THE LEIBER COLLECTION
In the Press
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Springs Eternal: Celebrating the Homegrown Legacy of Park and Brooks at the Leiber Collection
August 4, 2025
“The Leiber Collection is currently presenting “Charlotte Park and James Brooks: Of This Place,” an exhibition celebrating the deep connection between two Abstract Expressionist pioneers and...”
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Inside The Judith Leiber Legacy Of The World’s Most Conversation-Creating Bags
July 17, 2025
Jana Matheson, EVP, chief creative office, Judith Leiber Couture, talks craftsmanship, inspiration and the drive to innovate.
“A Judith Leiber accessory is like a beautiful recipe—a bushel of of charm, topped with a dash of... ”
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Iconic Shoe Designer Manolo Blahnik Shares an Inside Look Into His Fabulous Fashion World
September 11, 2024
“The living legend behind our most stylish shoes, Manolo Blahnik…checks in to share a glimpse into his fabulously fashionable world...FAVE HAMPTONS HAUNT: The Leiber Collection—a wonderful place for.. ”
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The Leiber Collection: My Visit To A Hidden Gem On The East End
July 29, 2024
“I recently had the magical experience of visiting The Leiber Collection in Springs, truly one of the best-kept secrets on the East End. My good friend, Ann Stewart, has been the director and curator for over 15 years, and she is an absolute wealth of information…”
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'Connie Fox and William King — Entangled' at The Leiber Collection
July 9, 2024
“The Leiber Collection will present “Connie Fox and William King — Entangled,” featuring paintings from Connie Fox’s iconic Sammy’s Beach Series, and William King’s delightful Sammy’s Beach-inspired sculptures. The show runs July 20 to August 21. William King and Connie Fox were...”
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Long Island Hopping
July 9, 2024
A road trip around the homes, archives, and collections of artists who found inspiration on Long Island, from Jackson Pollock to Judith Leiber
“Long Island, especially the East End, has been home to many artists and artist couples who were both stimulated and soothed by...”
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Bring on the Night: Christine Sciulli’s Petite Nuit Blanche at the Leiber Museum in Springs, NY
September, 2020
As we bid farewell to summer 2020, artist Christine Sciulli and Museum Director Ann Fristoe Stewart hosted a crisp evening en plein air, celebrating the exhibition “Friends in the Garden”. As night fell, a series of light projections curated by Sciulli illuminated the grounds, and the band got going.
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The Leiber Collection Reopens With Two Mesmerizing Exhibits
September 11, 2020
“It’s where art, style and nature intersect. It’s a compilation of musings and a love story emulated in physical form. The Leiber Collection reopens, health and safety precautions in place, with two exhibits that celebrate creatives Gerson and Judith Leiber’s long.…”
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Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU to launch Judith Leiber: Master Craftsman
January 13, 2020
New exhibition will celebrate the life and work of handbag visionary
“This March, Miami’s Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU will honor Holocaust survivor-turned-mega-designer Judith Leiber’s life, work and legacy with an exhibition.…”
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New Nassau County Museum of Art Exhibition Highlights All Four Seasons
December 8, 2019
“'The Seasons' at the Nassau County Museum of Art, located at 1 Museum Dr. in Roslyn, explores the creative response of artists to the spirit of the four seasons, brought to you by perennial favorite co-curators Franklin Hill Perrell and Debbie Wells of…”
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The WWII love story behind NYC’s sparkliest handbags
April 10, 2017
“If not for a war, Judith Leiber would have made lipsticks. Intent on a career in cosmetics, she’d left her native Hungary to study chemistry in London. But as Hitler’s troops advanced in the summer of 1939, her parents called her home. 'I never went back [to school],' the 96-year-old designer tells…”
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Hillary Clinton and Sex and the City Loved These Rhinestone Purses
March 30, 2017
“Handbag designer Judith Leiber’s eccentric, colorful purses have appeared on the wrists of everyone from Hillary Clinton (see this incredible cat purse) to Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw (remember the glittery swan purse Big gives Carrie in season two, instead of just telling her ‘I love you’…”
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Celebrating the creativity of Judith Leiber
March 29, 2017
“It’s a singular, sleek and decidedly luxurious statement – and yet another design that could only come from the imagination of Judith Leiber. After all, her handbag creations have included countless odes, often sparkly, to dogs and cats, pigs and fish, tigers and frogs, birds, horses, dolphins, seals…”
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Judith Leiber: All in the Bag
March 2017
"Penguins and polar bears, a watermelon slice, peppermint candy and stalks of asparagus—all have been sources of inspiration for designer Judith Leiber’s fanciful handbags. Meticulously handcrafted, often glittering with thousands of Swarovski crystals and shaped from metals, Lucite, seashells, textiles and leathers, Leiber’s creations transcend fashion…”
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Judith Leiber – A Little Luck Some Talent and a Whole lot of Rhinestones
May 19, 2011
Internationally renowned handbag designer Judith Leiber talks with Cary Berglund about the evolution of her bejeweled handbags. It is a story that starts in Nazi occupied Hungary and winds through many Hollywood red carpets.
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At home with Gerson and Judith Leiber
October 22, 2009
“A When he was approaching the age of 90 in the year 2000, American artist Will Barnet painted a portrait of Judith and Gerson (Gus) Leiber that depicted his longtime friends with an almost “American Gothic” quality. With unsmiling faces and eyes that mirror souls that have... ”
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Glittrande ankor, isbjörnar och tomater – det fick Judith Leiber att bli en stjärna bland väskdesigners
30 min - fre 11 apr kl 06.00
“Judith Leibers glittrande och fantasifulla aftonväskor har kallats för både lekfulla och surrealistiska i Salvador Dalis anda.
Väskorna som Judith Leiber skapade såg inte riktigt ut som vanliga…”