Within the immortal phrases of the late, nice Audrey Hepburn, “I’m simply CRAZY about Tiffany’s!” To be sincere, aren’t all of us? Fortunately, London’s Saatchi Gallery is making all our wildest jewellery desires come true by giving a house to the home’s touring “Imaginative and prescient & Virtuosity” exhibition, open now by August 19. That includes 400 archival items and Tiffany-adjacent objects, from the unique Breakfast at Tiffany’s script to the first-ever Blue E book—the O.G. Tiffany & Co. catalog—a deep dive into the historical past of what’s arguably the jewellery world’s most illustrious model is the right strategy to mark its one hundred and fiftieth anniversary since arriving within the British capital.
Relating to the title of the exhibition, “Imaginative and prescient is the idea that an artist or inventive individual has an inkling, a spark of an idea or concept that hasn’t occurred earlier than…and has the boldness to appreciate it,” curator Christopher Younger solely tells ELLE.com. “Virtuosity, then again, is the excellence of the flexibility to try this—unbelievable craftsmanship, unbelievable supplies.” The duality of imaginative and prescient and virtuosity is inextricably linked to Tiffany’s founder, Charles Lewis Tiffany, who first dreamed up the thought of fancy retailer in New York Metropolis that sells unique items from abroad, like sapphires and Mississippi River pearls.
Tickets for “Imaginative and prescient & Virtuosity” are presently accessible on the Tiffany & Co. Exhibition app, accessible on the iOS and Google Play app shops. Should you can’t make it throughout the pond, have a look contained in the exhibition right here.
