GemGenève Ceremony Awards for the following student projects: Read more The GemGenève Awards are graciously made possible thanks to the esteemed support and patronage of the SSEF.
Trois Genevoises en immersion à Jaipur, chez TankFineGems, pour explorer les secrets des pierres précieuses. Entre gemmologie et techniques de taille traditionnelles, elles ont perfectionné leur savoir. Une aventure unique au cœur de la capitale mondiale des gemmes. Speakers:
Art Déco jewelry is not just a style — it is a language that continues to resonate across time. This roundtable brings together voices from the world of design, antiquarian expertise and contemporary creativity to explore how the elegance of Art Déco lives on today. Between memory and modernity, rarity and reinvention, the conversation begins …
Read more “Echoes of Elegance: The Art Déco Jewelry Between Heritage and Contemporary Revival “
Archaic communities possessed a deep understanding of gems, long before such knowledge reached the West, where it emerged much later through trade and scholarly exchanges. Meticulously documented in sacred texts, trade records, and state treatises, this wisdom shaped the way gems were valued and used. In this illuminating talk, gem expert, journalist, and author Richa …
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Violaine Bigot, Laurent Cartier and Kathia Pinckernelle will discuss how Art Deco jewellery defied convention by looking at materials, techniques, patterns, gems, colours and more. Speakers:
Tous les métiers reliés aux gemmes se retrouvent dans un bon atelier lapidaire. Négoce, créativité, innovation, valorisation, transmission. Notre panel nous offrira une véritable incursion dans une étape cruciale de la mise en beauté des gemmes. Intervenants :
With its origins steeped in mystery, the history of Tubogas must be understood through the lens of the technical innovations it brought to the jewelry avant-gardes. It seems that between the two world wars, the gas connection pipes of cities, or even the side exhaust pipes of certain prestigious sport car models, introduced the term …
Read more “Tubogas, the Quest for Flexibility”
Jewellery historian Amanda Triossi joins Caroline Kranz, Deputy Curator of the Cartier Collection, for a rare behind-the-scenes conversation. Discover the stories, history, and iconic creations behind one of the world’s most prestigious jewellery archives.Read more Founded in 1983, the Cartier Collection spans over 3,700 pieces from the 1860s to the 2010s. Don’t miss this unique …
Read more “Unveiling the Cartier Collection: A Conversation with Amanda Triossi and Caroline Kranz”
Quel est le point commun entre le Hope et le Koh-i-Noor ? Entre le Régent et l’Orlov ? Ce sont des diamants de Golconde. Pourquoi ces pierres, extraites des anciennes mines du Deccan en Inde, sont-elles devenues mythiques ? La table ronde du 8 mai, animée par Gabrielle de Montmorin, réunira deux approches complémentaires : …
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This year GemGenève presents an artist and a singular career, Jean Boghossian, jeweller and philanthropist, who has become an internationally recognised painter and sculptor, and whose writings on art are linked to the literary tradition of fragments, maxims and aphorisms. GemGenève exhibits a set of works by Jean Boghossian specially chosen for their link with …
Read more “Les Grands Entretiens : Jean Boghossian & Roger Bertozzi “