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The Art of Movement, Van Cleef & Arpels

Start Date 23 September 2022
End Date 20 October 2022
Venue Design Museum
Location London, U.K.
Gallery view of the exhibition, with pink display cases showcasing Van Cleef & Arpels jewellery

Featuring almost a hundred creations from Van Cleef & Arpels’ patrimonial collection, numerous archive documents and lender masterpieces, this exhibition illustrates the French High Jewelry Maison’s constant quest to impart movement into precious materials.

Van Cleef & Arpels has constantly blended the excellence of its High Jewellery savoir-faire with great delicacy of vision in order to imbue the most precious materials with lightness and dynamism. Notable for their unique designs, their three-dimensional volume and their composition, the creations showcased stand out as manifestos of the Art of Movement.

Amongst a selection of pieces from the Maison’s patrimonial collection, archives documents and private collector’s creations, this exhibition draws visitors into a dreamlike world of movement and harmony.

This artistic journey is divided into four themes: Nature Alive, Dance, Elegance and Abstract Movements. Each highlights a facet of motion explored by Van Cleef & Arpels since its foundation in 1906.