Diane C. Wright – författare

A lavish book to accompany the first exhibition of the celebrated Hollywood jeweler's fabled collection, organized by the Toledo Museum of Art. Features iconic jewels by Belperron, Cartier, Boucheron, Paul Flato, Tiffany, and more.Famous Hollywood jeweler and designer of the dazzling engagement rings bestowed in The Bachelor, Neil Lane has amassed a jewelry collection unrivaled in glamour. His magnificent holdings include storied jewels by the most renowned designers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, many not only owned by stars of Hollywood’s golden age but also worn by them on screen. This richly illustrated catalogue reveals the extraordinary scope of Lane’s collection, highlighting its breathtaking beauty as well as its transatlantic roots and cultural significance to fashion history and style. The most stunning pieces are captured in photographs of Hollywood legends—from Mae West and Joan Crawford to Madonna, Zoe Saldana, and beyond—bringing their rich provenance to life. Featuring more than 150 jewels, this singular volume marks the first time that the majority of Lane’s remarkable collection has been presented to the public.

Monumental, colorful and expressive, Matt Wedel’s ceramics revel in what’s possible with clayIn a bright yellow studio nestled in the rolling hills of southeastern Ohio, Matt Wedel (born 1983) builds ideas out of clay. A prolific maker, he regularly pivots between stoneware, earthenware and porcelain, exploring the expressiveness of material and color. Wedel’s focus shifts between figure and flora, representation and abstraction, monumental and intimate, object and drawing—dualities that have a supportive tension rather than being at odds with each other. For Wedel, everything that goes into the making of the object is the work of art.Matt Wedel: Phenomenal Debris investigates the development and cross-pollination of figuration and landscape in Wedel’s ceramic sculptures, as well as his own psychology and how it transforms both his work and the way he perceives his role as artist, father and global citizen.