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| École des Arts Joailliers | |
|---|---|
| Name | École des Arts Joailliers |
| Established | 2007 |
| Type | Private |
| Location | Paris, France |
| Founder | Van Cleef & Arpels |
École des Arts Joailliers
École des Arts Joailliers is a Parisian institution founded by Van Cleef & Arpels in 2007 to promote craftsmanship, history, and connoisseurship connected to jewelry and gemology. Located near Place Vendôme in Paris, the school combines practical workshops, historical study, and public programming to bridge traditions exemplified by houses such as Cartier, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., Boucheron, and Chaumet. Its activities intersect with museums like the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée du Louvre, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, and with institutions including Gemological Institute of America, École des Beaux-Arts, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, and Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne.
Established in the milieu of renewed artisanal interest following collaborations among Place Vendôme maisons, the school opened under patronage from Van Cleef & Arpels and benefactors associated with Fondation Bettencourt Schueller, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, and collectors tied to Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Early programming drew on archives from Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Musée du Quai Branly, Musée Guimet, and private collections like those assembled by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Maharani Gayatri Devi, Duke of Windsor, and Prince Rainier III of Monaco. Influences included scholarship by historians working with Bénédicte Savoy, Pierre Nora, J.-P. Vernant, Mireille Pastoureau, and curators from Musée Carnavalet, Musée Rodin, Musée d'Orsay, Musée Picasso, and Musée Yves Saint Laurent. The school expanded programming after dialogues with auction houses Bonhams, trade bodies like Comité Colbert, and academic partners such as University of Geneva, Columbia University, New York University, École Polytechnique, and Imperial College London.
The school’s mission aligns with collectors, scholars, and practitioners including LVMH, Richemont, Kering, Swarovski, De Beers Group, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, and research initiatives tied to UNESCO and IUCN. Courses combine practical skills drawn from studios modeled on ateliers associated with Fabergé, René Lalique, Alphonse Mucha, Hervé Van der Straeten, and Georges Fouquet; theoretical modules reference texts by Susan Stewart, Johanna Drucker, Michael Camille, T.J. Clark, and Rosalind Krauss. The curriculum spans gemological training influenced by Gemological Institute of America, ethical sourcing seminars referencing Kimberley Process Certification Scheme and corporate programs of De Beers Group, conservation practice informed by Getty Conservation Institute, and seminars on provenance engaging ICOM, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Courtauld Institute of Art, and École du Louvre.
Situated near landmarks such as Place Vendôme, Opéra Garnier, Palais Garnier, Rue de la Paix, and Tuileries Garden, facilities include classrooms, gemological laboratories equipped to standards of Gemological Institute of America and HRD Antwerp, metalwork ateliers with tools reminiscent of Fabergé workshops, and a library with holdings from publishers like Thames & Hudson, Flammarion, Skira, Rizzoli, and Assouline. The campus hosts visiting lectures by figures associated with Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Fondation Louis Vuitton, and trade events coordinated with Maison&Objet and Paris Fashion Week partners such as Chanel, Dior, Hermès, and Givenchy.
The school curates rotating displays that draw on loans from institutions such as Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée du Louvre, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, The Frick Collection, Musée Guimet, Musée Carnavalet, and private lenders including estates of Elsa Peretti, Paloma Picasso, Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, Diana, Princess of Wales, and Grace Kelly. Exhibitions have examined themes intersecting with pieces by René Lalique, Cartier, Boucheron, Georges Fouquet, Henri Vever, Jean Schlumberger, Suzanne Belperron, and André Perugia; special displays have featured gemstones from Golconda, Mogok, Colombia, Brazil, and South Africa with contextual resources drawn from Smithsonian Institution, Natural History Museum (London), American Museum of Natural History, and Museum of Natural History, Paris.
Research initiatives engage scholars affiliated with University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Harvard University, Yale University, Princeton University, Stanford University, University College London, École Normale Supérieure, and Sciences Po. The school’s publications series collaborates with presses such as Gallimard, Éditions du Seuil, Routledge, Oxford University Press, and MIT Press and has produced catalogs in partnership with Sotheby’s, Christie’s, Bonhams, Fondation Pierre Bergé – Yves Saint Laurent, and Fondation Louis Vuitton. Partnerships include industry tie-ups with Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Bulgari, and laboratory alliances with HRD Antwerp, Gemological Institute of America, Canadian Gemmological Association, and conservation projects with Getty Conservation Institute and ICOM.
Faculty and guest lecturers have included curators and scholars from Musée du Louvre, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Victoria and Albert Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, British Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Courtauld Institute of Art, École du Louvre, Institut National d'Histoire de l'Art, and conservators connected to Getty Conservation Institute and HRD Antwerp. Alumni have entered roles at houses including Van Cleef & Arpels, Cartier, Bulgari, Tiffany & Co., Boucheron, Chaumet, Chanel, Dior, Hermès, Swarovski, auction houses Christie’s, Sotheby’s, Bonhams, museums such as Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Musée du Louvre, Victoria and Albert Museum, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and research centers including Gemological Institute of America and HRD Antwerp.
Category:Art schools in Paris