jewelry
Auction houses have long measured their seasons by paintings and sculptures, but the numbers favored a relatively overlooked category this spring season.
The theft of royal jewelry, collectively valued at $102 million, from the Louvre Museum’s Apollo Gallery on October 19 has sparked everything from memes to heated debate over the museum’s…
There are many concerns and issues that surround the use of genuine ancient coins in commercial retail. For one, there is the issue of availability and authenticity. Ancient coins tend to be found…
Gold is perhaps the most iconic metal—an immortal symbol of wealth. Even in the ancient world, this precious resource was an object of great attention, highly desired yet hard to find. The Romans and…
In the Palestre Grande of the Pompeii Archaeological Park, a new exhibit–Essere Donna Nell’antica (To Be a Woman in Antiquity)– offers visitors a glimpse into what life was like for the…
In the second installment in our series on jewelry’s place in art history, we’re exploring jewelry collecting in the Renaissance, a time when jewels were considered as valuable to possess and display…
In a new Art & Object series, we’ll take a look at some of history’s greatest jewelry stories, showing you how and why jewelry is such a powerful artistic, cultural, and historical artifact.
By exploring three modern artist-designer couples of the twentieth century, we revisit two timeless art debates: the intersection between design and art, and art history as more than a solitary line…
Art Nouveau was inspired by nature, spurred on by the Arts and Crafts movement, and served as a fundamental reaction against Industrialization.
This richly illustrated book provides an interdisciplinary understanding of jewelry and art
When the czar Alexander III took the throne in 1881—accompanied by his wife, Maria Feodorovna, he unwittingly began a lavish Easter tradition within the Russian imperial court—the bedazzled egg.
A trove of ancient gold jewelry was unearthed in an excavation by the Egyptian-French Centre for the Study of Karnak Temples working alongside the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the French…
As November auctions kick off in New York with Sotheby's Modern Art Evening— led by one of Monet’s Nymphéas (circa 1914–17) and Picasso’s La Statuaire (1925…
When one thinks of luxury jewelry, more often than not, David Yurman comes to mind. He and his partner Sybil Yurman met in 1969 and have been collaborating for nearly 50 years. Their eponymous…
In the third installment in our series on jewelry’s place in art history, we’re exploring how the once-Emperor Napoleon used jewelry, and in particular, cameos, to try and secure his…
