When Nirav Modi first visited the Biennale in 2014, he was immediately struck by the idea of exhibiting his own collection beneath the hallowed glass dome of Paris' Grand Palais. "I thought it was a great place to show high jewels," says the Mumbai-based designer.
Jewellery, and more specifically diamonds, run in Mr Modi's blood. He is a third-generation diamantaire, whose international upbringing - he was born in Mumbai and raised in Antwerp - lends his jewellery a seductive east-meets-west air.