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'Ron Ho: A Jeweler's Tale' Presented by Bellevue Arts Museum
Film still from Ron Ho: Becoming Chinese, A Jeweler's Tale. Photo courtesy of Northwest Designer Craftsmen. In 2017, the Pacific Northwest lost beloved master jeweler and storyteller Ron Ho. As a...
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The Peacock Revolution as Described in 'Gender Bending Fashion' at MFA Boston
David Bowie’s The Man Who Sold the World album cover, 1970. David Bowie extended the Peacock Revolution into the 1980s. Photo courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Peacock Revolution of the...
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21 Gemstones Open 'The Jeweled Isle' Exhibition at LACMA
21 Gemstones open The Jeweled Isle Exhibition. Exhibition view: The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (9 December 2018–23 June 2019). Courtesy Los Angeles County...
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"Reforestation of the Imagination" Exhibit at Smithsonian's Renwick Gallery
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s presents the exhibit "Ginny Ruffner: Reforestation of the Imagination." Ginny Ruffner with Grant Kirkpatrick, Avem iridis illuricae...
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Elizabeth Hubert Malott Hall of Jades
On view at the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Hall of Jades, this exquisite carved jade snuff bottle. Decorated snuff bottles grew in popularity during the Qing period in China. Photo courtesy Field Museum,...
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Objects of Wonder On View at the Smithsonian
On view at the Smithsonian, the "Blue Flame" Lapis lazuli is one of a number of Objects of Wonder. This massive slab of lapis weighs an astonishing 250 pounds! Photo courtesy Smithsonian National...
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Gem & Mineral Hall at Natural History Museum of LA County
The Gem and Mineral Hall in LA County showcases one of the world's most valuable and extensive collection of gemstones and minerals. Photo courtesy of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County....
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The Green Vault of Dresden
Royal Household at Delhi, on display at the Green Vault in Dresden, Germany. Atlas Obscura describes it as "The world's most expensive playset." Photo by Hajotthu, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Green Vault...
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Virtual Jewelry Exhibitions
Photo copyright Victoria & Albert Museum. Today, I invite you to explore the numerous virtual jewelry exhibitions available through the websites of the world's best museums. Many of them closed...
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Virtual Gemstone Exhibitions
Photo copyright Field Museum Yesterday I wrote about a few museums that offer virtual jewelry exhibitions. Today, I want to share a few that offer virtual gemstone exhibitions. Ready to see the...
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