Funny thing, time. How is high jewellery meant to straddle the contradiction of being timeless yet timely? It has to be an ageless heirloom that can be passed from generation to generation, yet of its time so that it speaks to the moment of its creation. This was the ‘controversial question’ that the Italian curator, writer and educator Alba Cappellieri had on her mind when she devised the Time, Nature, Love exhibition for Van Cleef & Arpels. The exhibition, now in its fourth edition after stops in Milan, Shanghai and Riyadh, is on show at D Museum in Seoul until 14 April.
“Time is a very important ingredient of design
