Latest Stories
The Universal Language of Art
Latest Stories
Collaboration, Association, and the Designer Bag
Category: Luxury
The advent of the designer bag seems to have had its origins in the 20th Century...
The Other Aalto
Category: Modern Design
Despite being less well known than her husband, Aino Aalto was an important part of the modernist design movement taking place in Finland in the early...
Is There Such a Thing as ‘Chippendale Style’?
Category: Decorative Arts
The short answer to the question posed above is ‘no’....
Appropriately Appropriated
Category: Art
Appropriation involves the intentional repurposing of existing and often iconic imagery to create new meaning....
Skulls, Lobsters & Geometry: Three Artists who Altered the Course of Fashion
Category: Art
Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí’s commercially minded approach to art, lifelong interest in costume, and...
Autumn at Leonard Joel
Category: Leonard Joel News
This Autumn edition of Leonard is a feast of storytelling and imagery that speaks to an extraordinary round of forthcoming auctions, spanning both the...
Significant Diamonds
Category: Jewels
After Leonard Joel first set and then subsequently broke its three auction records for the four...
Here Comes the Sun
Category: Jewels
When Beyoncé appeared alongside her husband, Jay-Z, in the Tiffany & Co. About Love campaign last year...
Choose your Cartier
Category: Timepieces
It’s a hard ask having to choose a Cartier wristwatch; rarely is one luxury maison responsible for so many classic designs....