We’re down to just three days until the 2024 holiday season reaches its pinnacle (and with the first night of Hanukkah falling on Dec. 25 this year, it’s a seasonal double whammy). If you’re in New York City and you’ve wrapped up holiday business—or if you simply need to take a well-deserved break—consider popping into one of the three blockbuster exhibitions outlined below. From a show about timekeeping that doubles as a working timepiece to two grand displays of jeweled masterpieces, the eye candy that awaits you is almost too good to be true. Wishing everyone a happy, healthy, and relaxed holiday!
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André Chervin Exhibit at the New York Historical: through Jan. 5
New York’s first museum, the New York Historical, hosts “Enchanting Imagination: The Objets d’Art of André Chervin and Carvin French Jewelers,” featuring meticulously created and bejeweled lamps, clocks, figurines, boxes, personal accessories, and table decorations made by jeweler André Chervin (born 1927 in Paris), with his New York atelier, Carvin French.
“Solid Gold” at the Brooklyn Museum: through July 6
With a sweeping range of objects and a global perspective, the “Solid Gold” exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum traces the many odysseys of the precious metal that has influenced cultures and legacies worldwide. The show includes more than 500 works, includes showpieces from the collection and international loans. The work of fashion designers who have embraced gold, including Anna Sui, Christian Dior, Halston, and Yves Saint Laurent, are on display, as are gold-ground paintings and sculptures, coins, and other treasures—most notably, jewels by Alexander Calder, Belperron, Cartier, Charles Loloma, Jacob & Co., and Verdura, as well as grillz by Gabby Elan.
Christian Marclay’s The Clock at MoMA: through Feb. 17
Christian Marclay’s The Clock (2010) is a 24-hour montage of thousands of film and television clips depicting clocks and other references to time. James Bond checks his watch at 12:20 a.m.; Meryl Streep turns off an alarm clock at 6:30 a.m.; a pocket watch ticks at 11:53 a.m. as the Titanic departs. With each clip synchronized to the local time, The Clock collapses the fictional time presented on screen with the actual time of each passing minute. The work is both a cinematic tour de force and a functioning timepiece.
Top: Turquoise Squash Blossom charm in 18k yellow gold and diamonds, $24,000; Jenna Blake
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