Mill Valley, California, USA—Flush with the glow of a successful Kickstarter campaign, Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is dashing off to Munich to debut its latest publication, Shows and Tales—On Jewelry Exhibition-Making, at internationally renowned annual art jewelry fair Schmuck. This title is the fourth in a steadily growing list produced by AJF, the global nonprofit
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AJF asked the five young Artist Award finalists to give us their thoughts on the future of the field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. This is the third of five interviews, including one with Seulgi Kwon, the winner of this year’s award. For this, the 14th annual AJF
From January 13–March 29, 2015, the Viennese public has the opportunity to see two rare exhibitions of contemporary jewelry in its city. Both exhibitions take place at MAK under the title Schmuck 1970–2015 and include a retrospective of Fritz Maierhofer’s work of the last 45 years and also an overview of the Heidi and Karl
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Attai Chen, Untitled, 2014, necklace, paper, coal, paint, glue, oxidised silver, 300 x 240 x 60 mm, photo: Roni Cnaani Seulgi Kwon, Deep in the Night 1, 2014, brooch, silicone, pigment, thread, glass, 180 x 170 x 60 mm, photo: artist Judged on the basis of the entry’s originality, depth of concept, and quality of
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Recently, Eveline Holsappel, curator at the Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands, put together an exhibition of contemporary and fashion jewelry and accessories focused on what artists are doing with taxidermy. It is called Beauty of the Beast and for more about the show see the AJF review. The exhibition includes the work of Merel Bekking,
