 2016:
Monday: 10:00 to 18:00 hours
Wednesday to Friday: 10:00 to 18:00 hours
Saturday: 11:00 to 19:00 hours
Sunday: 10:00 to 19:00 hours
Closed on Tuesday
From 1 May 2016: Monday: 11:00 to 19:00 hours
Wednesday to Sunday: 11:00 to 19:00 hours
Closed on Tuesday
Ticket: 10 €

Anello in oro con zaffiro. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Bracciale in oro. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Bracciale in argento e pietre. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Anello in argento e smeraldi. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Orecchini in argento. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Fermaglio per capelli in argento e pietre. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Fermaglio per capelli in argento. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Anello di Ada Minola. Foto di Emanuele Riccio

Carlo Mollino, disegno di guanto per Ada, 1950 circa

From Hollywood to Asti 500 bijoux

Published on April 5, 2016

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Over 500 specimens of Fantasy Jewelry on display. But perhaps the most surprising aspect is that this jewelry army comes from a single owner, Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, which besides being an expert and lovers of arts, is also collectionist of necklaces, brooches and bracelets. The exhibition organized at Palazzo Mazzetti Asti, which also preserves collections of carvings, ancient textiles and ceramics, and it’s titled Jewels Fantasy. American dreams. It is an opportunity to look at the evolution of Costume Jewelry, from classical to pop jewelry creations of the fifties and sixties, created by designers such as Trifari, Marcel Boucher, Coro, De Rosa, Eisenberg, Miriam Haskell, Eugene Joseff, Kenneth J. Lane, Pennino, until Wendy Gell and Iradj Moini. The costume jewelry is a socio-cultural phenomenon born in the United States after the great crisis of 1929-1939: since the scarce money, luxury products have been replaced by jewelry with non-precious materials. A choice that stimulates the imagination and led to new techniques. The Hollywood fiction also had a hand in the creation of large jewels with metals less noble than those of high-end jewelry. For example, those worn on the costumes from movie stars like Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Bette Davis and Vivien Leigh. Joseff, designers who invented jewelry for hundreds of successful films (such as Gone with the Wind), has also signed jewelry worn by the first lady, as Mamie Eisenhower and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.
According to Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo these fancy jewels “represent a cultural heritage that brings us back to difficult times and great social changes.” In short, she says, they are “poor but beautiful”, accessible and affordable for all.
Fantasy jewelry. American dreams
16 April to 2 October 2016
Palazzo Mazzetti, Corso Vittorio Alfieri 357, Asti
Hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 9:30 to 19:30 (last admission 18:30), closed on Mondays with the exception of 25 April and 15 August.
ticket € 5.00, reduced € 3.00
www.palazzomazzetti.it

Bijoux a forma di rana in mostra ad Asti

Spilla in mostra «Gioielli Fantasia. Sogni americani»

Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo con collana fantasia

Jewels of Italy with design

Published on March 31, 2016

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Many jewels and an albino setting: from 2 April to 12 September, in Milan there is to see the exhibition Brilliant! The future of the Italian jewel, organized as part of the XXI International Exhibition of the Milan Triennale, entitled 21st Century. Design After design, which includes 20 exhibitions around the city in six months. In addition to jewelry, in short, there’s plenty of other things to see if you like the design is a chance (we recommend to visit the whole exhibition anyway). The section devoted to jewelry is curated by Alba Cappellieri. The goal is to connect the jewel of art and design, plus the temptations dictated by fashion. Between craft and technology, they are on display Italian jewelry worn by white plaster busts: the set is truly amazing. By the way: we said plaster busts, because the jewels are all of the same type, ie necklaces. There are unique pieces or with a particular interest. An example: Calla, an ebony with three elements in pavé diamonds by Vhernier. It consists of a single element which, repeated, it chases. It’s made in several versions, including a version with all rose gold elements, a kogolong and rose gold, a full pavé diamonds, it has become an icon of the brand. But the represented brands are many, from Bulgari to Crivelli, from Antonini at Pomellato. Monica Battistoni

Brilliant! I futuri del gioiello italiano
Palazzo della Triennale
Viale Alemagna, 6
20121 Milano, Italia
Biglietti: ticket singolo 15 euro, consente di entrare una volta in ciascun luogo nell’arco dei sei mesi. Season pass 22 euro: permette di accedere a tutte le sedi quante volte si desidera da aprile a settembre.

La mostra «Brilliant! I futuri del gioiello italiano»

Minica Castiglioni, collana realizzata con stampante 3D per bijouets

Marco Bicego, collana Marrakerch Supreme

Shadows and jewels in Milan

Published on March 27, 2016

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Shadows and jewels, joined by a great event as the Milan Furniture Fair, which returns to Milan, which become the world capital of design. Shadows Wood & Jewellery has already had his baptism in 2015. Now back in Spazio Tortona 26. It’s a loft in the center of one of the hotspots of the Fuorisalone, that the events related to the Furniture Fair. The layout is by Plano. Even the group of goldsmiths who display their works is the same as last year, with the addition of some new entries. In addition to individual goldsmiths there will be the presence of Rossini Gallery in Milan, and the Goldsmith School Ambrosiana. Among the novelties 2016, Backlit and Vetroscatola, light boxes and transparent, the content, for the occasion, will be from the world of jewelery and 3d printing.
Shadows Wood & Jewellery
Via Tortona 26, Milan
Design Week April 12 to 17
Hours: from 10.00 to 19.00

Andrea Lazzerini, pearls fantasy necklace

Limodoro, anello in argento e spinello sintetico

Marinella Inzirillo, anelli in argento oro e diamanti

Simona Materi, spilla in argento patinato e tormaline cabochon

Salone del Mobile and jewels

Published on March 11, 2016

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If you are in Milan for the Salone del Mobile, you can take the opportunity to visit the project «Redefine the Jewel». The event is dedicated to travel and different cultures. The exhibition is curated by Patrizia Sonia Chain, and is organized from 17 March to Rossini gallery will be open to the Fuorisalone. The exhibition includes the seven winners of the Special Award Rossini, jewels that have redefined the concept of precious jewel through different materials. On display are the creations of Nelly Bonati (nel_nel), Valentina Cecconi (Filiforme), Mariolina Mascarino (Almost Candies), Emanuela Mezzadri, Alessandra Pasini (Pasa Jewels), Gabriella Poglianich, Elizabeth Portinari and Daniela Paolucci – stone jewels of Vicenza.
Opening: March 17, 2016 from 18.00
Rossini gallery
Viale Monte Nero 58, Milan
The exhibition will run until April 17
Hours: Mar. Sat from 10.00 to 19.00
Information:
www.ridefinireilgioiello.com

In London, the jewelry designs

Published on February 25, 2016

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If you go to London, do not miss going to see the exhibition Master of Design, organized by Sotheby’s in New Bond Street on some of the greatest designs of jewelry. But the protagonist, for once, is the preparation work for the realization of jewels: in particular, the drawings depicting rings, bracelets and earrings before they work in the laboratories of gold. To admire, there are hundreds of new designs of the most prestigious Maison, such as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Vegetable, Rubin and Bolin. The period is from 1890 to 1960. You can see, for example, drawings of historical pieces, such as Tutti Frutti jewels by Cartier or Van Cleef & Arpels creations of the Art Deco period. There are also curiosities, such as projects for jewels tailored to famous customers, such as the Vanderbilts family or the Princess Marie Bonaparte, who contributed to the jewelry project that have not been marketed for the general public. Not to be missed. Federico Graglia
The master design
Sotheby’s, London
34-35 New Bond Street, W1S 2RT
Metro: Oxford Circus
Hours: 9: 30-04: 30, every day
Until 8 March

Cartier, disegno per una collana con ghirlanda

Spilla scarabeo in stile egizio di Cartier

Diesgno per tiara Tutti i frutti di Cartier

Disegno per collana di Van Cleef & ArpelsSot

The skin of jewels, in Vicenza

Published on January 26, 2016

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Saturday, January 23, while the pavilions VicenzaOro were crossed by a crowd of buyers, in the center, in the noble Palladian Basilica of Vicenza, was inaugurated the exhibition «Skin: the surface of the jewel» set in the halls of the Museum of Jewelry. The inauguration was a success more than an excess: a crowd does not yet satisfy golds view the stands has poured into the beautiful but relatively small rooms of the museum. The exhibition, which will remain on display until May 1, 2016, has as philosophy the consideration that the first encounter with the objects, of whatever nature, is purely superficial, and only then can you appreciate or not elements such as wearability, materiality and weight. Curated by Alba Cappellieri and Livia Tenuta, the exhibition is accompanied by the permanent display (so you can see both). The jewels are all surface, but in particular, the exhibition deals with the pins, through the use of traditional and innovative techniques, the color, structure and volumes. Not surprisingly, the brooch is experiencing a revival in the world of jewelery trade. On display are jewelry products from more than 70 artists and designers and goldsmiths Italian international.
Here is the list of artists with works on display: Senay Akin, Barbara Antolini, Alessia Ansaldi, Francesca Antonello, Sanae Asayama, Rosalba Balsamo, Silvia Beccaria, Emanuela Bergonzoni, Maura Biamonti, Dana Bloom, Giulia Boccafogli, Patrizia Bonati, Massimiliano Bonoli for Mattia Cielo, Fabrizio Bonvicini, Luisa Bruni, Margherita Burgener, Fabio Cammarata, Mary Jennifer Carew, Alessandro Cremonesi, Isabella Del Bono, Elviro Di Meo and Antonio Rossetti, Sandra Paintings, Anna Fornari, Laura Strong, Emma Francesconi, Fronza Stefano, Francesca Gabrielli Lucilla Giovanninetti, Heidemarie Herb, Laura Lanaro, Marta Laudani and Marco Romanelli, Benjamin Lignel, Limodoro, Eliana Lorena, Stefania Lucchetta, Letizia May, Laura Magro, Alba Rosa Mancini, Manuganda, Stefano Marchetti, Alberto Mariani, Mattioli, Tomoko Mizu, GianCarlo Montebello, Nach Bijoux, Kazumi Nagano, Olga Noronha, Barbara Paganin, Jinbi Park, Ricardo Peiro, Marco Picciali, Alba Polenghi Lisca, Patrizia Pompey, Patricia Posada, Paul Quagliotto, Claudio Ranfagni, Daniela Repetto, Carla Riccoboni, Ivana Riggi, Roberta Risolo, James Rivière, Maddalena Rocco, Stenia Scarselli, Gianluca Staffolani, Barbara Uderzo, Silvia Valenti, Federico Vianello, Villa Francesca, Violavaleriano, Cristian Visentin, Laura Volpi, Andy Yuk, Chiara Zanetti, Christina Zani Roberto Zanon.