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Cartier exhibition ends Sunday: Visitors praise elaborate collection, intricate designs A 2014 Cartier bracelet made using the panther motif [CARTIER] Despite being a regular weekday afternoon, the exhibition hall at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP) swarmed with visitors on June 18. The venue is currently showcasing Cartier’s luxury jewelry and timepieces in an exhibit titled "Cartier, Crystallization of Time.” "It's a rare exhibition in Korea, so I made the time to come and see it," said office worker Kang Su-won, 42.

"As an industrial design major, I found it fascinating to explore designs that reflect the architecture and technology from the Industrial Revolution to modernism." Organized by the JoongAng Ilbo, an affiliate of the Korea JoongAng Daily, and the Seoul Design Foundation, the exhibition, which ends on June 30, is seeing well over 1,000 visitors per day on weekends, and has even reached its maximum capacity of 2,000 visitors per day on occasion. The exhibition was curated by New Material Research Laboratory (NMRL).



A 1925 Cartier brooch that also functions as a belt buckle. [CARTIER] The current exhibition in Seoul is its second stop following its debut at the National Art Center in Tokyo in 2019. After opening its doors in Seoul on May 1, the number of accumulated visitors is nearing 100,000 — a feat that stands up to even French artist Michel Delacroix's blockbuster exhibition held at the Seoul Arts Center early this year.

The Delacroix exhibition surpassed .

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