Index image: Work by (left to right, top to bottom) Roberta and David Williamson, Judith Hoyt, Brooke Marks-Swanson, Lisa & Scott Cylinder, and Wendy McAllister, from a private collection, photo: Rebekah Frank There are as many definitions of a collection as there are for collectors. When noted art collector and philanthropist Eugene Thaw was asked […]
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Exhibition view, COLLECT, 2015, the Saatchi Gallery, London, photo: Juno Snowdon The last of 17 filled-out questionnaires has just landed in my inbox, and once again, I marvel at the availability and professionalism of the organizers of jewelry events (which will be abbreviated as “JEs” in the rest of this article) around the world: All
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(left) Helen Williams Drutt wearing earrings, necklace, brooch, cuff, and ring, all from her collection, photo: Andrea Baldeck; (right) Gijs Bakker, Waterman Brooch, 1990, PVC, photograph, diamonds, 152 x 67 x 6 mm, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Drutt Collection, photo: artist/ARS NY Throughout history, jewelry has been social marker and amulet, used to enhance
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Namita Gupta Wiggers published this short essay in the book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective, by Damian Skinner.▲ Jewelry has long served as primary evidence of wealth and status throughout global cultures. From a dowry delivered by a father to secure his daughter’s future to polite Victorian-era references to male genitalia as the “family jewels,” connections
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Wall at Susan Beech’s house, work by (just jewelry, left to right): Hanna Hedman, Vera Siemund, Nancy Worden, Christoph Zellweger, Pierre Cavalan, Heather White van Stolk, Anthony Roussel, Susanne Klemm, Marilyn da Silva, Maria Phillips, Jasmin Winter, Hanna Hedman, Lori Talcott, Kiff Slemmons, photo: John White I have known Susan Beech for about 30 years.
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This brief essay was originally published in Damian Skinner’s book Contemporary Jewelry in Perspective.▲ Jewelry accompanies the individual into the public space and into the crowd. It’s in the street that jewelry operates in the tension between the personal and the public, at once an object of private use and an object with an immense
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Wallace Chan, Stilled Life, brooch, titanium, imperial jadeite, lavender jadeite, ruby, diamond, fancy colored diamond, 60 x 170 x 50 mm, photo: courtesy of Wallace Chan, Hong Kong In the fine jewelry realm, Amanda Triossi is a well-known jewelry historian who has worked at Sotheby’s and Bulgari during her prolific and multifaceted career. In this
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Why and how do people and institutions collect contemporary objects, whether design, art, ceramics, textiles, wood, or jewelry? The answers to these questions are of course manifold, but one thing is for sure: There is big difference between private and public collecting in the US and Europe, and the art and design fairs are playing
Marion Fulk wearing pieces by (clockwise, from top left): Idiots, David Bielander, Jennifer Trask, and Hanna Hedman, photo: Laura Smoller Marion Fulk is an avid and discerning jewelry collector. She happily travels the world from her hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas, in search of new jewelry discoveries. She prefers extensive walking and navigating of public
The audience at The Meet, 2016, a symposium organized by Art Jewelry Forum in partnership with Current Obsession and Norwegian Crafts; Villa Stück, Munich, photo: Benjamin Lignel Why do collectors pick an artist over another? Or choose this piece by an artist, when that other piece is clearly more spectacular? How do curators select works
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Didier, Ltd. booth, Masterpiece London, the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, UK, photo: Didier, Ltd. Didier, Ltd. is a London-based gallery founded in 2006 by Didier and Martine Haspeslagh. It specializes in jewelry created by leading modern masters—painters and sculptors—who are recognized internationally for their art. Didier,
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Karin Roy Andersson, Gray Necklace, 2015, necklace, scales of recycled plastic (from snuff boxes, oil bottle, and glycol bottle) sewn together with wire, steel frame, silver, 150 x 230 x 50 mm, photo: artist The Swedish collector Inger Wästberg is a big advocate of Swedish contemporary jewelry and has helped to bring more attention to
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