Anna Weyant, one of Gagosian’s rising stars, is set to make a strong impression at TEFAF New York next week. The gallery will present a new series of her paintings, all focused on jewelry, in a specially designed booth meant to highlight her latest work.
Weyant’s new pieces feature small, detailed images of items like pearls, gold chains, and earrings. Each object is painted with her trademark blend of playfulness and precision. Her technique, known for its illusionistic style, makes the objects appear almost real.
A key feature of these paintings is how Weyant uses light and shadow. These elements give her jewelry subjects a lifelike shine, similar to the still life paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. She also places each piece inside a brown frame, which resembles the display cases found in jewelry stores. This setup encourages viewers to not just admire the items, but to think about their meaning and value to those who wear them.
Some of the paintings include price tags. One even has a red dot sticker, suggesting that it’s been sold. These small details are a reminder that jewelry often connects to money and status. This combination of classical painting techniques with modern touches has become a signature of Weyant’s style. As she once described it in Juxtapoz magazine, her work blends “Instagram with old painting.”
Weyant first gained attention in 2019 with a solo show at 56 Henry in New York. Since then, she has built a strong following for her technical skill and for her surreal, often unsettling images. “If there’s humor in my work,” she once said, “it probably goes hand in hand with some sort of weird misery.”
Gagosian has represented Weyant since 2022. Since joining the gallery, her career—and the value of her art—has grown quickly. She has shown work in three international Gagosian exhibitions, including “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolves?” in London. In 2022, her painting Falling Woman (2020) sold at Sotheby’s New York for $1.6 million, setting a new auction record for the artist.
At TEFAF, the jewelry-themed paintings will be displayed alongside a floral still life showing a vase bursting with flowers. This painting connects visually to the floral patterns in her Daisy Necklace and Daisy Earrings works. The booth itself will have lavender-colored walls and a soft, pine-colored carpet—both chosen by Weyant—to give the space the feeling of a jewelry box.
Weyant has painted jewelry before. In 2021, she created two works that also explored this subject. More recently, she became one of the faces of Tiffany & Co.’s new HardWear collection, which launched earlier this month. Her focus on jewelry comes soon after another milestone: she painted the cover for Vogue’s December 2024 issue, showing model Kaia Gerber in a bold blue dress by Marc Jacobs.
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