In April, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, is celebrating the centenary of the 1925 International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts with a vast range of programs featuring a major art movement of the twentieth century: Art Deco.
L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific is unveiling the newly curated exhibition “Divine Jewels: The Pursuit of Beauty, Selected pieces from Kazumi Arikawa's collection” from April 23 to May 11, 2025 at K11 MUSEA campus in Hong Kong.
The Exhibition features fifteen pieces chosen from the prized Albion Art collection, founded by Kazumi Arikawa, one of the world’s foremost jewelry collectors, and pay tribute to forty years of collecting.
Entwined Flowers, Red and White Roses bracelet, 1924
Platinum, emeralds, rubies, onyx, yellow diamonds, diamonds
Van Cleef & Arpels Collection
In the early 20th century, a revolutionary artistic movement emerged with the ambition to change everything: Art Deco. Dive into the heart of Art Deco and explore the stunning jewels that defined its era with season 9 of the podcast "Voice of Jewels" from L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts!
Drawn from the expertise of L’ÉCOLE, the library has prepared a bibliography of essential books on Art Deco. Visit the library at our K11 MUSEA campus and expand your knowledge with this carefully selected collection.
Kazumi Arikawa & Diana Scarisbrick
Divine Jewels presents a breathtaking array of works, from intricately carved cameos and intaglios of antiquity through the nineteenth century to sublime, nature-inspired pieces reflecting the delicate aesthetics of Japanism, as well as one of the world’s premier collections of historical tiaras. Each chapter, meticulously curated and researched, offers a dialogue between the scholarly perspective of the jewelry historian and the personal insights and knowledge of the collector.
L’ÉCOLE Asia Pacific, School of Jewelry Arts
Presented at L’ÉCOLE Paris in 2018, in Dubai in 2019 and in Hong Kong during Fall 2019, the exhibition gathered a selection of art objects from the collection of Princes and Princess Sadruddin Aga Khan, representing incredible masterpieces of inventiveness, creativity, fantasy, skills and technical prowess.
Laurence Mouillefarine & Véronique Ristelhueber
This monograph is the first to retrace the astonishing rise of the Lacloche family despite their modest beginnings at the rue de Châteaudun in 1892. Renowned for their elegance and refined craftsmanship, this book pays tribute to the models made by Lacloche Frères, and their successor, Jacques Lacloche, and designed by the best Parisian workshops. Two extraordinary gouaché albums, hitherto unpublished, bring to life the 63 jewels and 21 clocks presented by Lacloche Frères at the 1925 Exhibition.
Isabelle Frank
The City University of Hong Kong, 2019
Estelle Niklès van Osselt
Baur Foundation, 2019
Estelle Niklès van Osselt
2016
