L'ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts

From December 1st 2022 to April 14th 2023

From the first traces of its use in the fifth millennium B.C.E., gold has fascinated and mesmerized civilizations the world over.  

By bringing art history, savoir-faire, and materials into dialogue, the exhibition resonates with the mission pursued by L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts since its creation in 2012 with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels, that of promoting the many dimensions of the art of jewelry through courses, talks, workshops, exhibitions, publications, and research.

"The Modern Jewel 1960 - 1980"
First cycle on November 15th, 22th and 29th 

In this three-course cycle, whose chronological scope extends from the Swinging 60s to the technological era of the 1980s, you will explore the stylistic nuances that characterized the second half of the 20th century: from psychedelic curves to scientific rigor, from developments in plastic jewelry to the redefinition of traditional jewelry arts, from bodily emancipation to a renewed form of codification, you will take the measure of the profound social, technological, and aesthetic mutations that crystallized the modern jewel.

6th Study Days @ Park Hyatt and INHA, Paris
October 18th and 19th
In French

Study Days organized by L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels and the Ecole pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) on October 18th and 19th 2022. The objective of these two days, which will see a succession of researchers in art history, is to study the creation of jewelry in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in its material aspects: workshops, tools, gestures, know-how.

New Course @ L'ÉCOLE in Paris
October 14th, November 18th, November 23rd, and more dates available

Create a diamond grading report step by step just like in a laboratory.

Within the context of L’ÉCOLE courses in gemological investigation, you will discover how to analyze the quality of a diamond.

Online Conversation
October 19th and 20th

Embark on an exciting journey retracing the evolution of metalworking practices and the ideological transformations of men who fashioned gold and silver with devotion for 3,000 years.

Online Conversation
November 17th and 18th

This conversation contemplates the different possibilities given by not-so-trivial ornaments: rings, from their universal marital symbols to their heirloom status displaying power and affiliation.