L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts Celebrates Art Deco

This year, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts, supported by Van Cleef & Arpels, is celebrating the centenary of the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts with a rich program of events featuring a major art movement of the twentieth century: Art Deco.

This style, which emerged in the 1900s and reached its heyday in the 1920s, left a lasting mark on art forms often overshadowed by the fine arts, including fashion, design and jewelry. L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is honoring the movement with a new series of courses that reveal its sources of inspiration, esthetic and technical characteristics and international reach.

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts is celebrating Art Deco with a new series of courses revealing the sources of inspiration, esthetic and technical characteristics, and international reach of the movement.

Several conferences, held online and in person, will examine different facets of the movement.

An exhibition, “Paris, City of Pearls” at the Hôtel de Mercy Argenteau on display until June 1st, offers a majestic exploration of the pearl, a material favored in Art Deco jewelry design.

L’ÉCOLE’s podcast ‘Voice of Jewels’ will also dedicate a season to Art Deco with an exploration of four iconic jewels.

And for those seeking further information about this esthetic trend, the bookshop L’Escarboucle and L’ÉCOLE’s library offer a selection of major works on the subject.

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts – Ongoing & Upcoming Events

1 – New course cycle
“Paris 2025: Following the Trail of Art Deco Jewelry”
April 2nd, 9th & 16th ;
June 11th, 25th & July 2nd ;
November 15th, 22nd & 29th

2 – Talks
I. “The Pearl, Queen of Art Deco”
In-person conversation – May 20th
II. “Art Deco Jewelry and the Year 1925”
Online conversation – July 1st

3 – Exhibition
“Paris, City of Pearls“
Until June 1st at the Hôtel de Mercy-Argenteau

4 – Podcast Voice of Jewels
Season 9 : Art Deco: towards a new world
Released from March 20th

5 – Books
I. Library
The library’s selection
II. Bookshop L’Escarboucle
Our bookseller’s favorites

L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts
www.lecolevancleefarpels.com | @lecolevancleefarpels

Established in 2012 with the support of Van Cleef & Arpels, L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts aims to introduce the public to all aspects of jewelry culture. It is an initiation school, open to everyone –complete beginners as well as enlightened amateurs, collectors and those with a curiosity for the world of jewelry. L’ÉCOLE offers courses in three major fields: the history of jewelry, the world of gemstones and the savoir-faire of jewelry-making techniques, taught by art historians, gemologists, jewelers and artisans. The classes are all practice-based and the students experiment with gestures, skills and tools, guided by their lecturers. It also offers other activities: exhibitions, books, videos, podcasts as well as in-person and online talks. Creative workshops were also created for children and teenagers. L’ÉCOLE now has five permanent addresses: two in Paris, one in Hong Kong, one in Shanghai and one in Dubai.

Moreover, since its inception, L’ÉCOLE regularly travels abroad, in Europe, America, Asia and the Middle East, for talks, exhibitions or travelling course programs that can last one to three weeks. L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts therefore contributes to the promotion and visibility of jewelry culture on an international scale.

All images are courtesy of and copyrighted to L’ÉCOLE, School of Jewelry Arts – Benjamin Chelly

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