Continued from Jewelry by Picasso: the secret stash of Dora Maar, part 1: At the auction, a chrome-metal watch with... Read More
Calder began making jewelry for his sister’s dolls at age 6, and produced 1,800 pieces in his lifetime, always carrying pliers and wire in his pockets. “I think best in wire,” he once said. Read More
As the final wave engulfs the brilliant career of Ralph Esmerian, the last of his treasures are being sold off... Read More
Crowds will pile into the Museum of Modern Art this weekend to see Yoko Ono’s art. Saturday night they will applaud... Read More
Inspired by a Victorian bicycle brooch in an exhibit opening next month: a look back at the revolution in women's fashion brought about by the bicycle craze of the 1890s. Read More
A ring containing a portrait of Dora Maar made for her by Pablo Picasso in the 1930s is expected to fetch half a million at Sotheby's this month. That's a lot more than it sold for at the 1998 estate sale in Paris following Maar's death. No one knew Picasso had made jewelry by hand but the news was overshadowed by those paintings. Read More
Many famous twentieth-century painters and sculptors designed in jewelry at some point in their careers, usually in close collaboration with trained goldsmiths. Most of it looks a lot like their art - and some of it opened doors for both celebrity designers and creative studio jewelry. Read More
In this day of mass production, with high-end craft galleries shuttering at an alarming rate, studio jewelers feel a mounting... Read More
Most of us know by now that Dali, Calder, even Picasso designed jewelry at some point. But Yoko Ono, Frank... Read More
So thrilled to learn Baltimore art jeweler Joyce Scott is among the MacArthur Fellows for 2016! Announced yesterday, winners of... Read More
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