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Lunchtime Lectures: Cartier Inspiration and Innovation
This talk is part of the V&A Academy Lunchtime Lecture Series. No booking is required.
This talk will look at some of Cartier’s more inventive techniques, and the inspirations for those, through spotlighting some of the exhibition’s key items.
Helen is the Senior Jewellery Curator at the V&A and Lead Curator of Cartier, opening at the V&A on 12th April this year. She has a broad international and academic background in the gem and jewellery industry, having worked for 25 years with the trade, gemmological laboratories, museums, and auction houses across Europe and Asia. She spent ten years as a jewellery specialist for Sotheby’s and Christie’s in Geneva and London, where she handled and ran sales of global importance including the private jewellery collection of HRH The Princess Margaret in 2006.
Helen is the Senior Jewellery Curator at the V&A and Lead Curator of Cartier, opening at the V&A on 12th April this year. She has a broad international and academic background in the gem and jewellery industry, having worked for 25 years with the trade, gemmological laboratories, museums, and auction houses across Europe and Asia. She spent ten years as a jewellery specialist for Sotheby’s and Christie’s in Geneva and London, where she handled and ran sales of global importance including the private jewellery collection of HRH The Princess Margaret in 2006.
Helen has a degree in Classics from Christ Church, Oxford, is a Fellow of the Gemmological Association of Great Britain, and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in London. Her book Precious, The History and Mystery of Gems Across Time, a personal insight into the history of gemstones, was published with Penguin in Spring 2024.
