October 2026

(Left to right) Aaron Decker and Emily Banas

AJF Live: Aaron Decker and Emily Banas on Collecting with Purpose at the RISD Museum

How do museum purchases shape collections along with artists’ careers? Join jeweler and enamelist Aaron Decker and Emily Banas, Associate Curator, Decorative Arts and Design at the RISD Museum, for a conversation about the philosophy and practical decisions behind acquiring contemporary jewelry. Drawing on acquisitions Banas has made for the museum, they will explore how

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Melanie Denis, Vierge Reliquary for an Impossible Mother II, 2026, brooch in sterling silver, steel, brass, plastic, Plexiglas, photography, ink, silk, recycled fantasy jewel, relic, 180 x 80 x 20 mm, photo: Madison Hoffman and Auriele Gould

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October 2026, Part 2 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase

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Brooke Marks-Swanson, Rows of White Landscape

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October 2026 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share all jewelry news. If you’re a member of AJF, you may add news and ideas to this bi-monthly report by submitting here. If you aren’t a member, but would like to become one, join AJF here. Some of the news items below have no accompanying images. AJF

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Karin Seufert, Necklace 539, 2026, in PVC, thread, 280 x 125 x 12 mm, photo: Karin Seufert/Four

On Offer

October 2026, Part 1 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase

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