A monumental golden serpent rose from New York’s High Line for the launch of Bulgari’s five new Serpenti high-jewelry creations. Titled auruBOROS—Urban Memory and Collective Dream, the installation by Berlin-based art duo Plastique Fantastique brought the maison’s emblem to an architectural scale, forming the public centerpiece of Serpenti Infinito New York. The setting, its unveiling graced by maison muses Anne Hathaway and Dua Lipa, reflected the ideas behind the jewels themselves. Jackson Pollock’s fluid marks, Jasper Johns’s American flag, the geometry of Miami Beach, and the spiral of New York’s Guggenheim Museum rarely appear in the same conversation. Bulgari brings them together through its most recognizable motif: the serpent. Unveiled earlier this month, the five one-of-a-kind pieces interpret American art and architecture through gold, diamonds, coral, tanzanite, amethyst, aquamarine, rubellite, and spinel. Each retains the coiled form and vivid use of color associated with Serpenti while translating a distinct part..
