Cartier Treasures at the Palace Museum in Beijing

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Cartier is organizing an exhibition event from September 5 to November 22 at the Palace Museum in Beijing, in a sacred place: the Forbidden City.

The exhibition includes more than 350 items, including archives dating from the founding of Cartier to its creations from the 1970s.

Partly dedicated to royal jewels, the exhibition will be illustrated by historical documents relating to European royal courts.
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Chanel liquidated in Hong Kong

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French artist ZEVS was arrested in Hong Kong this morning, July 13th, 2009 at 3:49am after Liquidating the Chanel logo on the façade of Chater House in Central.

No news on whether he’s been release yet or whether he will make it to the opening of the exhibit this Tursday…

ZEVS is an anonymous French contemporary artist widely known for his LV, Chanel and other logo drippings.
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Zevs In Hong Kong

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French urban artist Zevs has a must-see show at art statements gallery, opening in Hong Kong Thursday, July 16th.

The artist arrived earlier to create a series of paintings of LV and Chanel dripping logos on lacquer in collaboration with local craftsmen.

Additionally, he made a series of ceramics and paintings on metal. All these works will be presented plus a variety of his other signature liquidated logos.
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“Jeweled Objects of Desire” exhibition

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“San Francisco based jewelry designer Sidney Mobell turns the ordinary into extraordinary while tempting the viewer to question their own perception of jeweled art.

For over 30 years, the artist has created elaborate bejeweled works that bring a sense of magic and wonder to everyday household objects.”

He has used precious materials to create diamond- encrusted cell phones, hourglass necklaces filled with 3,000 tiny diamonds, a gold toilet seat and a 23- karat gold and jeweled Monopoly set, valued at $2 million.
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Louis Vuitton - A Passion for Creation in Hong Kong

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A symbol of French elegance and savoirvivre, Louis Vuitton has maintained close links with the art world for more than 150 years.

As pioneers of the art of travel, Louis Vuitton and his successors have forged a strong relationship between traditional know-how and contemporary design.

The arrival of Marc Jacobs as artistic director in 1997 reinforced Louis Vuitton’s ties with artists, notably through exemplary collaborations with Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami and Richard Prince.

In Hong Kong, the Louis Vuitton and Art exhibition brings this exciting story to life illustrating the creative process through installations combining works of art and archive documents.
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Sou Fujimoto for Lexus

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Following its successful participation in previous years, Lexus will be returning to the 2009 Milan Design Week with an art exhibition entitled “Lexus L-finesse - crystallised wind”, a combination of Lexus L-Finesse design philosophy and the very finest in contemporary art, architecture and design elements from Japan.

The exhibition will take place in Milan’s Museo della Permanente art gallery, from April 22nd to 26th , as part of the world’s largest design exhibition, the Salone del Mobile di Milano.

Sou Fujimoto, a ground-breaking Japanese architect, will re-interpret the ambivalence of the Lexus design philosophy ‘L-finesse’ through a dynamic installation that combines unity in space, sound and lighting.

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