Museums
Alexander Calder’s jewelry: going mobile
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Wearing Alexander Calder’s jewelry to a party once marked a woman as an art world insider. “It was a something of a cult to wear Calder’s jewelry in the thirties and forties,” says Mark Rosenthal, who helped curate the... »
Melanie Bilenker: Victorian-inspired hair jewelry
Inspired by the Victorian tradition of jewelry made from the hair of loved ones, Melanie creates jewelry from drawings made with her own hair. Only ten years out of art school, she has already made into major art museums all over the world. »
Nature of Diamonds in Chicago
If you haven’t seen The Nature of Diamonds exhibit, you’ll have one last chance in Chicago, where it opened last week at The Field Museum. Along with fun facts about the history and geology of our favorite sparkly – and some famous examples from Tiffany and Boucheron – you’ll find funky contemporary pieces from... »