From Cartier to Taffin: The Must-See Jewelry Events During Miami Art Basel
All eyes are on Miami this week, as art lovers, design devotees, and collectors of all stripes head to the Magic City for Design Miami and Art Basel Miami Beach. And where there’s art and design, you can expect to find fine jewelry.
From a pop-up exhibition celebrating the centennial of Cartier’s Trinity collection to new boutiques that have opened just in time to capitalize on the influx of potential buyers, the guide below outlines the key jewelry happenings in the 305 this week.
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Taffin x Art Basel: Dec. 2
A year after celebrating the grand opening of his by-appointment-only Miami showroom, located in the historic enclave of Coconut Grove, James de Givenchy, founder of the sought-after jewelry brand Taffin, is hosting a soiree this evening to celebrate the start of Art Basel. Guests can look forward to admiring his latest work, including dramatic pieces featuring exceptional gemstones, such as the 50-carat kunzite set in his signature ceramic featured in the multicolor necklace below. For last-minute inquiries, call the showroom at 786-350-1100.
Mish Fine Jewelry x Big Bang at the Faena Hotel: Dec. 2 through 2025
For more than 30 years, Mish Tworkowski has catered to private clients seeking inventive fine jewels featuring his trademark botanical themes. Until this week, however, he’s never partnered with a retail outlet.
Today, Dec. 2, Mish Fine Jewelry is making its debut at the Big Bang flagship at the Faena Hotel Miami Beach. The designer will showcase a curated collection of exclusive new designs and signature pieces.
“While we have always worked directly with our clients, Grace Faena, who is curating this collection for Big Bang, is a dear friend of ours, and when she asked us if we would have the collection there during Art Basel, we couldn’t say no,” Tworkowski tells Robb Report. “It is such a beautiful store with a really unique point of view. Since relocating our business to Palm Beach several years ago, we have met many new Miami clients, so it makes perfect sense for us to be at the fair to see them, plus other clientele from all around the world.”
Best known for jewels that highlight his love of gardening, Tworkowski has created a new ultra-chic Banana Tree pendant on a rope neck wire in 18-karat yellow gold for his debut at the Faena.
“There will also be a wonderful selection of my nature-inspired, artistically colorful jewelry designs featuring unique stones like vibrant abalone, rich peanut wood, and mesmerizing shattuckite,” he says. “Grace also asked me to bring a wonderful pair of bark ear clips with fantastic mammoth ivory drops. They would be wonderfully worn in the Faena’s Mammoth Garden while viewing Damien Hirst’s iconic woolly mammoth sculpture.”
Stop in tonight to meet the designer at a celebratory cocktail party, and stay tuned for news about an exclusive series of intimate dinners starting in the new year.
Material Good x Anita Ko Pop-Up: Dec. 3
The luxury retailer Material Good is hosting an invitation-only pop-up with the Los Angeles jeweler Anita Ko at its South of Fifth showroom on Tuesday, Dec. 3 from 4-8 p.m. VIP clients, tastemakers, and key stakeholders are expected to attend the intimate event, which will blend high-end jewelry — like Ko’s diamond baguette Bunny necklace — with an elevated party atmosphere featuring Omakase and caviar passed bites and premium cocktails by Don Julio 1942.
Trinity 100 Experience: Dec. 4-8
Cartier is honoring the 100th anniversary of its Trinity collection — born in 1924, when Louis Cartier designed a single ring with three intertwined bands of platinum, rose gold, and yellow gold — with a five-day pop-up in the Miami Design District from Dec. 4 through Dec. 8. The event caps a year of global celebrations that began in February in New York City and included events in London, Paris, Shanghai, Singapore, and Tokyo.
The immersive experience, set to open to the public at 23 NE 41st St. on Wednesday at 11 a.m., tells the story of Trinity in five rooms, including one focused on Jean Cocteau, the French poet and filmmaker whose double-stacked pinky rings helped popularize the collection in the 1930s.
At the end of the exhibition, guests can try on pieces from Trinity Wild, a new limited collection that references Cartier’s iconic animals—the panther, tiger, and snake—in a handful of styles, including a two-finger ring and earrings.
FoundRae’s New Miami Design District Boutique: Now open
Beth Hutchens, founder and creative director of the beloved jewelry brand FoundRae, is on a retail opening spree. On the heels of store openings in Los Angeles and New York City’s Upper East Side, Hutchens recently presided over the opening of a new flagship in the Miami Design District.
“This year, we decided to let FoundRae grow,” Hutchens tells Robb Report. “I say ‘let’ because I feel like I was hindering growth before — out of fear. My intention from the start has been to create a collection that provides tools of self-discovery and self-expression. Doing that within our own four walls allows us to create a space that does that best: We have our full assortment of what we call our ‘requisite’ product, which is our foundational pieces. We have limited edition pieces and one-of-a-kind pieces dedicated to each doorway, and we have the tools on site—including a bench jeweler and hand engraver—to give the design reigns to everyone who walks into our doorway.”
Each FoundRae location features a signature emblem on the front entrance—a Crossed Arrows seal marking a “crossing of paths”—and a motif unique to that store. The Miami flagship—located inside the 1922 landmark building known as The Moore, considered by tastemakers to be the district’s crown jewel—features a shell. But the homage to Magic City doesn’t end there.
“It felt important to contribute to the art legacy by incorporating artwork in every area of the store,” Hutchens says, citing a self-portrait by Anh Duong wearing a FoundRae necklace at the entry, hand-painted ceiling cornices, hand-blown glass sconces stamped with the brand’s iconography, gold foiled symbols covering a vintage Steinway baby grand, and original collage artwork at every turn.
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