The Swensson Collection Shines at Phillips | Maine Antique Digest maineantiquedigest.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from maineantiquedigest.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Salvador Dalí,
Étoile de Mer Brooch. The artist added surrealist details to all of his fine jewelry creations. For instance, this starfish has branches inexplicably sprouting from the body and includes two butterfly pins that were conceived as part of the design. Photo by Jake Armour, Armour Photography.
Among the many upgrades to the formerly dated space, last renovated in 1976, is a new exhibition gallery that will host special exhibitions.
The inaugural show, “Beautiful Creatures: Jewelry Inspired by the Animal Kingdom,” is curated by the jewelry historian Marion Fasel and features 104 piece of jewelry made over the past 150 years essentially, since the museum’s founding in 1869.
Beautiful Creatures Exhibit at The American Museum of Natural History 2021 veranda.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from veranda.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 14, 2020
We’ve talked all year long, it seems about how the current climate has required retailers to modernize their businesses in a hurry. And those who specialize in the antique jewelry market have been no exception.
The industry’s leading international auction houses have staged an infinite number of online-only sales throughout 2020 to great effect, and savvy dealers have adjusted their digital presences accordingly. New York City’s Macklowe Gallery recently redesigned and relaunched its website to better showcase the breadth of its inventory in a tasteful, educational, and aesthetically compelling way, while leaning into a strong e-commerce platform that’s also fully shoppable on mobile.