Modern & Contemporary Jewelry Highlights/
Caroline Van Hoek features a unique bracelet reconstructed from a broken Suzanne Belperron cuff, reintroduced as a bracelet again. Siegelson, first-time exhibitor that is recognized by museum curators, magazine editors, and jewelry houses as a leading authority on rare jewelry, gemstones, and objects of art, showcases The Mughal Heart, a heart-shaped Golconda diamond necklace that is exceedingly pure. Diamonds of this type are some of the rarest in the world and are seldom seen today. Antonella Villanova presents a focus on contemporary Australian jewelry and object maker Robert Baines, whose works are known for their technical brilliance. Ornamentum, known for acquiring intelligent, provocative, and important works, presents jewelry by artist David Bielander that lead the observer to question material value, preciousness, and worthiness of the subject through meticulous engineering, surprising material choice, and an off-center sense of humor. At Salon 94 Design jewelry pieces

Melding Influences/
Artists and designers are inspired by both their contemporaries and the luminaries who came before them, and these influences often cross international borders. Galleria Rossella Colombari features a 1950s coffee table from the unlikely collaboration between American furniture manufacturer Singer & Sons and Italian designer and architect Gio Ponti. Gloria Cortina, at Cristina Grajales Gallery, counts among her influences the twentieth-century Mexican masters Luis Barragán and Mathias Goeritz; her Black Hawkconsole is made with native Mexican materials such as black obsidian, bronze, and purple lacquer from the cochineal, an insect found on the pads of prickly pear cacti. Demisch Danant features furniture by Jacques Dumond, who served as a liaison between an older movement of traditional interior designers and those exploring new materials and technologies as part of French modernism––his legacy is articulated as the “missing link” between the two.

Brazilian Modernism/
The fair welcomes its first exhibitor from Brazil, Mercado Moderno from Rio de Janeiro, offering the most substantial display of Brazilian modern works. Joaquim Tenreiro is widely credited as the pioneer of Brazilian modern furniture, which he translated to indigenous Brazilian hardwoods and wicker and cane; his works are on display at Mercado Moderno alongside Linha Z, Zanine Caldas, Carlos Hauner & Martin Eisler, and Rodri

Furniture by Architects/
It’s always fascinating when architects turn their attention to the details of the interior––several galleries exhibit unique furniture designs stemming from the minds of today’s architects. MANIERA commissions architects to develop limited-edition furniture series, and for Design Miami/ Basel 2017 presents furniture objects by Christ & Gantenbein and the acclaimed Swiss post-modernists Trix and Robert Hausmann. Japanese architect Sou Fujimoto’s Forest of Books at Galerie Philippe Gravier imagines a new form of library in a single systematic structure made of iron and stainless steel.

The Design Curio program returns to Basel this year, with participants to be announced.

2017 Gallery Program/ ammann//gallery/ Cologne Caroline Van Hoek/ Brussels Carpenters Workshop Gallery/ Paris, London & New York Casati Gallery/ Chicago Chamber/ New York Cristina Grajales Gallery/ New York Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery/ Copenhagen & Paris Demisch Danant/ New York Erastudio Apartment-Gallery/ Milan Etage Projects/ Copenhagen Friedman Benda/ New York Galerie Alain Marcelpoil/ Paris Galerie Eric Philippe/ Paris Galerie Jacques Lacoste/ Paris Galerie kreo/ Paris & London Galerie Maria Wettergren/ Paris Galerie Matthieu Richard/ Paris Galerie Pascal Cuisinier/ Paris Galerie Patrick Seguin/ Paris & London Galerie Philippe Gravier/ Paris Galerie VIVID/ Rotterdam Galeria Antonella Villanova/ Florence Galleria Rossella Colombari/ Milan Galleri Feldt/ Copenhagen Gallery ALL/ Los Angeles & Beijing Gallery FUMI/ London Gate 5/ Monaco Giustini/Stagetti Galleria O. Roma/ Rome Heritage Gallery/ Moscow Hostler Burrows/ New York Jousse Entreprise/ Paris LAFFANOUR - Galerie Downtown/ Paris Magen H. Gallery/ New York MANIERA/ Brussels Marc Heiremans/ Brussels Mercado Moderno/ Rio de Janeiro Nilufar Gallery/ Milan Ornamentum/ Hudson Pierre Marie Giraud/ Brussels R & Company/ New York Robert Zehil Gallery/ Monte Carlo Salon 94/ New York Sarah Myerscough Gallery/ London Siegelson/ New York Thomas Fritsch - ARTRIUM/ Paris Todd Merrill Studio/ New York Victor Hunt Designart Dealer/ Brussels