Philippine Leroy Beaulieu at “Pomellato, Le joaillier révolutionnaire” exhibition in Paris

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Key Highlights

• POMELLATO’s exhibition “Pomellato, Le joaillier révolutionnaire” is staged at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and curated by Alba Cappellieri.
• Global Ambassador Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu describes the maison’s revolution as rooted in inner freedom and the empowerment of women.
• The exhibition retraces POMELLATO’s full history, including collaborations with iconic photographers and the creation of signature jewellery pieces.
• POMELLATO was founded in Milan in 1967, and its identity has consistently centred on an image of independent, empowered women.
• The retrospective frames POMELLATO’s approach as a “quiet revolution” — one that unfolded gradually but has since become a defining hallmark of the maison.

A Milanese Maison Takes Paris

Since its founding in Milan in 1967, POMELLATO has occupied a distinct position among fine jewellery maisons — one defined not by ceremony or convention, but by a quietly insistent vision of feminine independence. That vision now commands the walls of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, one of the French capital’s most culturally charged contemporary art venues. The exhibition, titled “Pomellato, Le joaillier révolutionnaire,” is curated by Alba Cappellieri and offers a comprehensive retrospective of the maison’s creative history.

The choice of the Palais de Tokyo as the setting is itself a statement. It signals that POMELLATO’s story is not simply one of craftsmanship — though craftsmanship runs through every object on display — but of cultural meaning. The maison has long worked with photographers whose imagery shaped how its jewellery was perceived, and this exhibition draws those visual narratives together into a single, coherent arc. For visitors, the result is a rare opportunity to read a jewellery house not as a catalogue of objects, but as an evolving philosophy.

At the heart of the exhibition is the idea that revolution need not be loud to be transformative. POMELLATO’s particular revolution, as articulated by those closest to the brand, took years to become visible — and in becoming visible, it became something approaching self-evident. That slow accumulation of meaning is precisely what the Palais de Tokyo retrospective sets out to document and celebrate.

Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu on Revolution and Inner Freedom

As Global Ambassador for POMELLATO, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu brings both personal conviction and public profile to the maison’s message. Her reflection at the Palais de Tokyo cuts to the philosophical core of what the brand has long stood for. Revolution, in her framing, is not a rupture or a spectacle — it is something deep and profound, connected above all to inner freedom and to the kind of freedom one brings into the world.

This interpretation aligns with POMELLATO’s own founding sensibility. From the outset, the Milan-born maison built its identity around women who were not defined by inherited social codes, but who wore jewellery as an expression of their own autonomy. Leroy-Beaulieu’s presence at the exhibition reinforces that continuity: the same values that shaped the maison in 1967 remain its animating spirit nearly six decades later.

Her words at the Palais de Tokyo also underline the role that jewellery can play beyond ornamentation. Iconic pieces, she suggests, offer strength — not just to women, but to people more broadly. It is a generous reading of what fine jewellery can do, and one that POMELLATO has consistently made its own. For those familiar with the maison’s trajectory, her remarks feel less like endorsement and more like testimony.

The Exhibition: Archival Depth and Iconic Pieces

Curated by Alba Cappellieri, “Pomellato, Le joaillier révolutionnaire” is structured as a journey through the maison’s history, encompassing both its creative collaborations and its most celebrated jewellery. The exhibition draws on POMELLATO’s archive of partnerships with notable photographers, whose images gave the brand’s aesthetic a visual language that extended well beyond the jewellery itself. This dual focus — on objects and on their cultural framing — gives the show an unusual richness.

The retrospective also highlights the longevity of POMELLATO’s iconic pieces, works that have accumulated meaning over time rather than seeking immediate impact. This is consistent with the maison’s broader philosophy: a quiet, sustained commitment to a particular idea of femininity that was neither fashionable nor unfashionable, but simply its own. Visitors to the Palais de Tokyo encounter a maison that has never needed to reinvent itself because its original vision has proven durable enough to carry forward. For fine jewellery enthusiasts — including the growing community of collectors across the GCC who look to Paris and Milan as the twin poles of high jewellery culture — this exhibition offers an authoritative entry point into POMELLATO’s world. Houses such as VAN CLEEF & ARPELS and CHAUMET have similarly staged major retrospectives that resonate with regional collectors, and POMELLATO’s Palais de Tokyo moment belongs in that same conversation. Full details of the exhibition and the maison’s current collections are available on the official POMELLATO website.

Why It Matters

For luxury jewellery enthusiasts and collectors across the GCC, the “Pomellato, Le joaillier révolutionnaire” exhibition in Paris represents a compelling reason to look more closely at a maison whose values — independence, empowerment, quiet confidence — resonate strongly in a region where fine jewellery carries deep personal and cultural significance. POMELLATO’s founding in Milan in 1967 and its sustained creative vision make it a house whose archive rewards serious attention, and this retrospective at the Palais de Tokyo is the most authoritative presentation of that archive to date.

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