Sept. 27, 2008 – May 31, 2009

The Museum of Arts & Design in New York inaugurates the Tiffany & Co. Foundation Jewelry Gallery in its new home at 2 Columbus Circle with Elegant Armor: The Art of Jewelry. The exhibition offer visitors the unique opportunity to see an exceptional assembly of works from the Museum’s collection. The remarkably inventive artists extend the range of materials beyond precious gems and metals to demonstrate that they can make superb jewelry from paper, rubber, plastic, found objects of all descriptions and even pig’s intestines. Featuring over 200 objects from the pioneering works of the 1940s to the cutting edge pieces made this year, the exhibition provides a dazzling overview of the evolution of contemporary art jewelry.

Yvonne Markowitz, Rita J. Kaplan and Susan B. Kaplan Curator of Jewelry, David and Roberta Logie Department of Textile and Fashion Arts

Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007 2pm
Riley Seminar Room Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Free Admission, tickets required & available at Remis box office day of event

Markowitz illustrates the importance of gemstones in American jewelry at the turn of the century by focusing on the history of Tiffany & Co.