We recorded our Munich 2026 Speaker Series and will upload the videos soon—stay tuned!

When the videos post, we'll announce it in our newsletter and on social media. They will include:

• Aaron Decker, Call It a Niche
The American jeweler asks, is art jewelry just another niche, and if so, what does it serve?
• Elena Karpilova, To Climb Up a Ladder
The educator, artist, and writer from Belarus/Portugal reflects on how to see the contemporary jewelry scene in a broader context—and why we all need, from time to time, to climb up a ladder so that the “furrows” in the ground, when viewed from above, turn into meaningful shapes.
• Roberta Bernabei, Re-Conceptualizing [Dis]obedient Jewelry Material Agency and the Disruption of Normative Expectations
The Italian-British editor of JJR reframes jewelry as (dis)obedient bodymatter—an active agent rather than a passively worn object.
• Kevin Murray, Re-Wilding Jewelry: Contemporary Adornment for the “More than Human”
The Australian editor of Garland magazine poses the question: What does it mean to make jewelry for the "more than human"?
• Mette Saabye, Jewelry Dialogues
The Danish maker and curator examines jewelry as a language for entering into dialogue with people.
• Paul Derrez, Jewelry: Beauty or Activism?
The Dutch maker and gallerist asks what do we make, collect, or wear—which choices do we make?
• Susan Cummins presents the new book Marzee
AJF's founder on Damian Skinner's new publication about the Dutch gallery, the passionate dealer who drives it, and her collection. 
• Mike Holmes, William Clark Jewelry: Lost & Found
The American gallerist asks, “What happens to jewelry once it has been released into the world? Hopefully it gets loved and worn, but many times it ends up forgotten in a drawer and sometimes lost for years …  waiting to be found.”
• Caroline Broadhead, Rebellious Beads
The English artist and educator considers the bead. Just a small object with a hole, it can nevertheless convey so much social information, hold narrative, and be used for exchange and religious ritual.
• Cindi Strauss, Flashpoint: Contemporary Jewelry in the Museum
The field of contemporary jewelry consistently debates its lack of sustained presence in the encyclopedic museum. Why isn’t the work shown more often in meaningful ways? The American curator discusses the challenges and opportunities for change.
• Françoise van den Bosch Foundation in Conversation with AJF: Awards
Stef Fedor, executive director of AJF, and Vanessa de Gruijter, chair of the Françoise van den Bosch Foundation, talk about their respective awards and how they aim to support artists through them. A common thread is Noon Passama, recipient of the AJF Emerging Artist Award in 2012 and current Françoise van den Bosch Award winner. Moderated by Astrid Ubbink.
• Veronika Fabian, Is It Worth It?
The Hungarian-British maker examines the shifting contemporary jewelry landscape through the lens of a former market analyst.
• Keith Lewis, Partly Miscible: My Uneasy Relationship with European Studio Jewelry
With tongue firmly in cheek, the American jeweler reflects on what he finds both interesting and irritating about European-influenced studio jewelry.
• Tanel Veenre, Beauty as a Simulacrum, the Artist as a Fraudster
The Estonian artist introduces some of the world’s greatest manipulators and illusionists in the field of jewelry art. The artist as a fraudster, a trickster—not in order to deceive us, but to show how easily we believe.
• Dirk Allgaier, Thoughts on Jewelry and International Women’s Day on March 8: Three Impressive Female Artists from the Last 100 Years
On International Women's Day, the German publisher of fine craft books spotlights jewelry by three female artists. 

Watch the recordings of AJF's Speaker Series 2025
This fascinating series, which featured 16 talks over five days, took place from March 12–16, 2025, in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art Publishers at Munich's Messe. You'll find the recordings below.

The speakers included makers, collectors, curators, educators, and gallerists:
• Otto Künzli
• Liesbeth den Besten
• Khanya Mthethwa
• Chequita Nahar
• Ellen Maurer Zilioli
• Deedie Rose and Sarah Schleuning
• Geraldine Fenn
• Christoph Zellweger
• matt lambert
• Susan Lewin
• Jorunn Veiteberg
• Evert Nijland
• Mònica Gaspar and Patricia Domingues
• Ilaria Ruggiero
• Marta Costa Reis
• Atty Tantivit