We asked collectors, jewelry makers, gallerists, and curators for tips on the types of pieces they select for travel and how they transport them safely When renowned jewelry collector Susan Grant Lewin packs for a trip, she always takes rings. Lewin doesn’t typically wear earrings or brooches, and she usually doesn’t pack more than one […]
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After a lifetime of writing for academic medical journals, here I sit tasked with writing what’s supposed to be a simple report about the recent Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) trip to Portugal. Although I’m going to write about the activities of each day, and the wonderful jewelers and the work we saw, I don’t really
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In March, Art Jewelry Forum members attended the most celebrated jewelry event in the world, Munich Jewellery Week (MJW). Yvonne Montoya, AJF’s executive director, reports. I arrived on Tuesday morning, March 12, two days early, to prepare for the upcoming AJF events. I’ve been reading and hearing about Munich Jewellery Week since my university days,
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Twenty-four members of Art Jewelry Forum enjoyed jam-packed days of crisp, mostly sunny weather in Copenhagen and Oslo, September 25–October 1, 2018, seeing jewelry and art and design exhibits while also taking time to savor the local sights and cuisine. Susan Kempin, former AJF board member, reports. Visiting the home of collector Cecilie Malm Brundtland,
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Mary Lee Hu, Choker #70, 1985 (gift of Donna Schneier), 18-karat gold, 22-karat gold, 152 x 229 x 76 mm, photo: Susan Cummins This is an overview by Liesbeth den Besten of a day trip organized by AJF during NYC Jewelry Week. Den Besten is a member of the AJF board but has never
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Waiting for the Hoffman award and the Susan Beech award announcements, IHM, Munich, 2017, photo: Danielle Goris-Montanelli Camaraderie, collecting, and competition were the watchwords for the AJF group that traveled to Munich for this year’s Munich Jewelry Week. We traveled together from Wednesday, March 8, to Saturday, March 11, 2017. The lovely Charles Hotel served
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AJF Florence 2016 trip participants, photo: Joan Borinstein Between October 24 and October 31, 2016, Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) visited Padua, Vicenza, and Florence in order to experience art jewelry in Italy today. The visit, as AJF trips always do, provided collectors old and new with a rich diet of studio and school visits,
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Casa Fuster, photo: Wikipedia There were 24 participants on the Barcelona Art Jewelry Forum trip, mostly from various parts of the US, but we had one person who came from Australia for the trip, as well as one person originally from Sweden and one from Romania, both of whom are now US citizens. It was
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Looking at great art jewelry can change how you look at the world. I was once again reminded of this on the recent stimulating daylong jewelry tour of Boston sponsored by Art Jewelry Forum. The day featured exhibition spaces and some special hideaways of jewelry practitioners and advocates. The tour was held during the
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It was jewelry from dawn to dark for a week in September, as 23 members of Art Jewelry Forum toured Estonia and Sweden, part of the “coolest corner” of the jewelry world. The trip took us to Tallinn, Stockholm, and Gothenburg. We visited artist studios, galleries, and museums, with the occasional free moment for
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Art Jewelry Forum’s Trip to Amsterdam, the World’s Heart of Contemporary Art Jewelry October 10–14, 2013 Thursday, October 10 Marjan Boot and Dirk Jan Biemond, Rijksmuseum entrance hall, photo: Sofia Silfverstolpe Friday, October 11 After 10 years of renovation, the newly re-opened Rijksmuseum has a new and extended jewelry department. The author and collector
Galerie Marzee Mark your calendar, and if you think you’d like to come, email us with ‘Amsterdam’ in the subject line. We will be sure to let you know about the trip in plenty of time.
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