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06/02/2025

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By Art Jewelry Forum

June 2025, Part 1

Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share the news that members of our community find noteworthy. Is something missing? The success of this compilation of compelling events, news, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF at the Silver level or above, you can add news and ideas to this bi-monthly report by going here. If you aren’t a member, but would like to become one, join AJF here.

FEAST: CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY FROM THE SUSAN BEECH COLLECTION
Tour the home of the American collector. Since 1991, Beech has transformed her house into an extraordinary environment in which her extensive jewelry collection interacts with craft and fine art, all against a backdrop of Art Deco glamour. Beauty is entwined with darker forces of death and decay, and glimpses of pleasure nod to the surreal and uncanny. Purchase your copy in AJF’s bookstore.

AJF TRAVELS TO DALLAS NOVEMBER 6–8, 2025
You’re invited! Get exclusive access to the opening celebration of the important exhibition Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art, and enjoy a private tour with the curator. We’ll also visit the magnificent home of prominent collector Deedie Rose to see the reinstallation of her private collection, and enjoy dinner on the grounds. This trip will also shine a light on the exciting world of contemporary art in Fort Worth. Open to Silver+ members, with priority invitation for Gold+ members. More.

FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Find listings from around the world on our dedicated exhibition page.

EVENTS
We have a dedicated page for them. Go here to see the list.

FROM OUR MEMBERS

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POND—OPENS JUNE 7 AT JEWELERS’WERK GALERIE
Sarah Pulvertaft uses traditional jewelry techniques in silver and gold, combining repeated articulated and kinetic elements to form subtle, undulating surfaces and patterns. Sian Evans’s academic research reflects her lifelong interests in archeology, geology, environment, ethics, technology, and process. Her work embodies ancient aesthetics while being a contemporary conversation with jewelry and its archetypes. Each artist’s work complements the other. Opening reception June 7, 12–4 p.m. Guest-curated by Heather Guidero, the show runs through July 25, 2025. More.

CALL FOR ENTRY
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase your work in Cyprus and meet fellow artists, while delving into the cultural scene of Nicosia. Whether you’re a jeweler, a ceramist, or a maker of objects, show off your creations!! Info.

HOLY SHIT: ART ON A CHANGING LANDSCAPE
June 9–November 30, 2025, at CODA Museum, artists reflect on the nitrogen crisis. Works by Beppe Kessler, Milah van Zuilen, and Jeroen Jongeleen, alongside others from CODA’s collection, make visible and tangible the impact of the nitrogen crisis on the environment in a compelling and often poetic reflection on an urgent ecological challenge. In the jewelry series Holy Shit, Kessler combines rabbit droppings—a symbol of organic waste—with pearls. Though seemingly unrelated, both materials are natural by-products, formed through distinct but equally organic processes. Inspired by images of farmers angrily spreading manure on motorways, this series raises questions about value, impermanence, and the cycles of nature. More.

THE EARRING SHOW OPENS JUNE 7
This collaboration between the MASSC and the Orange County Fine Arts Association celebrates the rich and diverse art form of the earring. The only criterion was that all entries must be wearable. More.

LE PICNIC—AT GALERIE NOEL GUYOMARC’H
Aurélie Guillaume celebrates the poetry of simple moments, capturing everyday snapshots filled with lightness and innocence. In a world where everything is accelerating and becoming heavier, she invites us to pause—a tender, counter-current gesture. Her enamel objects, including centerpieces and tableware sets, speak of shared meals, fleeting memories, and imagined stories. With vibrant color, soft light, and whimsical forms, she constructs a refuge—an intimate world rooted in the poetry of the ordinary. June 7–July 12, 2025; opening reception June 7, 1–5 p.m. More.

MOBILIA GALLERY SPOTLIGHTS JEWELRY BY ANDO YASUHIRO
The maker’s technical skills are evident in his vivid, sculptural jewelry. The prize-winning artist uses multiple linear elements to create bold, transparent, sculptural forms, often embellished with iridescent, luminous, glowing colors. Yasuhiro works slowly and with intention to combine traditional metalsmithing techniques with new experimental designs that are dynamic, lightweight, and wearable. More.

HELEN BRITTON: THE STORY SO FAR
Releasing in July, this book covers 40+ years of Britton’s multidisciplinary practice and presents her extraordinary, often colorful and playful works. They evoke childhood memories while also addressing darker aspects of life, leaving viewers to ultimately find their own meaning within them. Published in conjunction with the Australian Design Centre’s Living Treasure: Masters of Australian Craft award. More.

JEWELRY GETS A PLACE IN ART HISTORY
The book Beyond Adornment, by Yvonne J. Markowitz, jewelry curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Susanne Gänsicke, senior conservator of Antiquities at the Getty Museum, explores what depictions of jewelry in art—from Charlemagne to Frida Kahlo—say about adornment, artists, and their subjects. Go here for a write-up.

RECORDINGS OF SMG EMERGING ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES ARE ONLINE
Two of the Seattle Metals Guild’s 2025 talks are on YouTube. The recording featuring speakers Carin Jones, Grant Turner, and Wyatt Nestor-Pasicznyk is here. The one with Ayesha Mohyuddin, Molly Shulman, and Yifei Kong is here.

OTHER NEWS

JOYCE J. SCOTT RECEIVES HONORARY DOCTORATE FROM UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE
The artist, along with Maryland First Lady Dawn Moore, was a keynote speaker at University of Baltimore’s Spring Commencement Ceremonies, on May 21, 2025. This, Scott’s fourth honorary doctorate, is a testament to her profound impact on the arts and culture. The Maryland Institute College of Art, California College of the Arts, and Johns Hopkins University have also bestowed degrees on her.

NEW IRANIAN JEWELRY
See recent jewelry by three makers represented by Tehran’s Aria Gallery, and find out what they’re expressing through their work. Go here for the article published in Garland.

SIGURD BRONGER: WEARABLES WINS CERTIFICATE OF TYPOGRAPHIC EXCELLENCE
The Type Directors Club award is all about how letterforms are used and drawn, recognizing typographic excellence and celebrating new typeface designs in all global languages. The book shows Bronger’s work, which elevates goose eggs, natural sponges, packaging, balloons featuring smileys, shoe soles, scientific gauges, even gallstones into jewelry. The Norwegian artist’s “portable objects” are turned into wearables by means of artful hanging mechanisms. The questions Bronger poses with his works relate to function and use, decoration, aesthetic, and beauty. More.

GATES OF TRANSITION—AT ILIAS LALAOUNIS JEWELRY MUSEUM
The biennale presents recent brooches by 100+ contemporary studio jewelers. Various materials, ideas, and techniques result in microsculptures that highlight the uniqueness and inventiveness of established artists from Greece and around the world. Through November 30, 2025. More.

PAGES

21ST SILVER TRIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL

In existence since 1965, this competition is one of the most important of its kind in the world. This new book provides an extensive overview of contemporary silversmithing exemplified by works from internationally renowned artists and young talent. It presents all 67 works by 59 artists selected for the exhibition at the Goldschmiedehaus in Hanau. More.

BEYOND ADORNMENT: JEWELRY AND IDENTITY IN ART
By Yvonne J. Markowitz and Susanne Gänsicke, with a contribution by Emily Stoehrer, this must-have volume for jewelry enthusiasts illuminates the ways in which jewelry crafts and expresses identity. Artistic renderings of the human figure often showcase jewelry. The ornaments offer an abundance of information that not only heightens our understanding of the subject but also provides insights into the imagination of the artist. Why do people wear jewelry? What meaning does it hold for the wearer? And what does the wearer hope it will convey to those they encounter—or to someone viewing their image decades, even centuries, later? More.

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