New York's Museum of Arts and Design showing jewellery by world-famous artists

Almost 200 one-of-a-kind and limited-edition jewellery pieces feature in a new exhibition at New York's Museum of Arts and Design.

They include an enamel black-and-white brooch by Roy Lichtenstein that recalls his pop art designs, and a bold gilt-painted necklace twisted into a bowtie by Frank Stella inspired by his sculptural forms and reliefs.

“Picasso to Koons: Artist as Jeweler” features bold, whimsical and even wacky creations, all conceived to be worn, by some of the most noted artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, the Associated Press reported.

Borrowed from private collections, the show features jewellery by 135 artists, including Georges Braque, Max Ernst, Alexander Calder, Salvador Dali and Man Ray.

“These miniature works of art also give many artists the opportunity to test their practical ability and to confront unprecedented constraints,” Diane Venet, the exhibition’s guest curator, wrote in a fully-illustrated book that accompanies the exhibition.