Left: Temptation strikes in Bulgari’s Serpenti Forever cross-body bag, beautifully crafted from textured metallic-mint karung leather and accented with a snakehead closure featuring black and white enamel and piercing green malachite eyes.

Right: Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Room transports visitors into a surreal abyss of silver spheres and mirrored columns illuminated by the glowing green of LED lights. Two of these cosmic installations are slated for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden later this year.

Left: Channeling the natural beauty of the Mediterranean, Breguet’s Marine Haute Joaillerie Poseidonia timepiece re-creates undulating blades of seagrass using sapphires, amethysts, tsavorites, and diamonds, which are set in a Tahitian mother-of-pearl face; additional baguette-cut diamonds evoke the shimmer of sunlight dancing upon the water.

Right: Alma Woodsey Thomas’s kaleidoscopic Iris, Tulips, Jonquils, and Crocuses (1969), included in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, exemplifies the groundbreaking Abstract Expressionist’s talent for reimagining shapes and colors.

Left: From the brand celebrated as the originator of the cultured pearl, the Jeux de Rubans necklace by Mikimoto features a collar of classic Akoya pearls that is tied with a dainty ribbon of 18K white gold and diamonds.

Right: Housed at the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, the oil-on-canvas Infanta Isabel Clara Eugenia (1579) by Alonso Sánchez Coello depicts the Archduchess of Austria in a jewel-encrusted dress and a regal pose that belies her youthful age and foreshadows her powerful ascension.

Left: The kinetic lines of the antique-brass-finish iron Estero sconce by Arteriors cast a dynamic interplay of shadow and light.

Right: Brice Marden’s The Sisters (1991–93), now on view at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s ongoing exhibition “Approaching American Abstraction,” which features other works from the Doris and Donald Fisher Collection, leaps off the canvas with the artist’s unique gestural painting style.

Left: Inspired by science fiction and virtual reality, contemporary artist Jess Johnson created Psy Zetta Terra (2018), a psychedelic work on paper, for the Los Angeles–based video and performance collective Everything Is Terrible. Her work is currently on view at the Dowse Art Museum in New Zealand, through March 21, 2021.

Right: For Dior’s 2021 resort show, creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri combined traditional arts and crafts and festive decoration with mythical folklore to convey the exuberant spirit of Puglia, Italy.

Left: The breathtaking beauty of the snowcapped Swiss Alps served as the inspiration for Chopard’s dazzling new Alpine Eagle Frozen timepiece, sparkling with 765 pavé diamonds set in 18K white gold.

Right: Leo Villareal’s fascination with technology guides the artist’s practice of translating pixels and binary code into captivating LED lighting installations such as Ellipse (2017).

Left: Ian Davenport’s four Diagonals (2019) etchings showcase the virtuoso of abstraction’s meticulous arrangements of color in mesmerizing fluid lines. Ten of the British artist’s hypnotic paintings will be on view at Kasmin Gallery from November through January 2021.

Right: In order to construct the prismatic Modern Swirl hand-knotted Tibetan wool rug, which was conceived by British fashion designer Paul Smith for the Rug Company, the dye master works for 12 hours to perfect each of the 32 vibrant colors.

Left: Fendi Casa’s geometric Boogie cocktail and side tables architecturally combine panels of Calacatta Gold marble and ultramarine-blue glass in a sleek bronze-finish steel frame.

Right: Sam Moyer’s Doors for Doris (2020) symbolizes New York’s melting pot culture by fusing indigenous rock with recycled marble sourced from around the world. The monumental three-part sculpture, presented by the Public Art Fund, will be on view at Doris C. Freedman Plaza in Manhattan until September 2021.