As Memorial Day weekend activities wrap up, Las Vegas Jewelry Week is just around the corner—and coming in hot! Our advice? Use this week to conserve energy; check out our editor picks and preview key collections at Luxury and JCK before finalizing your schedule; and start figuring out your Vegas wardrobe. (Be sure to leave plenty of time to consider your shoe options—hands down, this is always the hardest part of packing.)
Beyond these to-dos, we’ve got podcast recommendations—download them now, listen to them during your travels to and from Vegas—plus two diversions every jewelry lover should make time for now (or at some point in the next few months).
LISTEN
The Jewelry District podcast (ongoing)
Now’s the time to save any podcasts you might have missed to your phone for easy access in airplane mode while flying to/from Vegas. In particular, two recent Jewelry District episodes should be on your list. Special guest Susan Jacques, outgoing president and CEO of GIA, joins JCK editor-in-chief Victoria Gomelsky and news director Rob Bates on a special video edition to discuss Jacques’ fascinating backstory and career trajectory (including her pivotal 31-year tenure at Borsheims) and the future of the GIA.
Meanwhile, on the newest episode of the pod, Bates and Gomelsky have a conversation with At Present founder and CEO Marc Bridge about the joys of working in his family business (Ben Bridge Jeweler) and how he arrived at the decision to launch his own online jewelry brand in 2020.
ATTEND
“Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art: Through Oct. 26 (in person)
You marveled at the Met Gala jewelry (who didn’t?), now visit the exhibition that dictated the theme and dress code. In “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style,” the Met’s Costume Institute presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over 300 years through the concept of dandyism, which emerged from the intersection of African and European fashion traditions.
“Artists’ Jewelry: From Cubism to Pop, the Diane Venet Collection” at the Norton Museum of Art: Through Oct. 5 (in person)
It may come as a surprise to learn that Picasso, Dalí, Lichtenstein and other celebrated painters made jewelry. And that a lady in France owns many of these types of pieces. She has lent her collection to the Norton Museum in West Palm Beach, Fla., so jewelry lovers can see these rarities (close to 200 in all) that illustrate how a visual artist’s unique perspective and favored materials translate to adornment. The jewelry is shown amid approximately 60 artworks from the Norton’s permanent collection, the perfect context for understanding how an artist’s aesthetic can be scaled down to the size of a brooch or necklace.
Top: Art deco–style ring in 18k gold with 1.15 ct. oval emerald, 0.6 ct. t.w. round diamonds, and 0.65 ct. t.w. French-cut emeralds, $7,800; Antika
- Subscribe to the JCK News Daily
- Subscribe to the JCK Special Report
- Follow JCK on Instagram: @jckmagazine
- Follow JCK on X: @jckmagazine
- Follow JCK on Facebook: @jckmagazine
