It’s not the record-breaking 18-piece JAR collection that went on the block last year or the legendary 17 actress Ellen... Read More
With the death of Elizabeth Taylor today, we lost not only a Hollywood icon and often-amazing actress, but one of... Read More
Picasso, Max Ernst, Georges Braque, Salvador Dali and Man Ray all designed jewelry, as did a surprising number of other 20th-century sculptors and painters. Much of it goes on display this week in Barcelona. Read More
Continued from Jewelry by Picasso: the secret stash of Dora Maar, part 2 Gloria Lieberman, director of fine jewelry at... Read More
Who needs fertility treatments when you can wear jewelry instead – particularly, jewelry like this? Among the earliest treasures on... Read More
Nothing is more captivating than the glow of ancient gold under museum lights, except maybe for ancient gold in an... Read More
Most of us know by now that Dali, Calder, even Picasso designed jewelry at some point. But Yoko Ono, Frank... Read More
In case you were wondering, the Picasso in From Picasso to Koons, the Artist as Jeweler, is Pablo, not his... Read More
Revival is always happening in the jewelry world, but archaeological revival had its heyday in the second half of the 19th century, when all kinds of treasure was being excavated all over Europe. Read More
Much of what we know about Ancient Egyptians comes from the jewels they left behind. Women played an important role... 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
Crowds will pile into the Museum of Modern Art this weekend to see Yoko Ono’s art. Saturday night they will applaud... Read More
Continued from Jewelry by Picasso: the secret stash of Dora Maar, part 1: At the auction, a chrome-metal watch with... Read More
Perhaps the most familiar form of revival jewelry is the cameo. Whose grandmother did not have one of these in her jewelry box? Its roots trace to classical mythology. Done well, a cameo is a thing of beauty loaded with symbolism. Right now, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston has quite a collection on display. Read More
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. Read More