20-26 OCTOBER
BEYOND THE FREEPORT
A Conversation Piece operates as an interface to cultural heritage no longer accessible to the public.
Its unique ID and QR code link directly to the work, its provenance and the historical context from which it has become detached.
Fashion becomes the public field in which these connections circulate again.
Beyond the Freeport extends the interface into an immersive environment, where dispersed works, provenance and historical context are brought together to recover the larger historical narrative.
The accessory shifts from brand identification to cultural access.
Blog
Christina van Lotharingen (1565–1637)
HISTORICAL BLOG · ART HISTORY · WOMEN AND PATRONAGE Christina of Lorraine The Woman Behind the Medici Court — Art, Power and the Making of Cultural History The history of...
NOLA HATTERMAN
Summary Nola Hatterman (1899–1984) was a Dutch-Surinamese artist whose work connected portraiture, colonial history, Black representation and art education. Her oeuvre is now dispersed across museums, private collections and unknown...
Barbara Kruger The Image That Speaks Back
Barbara Kruger does not make images that want to be viewed quietly. Her work speaks back. It interrupts, corrects, accuses, questions, refuses and forces the viewer to take a position....
CHRISTINA OF LORRAINE
Extravagance with influence.
The extravagant style and cultural influence of Christina of Lorraine inspired the latest collection, CONVERSATION PIECES — FRAGMENTS OF HISTORY, presented during Milano Jewelry Week 2026.
At the Medici court, Christina of Lorraine used fashion, jewellery and patronage to open doors for extraordinary talent.
From status to statement.
CONVERSATION PIECES reinterprets Renaissance extravagance as a contemporary language of art and cultural access.
Patronage beyond privilege.
GUARDIAN ANGEL makes exceptional design something to wear, share and pass on.