Bvlgari Kaleidos Opens at Shanghai's Power Station of Art
The exhibition Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures and Crafts has launched at the Power Station of Art in Shanghai, marking China's inaugural public contemporary art museum. Following its 2021 debut in Seoul and a planned 2025 display in Tokyo, this showcase presents over 300 exquisite jewelry pieces from Bvlgari alongside new works by Chinese artists Liang Manqi and Zhang Ding. The exhibition is divided into three segments: The Science of Colors, Color Symbolism, and The Power of Light. Notable pieces include a necklace from 1991, a gold and platinum necklace from 1960, a sautoir from 1973, and a gold horse-head brooch circa 1977. Gislain Aucremanne, Bvlgari Heritage Curator Director, highlighted the immersive experience of color. This article was originally published in Canvas 124: Prismatic.
Key facts
- Bvlgari Kaleidos: Colors, Cultures and Crafts opens at Shanghai's Power Station of Art, mainland China's first public contemporary art museum.
- The exhibition features more than 300 jewellery masterpieces from the Bvlgari High Jewellery collections, Bvlgari Heritage Collection, and private Italian and Chinese collections.
- Immersive scenography is created by architectural studios SANAA and Formafantasma.
- The exhibition unfolds across three chapters: The Science of Colors, Color Symbolism and The Power of Light.
- Chinese contemporary artists Liang Manqi and Zhang Ding contribute installations, including Boundless Synesthesia and The Form of Light.
- The 2025 Tokyo presentation at the National Art Center was Bvlgari's first exhibition in Japan in a decade and its largest ever in the country.
- A 1973 sautoir with jadeite jade, coral, onyx and diamonds from the Bvlgari Heritage Collection is exhibited for the first time.
- Gislain Aucremanne is Bvlgari Heritage Curator Director.
Entities
Artists
- Sotirio Bvlgari
- Gislain Aucremanne
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Michel-Eugène Chevreul
- Liang Manqi
- Zhang Ding
- Matthieu Lavanchy
Institutions
- Bvlgari
- Fondazione Bvlgari
- Power Station of Art
- Hangaram Design Museum
- National Art Center
- SANAA
- Formafantasma
- Canvas
Locations
- Rome
- Italy
- Shanghai
- China
- Seoul
- South Korea
- Tokyo
- Japan
- India