Style.com’s Candy Pratts Price talks gen­er­ally about sig­nals, and brooches in par­tic­u­lar, on this month’s Can­dy­cast. She men­tions Madeleine Albright’s famous pins and their pro­jected mean­ing when she wore them. As I have said before, jew­elry is as much a form of self-expression as it is a state­ment of style. I think that the for­mer Sec­re­tary of State might agree as she is cur­rently writ­ing a book about her col­lec­tion. I look for­ward to read­ing it.

From May 1^st through the 31^st, Pri­mav­era Gallery is mount­ing an excit­ing exhi­bi­tion enti­tled Minerol­ogy 101, which will explore the earthly delights that have been incor­po­rated into var­i­ous types of dec­o­ra­tive arts, such as lamps, fur­ni­ture, and jew­elry. “These pieces com­bine the unex­pected, spon­ta­neous and almost mag­i­cal aspects of min­er­als – struc­tured yet ran­dom, lyri­cal and poetic in their acci­den­tal beauty, with archi­tec­tural mount­ings that can be dra­matic coun­ter­points to the irreg­u­lar­i­ties of nature,” explains Audrey Fried­man, co-owner.

Below are just a few fas­ci­nat­ing pieces on dis­play at:
Pri­mav­era Gallery
210 Eleventh Avenue at 25^th Street
8^th Floor
New York, NY 10001
212 924 6600