The Dandelion Chandelier Luxury Calendar for Fashion and Design highlights notable events in the world of auctions, antiques, art fairs, gallery shows, design shows, fashion and beauty around the globe in November 2018. For the rest of the Luxury Calendar, click here.
If you haven’t kicked off your holiday shopping yet, we hope that November’s Fashion and Design calendar will get you in the mood to get started. This month is filled with chic art shows like Artissima and London Art Week, new product launches like the debut of H&M x Moschino and Rachel Minkoff sunglasses and the World Architecture Festival to get your creative and gift-giving juices flowing. So far, our top pick for gift inspiration is the Pink Legacy Diamond up for auction at Christie’s. Are you listening, Santa?
The Pink Legacy Diamond up for auction at Christie’s on November 13
Art Shows
Nearly two hundred galleries from around the world participate in the contemporary art fair, Artissima every year. In addition to the fair, Artissima is also composed of four art sections, headed by a board of international curators and museum directors, devoted to emerging artists, drawings and rediscovering the great pioneers of contemporary art and to the sound projects – Nov 2 – 4
The 22nd edition of the Paris Photo Fair at the Grand Palais will see 200 exhibitors from around the world presenting photographic works from the 19th century to today – Nov 8 – 11
The Salon Art and Design at the Park Avenue Armory in New York will host galleries showing historical, modern and contemporary art and design – Nov 8 – 12
Held at the Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Art021 attracts international arts professionals and top galleries from around the world; the West Bund Art & Design show runs concurrently in Shanghai – Nov 9 – 11
Abu Dhabi Art is a platform for international modern and contemporary art and public programs – Nov 14 – 17
Art Duesseldorf will take place at the Areal Böhler, a former factory complex now providing light-filled long corridors – Nov 16 – 18
From ancient sculptures to old master drawings and post impressionist paintings, London Art Week offers visitors the chance to see, and buy, extraordinary works – Nov 29 – Dec 7
Design Conferences and Events
The KIKK Festival is a mix of technology, visual arts, music, architecture, design and interactive media; the 8th edition of the event will be held in Namur, Belgium – Nov 1 – 4
SOFA CHICAGO (Sculpture Objects Functional Art and Design) at the Navy Pier in Chicago is the city’s longest continuously running art fair and the world’s foremost fair dedicated to masterworks of contemporary art and design in all media – Nov 1 – 4
The world’s preeminent ideas festival returns to LA. The Summit conference requires an application and approval to attend; it draws professionals from the worlds of sports, journalism and film to discuss the creative process – Nov 2 – 5
Lima Design Week serves as a platform to integrate art, culture and different manifestations of design with activities in different points of the city of Lima – Nov 7 – 19
The Salone del Mobile.Milano Shanghai at the Shanghai Exhibition Center is in its 3rd year of bringing the best Italian brands and design to the Chinese market – Nov 22 – 24
World Architecture Festival moves to Amsterdam this year. The program centers around the awards, which are decided following a series of open crits and culminates in a gala dinner where the coveted World Building of the Year prize is announced – Nov 28 – 30
Taking place alongside the World Architecture Festival, the Inside Festival celebrates the year’s best interior design projects – Nov 28 – 30
Auctions and Antiques
Phillips is hosting a Geneva Watch Auction – Nov 10 – 11
Christie’s hosts 20th Century Week in New York featuring masterpieces by Hockney, Pissarro, Rothko, Monet, Bacon and Rodin as well as esteemed collections, including An American Place: The Barney A. Ebsworth Collection, the Collection of A. Jerrold Perenchio and Property from the Collection of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson – Nov 11 – 16
Sotheby’s will present Panerai: the Prototypes, a sale of three unique prototypes from luxury Italian watchmaker Panerai. Leading the sale is the exclusive prototype for the forthcoming Panerai LAB-ID, a new Special Edition of just 50 pieces – Nov 12 – 19
Christie’s Magnificent Jewels auction will offer over 300 exceptional jewels and designs. The Pink Legacy – an 18.96 carat Fancy Vivid Pink diamond – is leading the auction and will be offered alongside other incomparable diamonds, gemstones and pearls – Nov 13
Sotheby’s Magnificent Jewels and Noble Jewels auction in Geneva will begin with “Royal Jewels from the Bourbon-Parma Family,” featuring gems from a clan linked to several ruling families of Europe, including the Bourbons and the Habsburgs – Nov 14-15
Sotheby’s Magnificent and Noble Jewels Auction in Geneva, Switzerland
In 2007 Sotheby’s sold the art collection of two of Russia’s greatest musical legends, Slava Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. This month Sotheby’s will auction their private collection of jewellery, furniture, musical instruments and Russian works of art – Nov 27 – 28
Fashion
Milliner Jessica Leone has partnered with Anine Bing on a three-piece capsule collection of Cali-chic wide-brimmed hats perfect for fall
Bulgari: The Perfume of Gems ($150) is a book on Bulgari’s luxury line of fragrances exploring the intimate bonds that connect Rome, the gem roads, and the world of perfumes – Nov 6
H&Moschino debuts in H&M stores – Nov 8
Join Christie’s Education for The Art of Fashion where you will learn about the market for fashion, design history, and what makes fashion collectible. The morning will begin with a lecture from Kate Betts, journalist and author followed by exclusive visits to the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute’s Collections and Conservation Lab and the Hervé Pierre Atelier – Nov 9
An artisanal craft that has largely disappeared from the United States, Jack Reiss is one of the last remaining Diamond Cutting offices employing a team of diamond cutters experienced in the nuances of the investment level diamond including the Antique Style cushion cut diamond beloved by designers around the globe. Jack Reiss is offering An Inside Look Tour as part of NYC Jewelry Week – Nov 11 and 18
What is jewelry? Why do we wear it? What meanings does it carry? Traversing time and space, Jewelry: The Body Transformed at the MET explores how jewelry acts upon and activates the body it adorns – Nov 12 – Feb 24
Join author Michèle Gerber Klein and MFIT Director Valerie Steele as they discuss Klein’s new biography Charles James: Portrait of a an Unreasonable Man: Fame, Fashion, Art at the Museum at FIT – Nov 14
The black-tie Guggenheim International Gala will be sponsored this year by Dior; the pre-party the night before will feature musical guest Jorja Smith and there’ll be after-hours access to the exhibition Hilma af Klint: Paintings for the Future. – Nov 14 and 15
The annual Guggenheim International Gala, New York City
The Denver Art Museum in Colorado will host the first major US retrospective of French luxury fashion house Christian Dior. The exhibition, Dior: From Paris to the World, will highlight 70 years of the maison’s history, focusing on iconic designs from Christian Dior himself through to Dior’s current artistic director, Maria Grazia Chiuri – Nov 18 – Mar 3
The Cartier Collection: Jewelry ($425) is a lavish two-volume slipcased work is a publishing event for the quality of its design, full-size reproductions, extensive documentation, and illustrated chronology and index – Nov 20
Rebecca Minkoff has launched her first line of sunglasses
Taking place at City Walk Dubai is Arab Fashion Week. The event is the official fashion week in Dubai representing the 22 Arab countries – Nov 21 – 28
At this year’s Le Bal des Débutantes in Paris, the contingent from America being introduced to international society — sporting couture gowns, of course — includes billionaire David Koch’s daughter Mary Julia, actor Forest Whitaker’s 20-year-old daughter True, and 101-year-old architect I.M. Pei’s granddaughter Anna – Nov 24
Le Bal des Debutantes, Paris
Moncler Genius ($125) presents the Moncler Genius collections and pushes the limit of the physical book in terms of finishing, binding and experience. Founded in 1952 near Grenoble, in the heart of the French Alps, the Moncler Italian luxury outerwear brand marrys the extreme demands of nature with those of city life – Nov 25
The UNICEF Snowflake Ball, an annual black-tie gala, will be held this year at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street; Sir Ringo Starr will receive an award, and there will a special performance by Sheryl Crow – Nov 27
The UNICEF Snowflake Ball at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City
How to Slay author Constance White will join Dr. Valerie Steele at FIT to discuss the influence of black style on today’s fashion vernacular, drawing on striking images of trendsetters from Josephine Baker to Michelle Obama, Rihanna, and Pharrell Williams – Nov 27
Looking for some bright and colorful socks to fend off the winter blues? Look no further than Happy Socks x Andy Warhol
Dior by Roger Vivier ($85) is a celebration of the collaboration between two design legends, Christian Dior and Roger Vivier, spotlighting vintage shoes of luxurious glamour – Nov 27
Rag & Bone alum Lauren Bucquet has launched her own footwear line, Labucq, filled with revamped classics
VOICES, the Business of Fashion’s annual invitation-only conference, will take place in Oxfordshire at the Soho Farmhouse; speakers will include Stella McCartney, Alber Elbaz and Riz Ahmed – Nov 28 – 30
Lululemon has partnered up with the Royal Ballet’s principal Francesca Hayward for a Royal Ballet Collection of effortless dancer off-duty essentials – no studio time required.
See other November 2018 Events:
— Travel
— The Arts
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