From the TEFAF New York Fall Fair, 2018:

In many world traditions men are the principal wearers of jewelry. Why then is jewelry in the West so often viewed as a feminine art form? As the Metropolitan Museum readies a cross-departmental exhibition, Jewelry: The Body Transformed, this discussion focuses on how and in what contexts – historic and contemporary – jewelry has been a powerful means to construct masculine identity and, equally, the historical forces and persistent cultural assumptions that associate jewelry with women.
 

Panel:

Kimberly Jenkins, Lecturer, Fashion History and Theory, Parsons School of Design

Timothy McCall, Associate Professor, Art History, Villanova University

Maia Nuku, Evelyn A. J. Hall and John A. Friede Associate Curator, Oceanic Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Moderator:

Melanie Holcomb, Curator, Medieval Art and The Cloisters, The Metropolitan Museum of Art
 

Register here.

*Please note that registration ONLY confirms your reservation for this TEFAF New York Fall 2018 Cultural Program event. Guests may purchase Fair tickets on the TEFAF website or at the door.*

Featured Image: Victorian Salamander Brooch, Courtesy of A La Vieille Russie, Stand 365.