Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Ramón Puig Cuyàs, Maps to […]
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, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly
If you’ve authored jewelry-related texts, you can submit them for publication in AJF’s e-library. We invite critical thought generators about jewelry to contribute and share their digital media with an audience that’s passionate about exploring the world of art jewelry. We believe essays, dissertations, and other writings about art jewelry should be readily accessible and
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We recently featured some examples of art jewelry being worn—here and here—so we thought we’d follow up by exploring the idea of whether art jewelry has to be worn at all. Can installation work be considered jewelry and live within our field? In this brief video from 2016, artist and AJF contributor Courtney Kemp delivers
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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Jesus Elisabeth Gu. Defner, Ginko,
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, exhibitions, and items of interest to the jewelry community depends on YOUR participation. If you’re a member of AJF, you can add news and ideas to the monthly
Some time back, we asked readers to send us images of art jewelry being worn, along with their thoughts about it. A few weeks ago, we ran the first part of this series. Here are more highlights of the images we received. If you’d like to contribute and become part of this conversation, please visit
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This essay was originally written for the catalog of Nuda Vita, an exhibition curated by Ilaria Ruggiero and presented March 13–17, 2019, at ABC Westside Gallery in Munich, Germany. The exhibition showcased work by 13 jewelry artists of different nationalities who were invited to work on the idea of the political, public, and collective body.
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im still down for you, portrait of Tiff Massey, photo courtesy of Tiff Massey San Francisco, California, USA—Art Jewelry Forum (AJF) is pleased to announce that the largest art jewelry cash award in the U.S., the Susan Beech Mid-Career Artist Grant, has been awarded to Tiff Massey. Massey, known for cutting-edge interactive art, won for
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Join us for AJF in Conversation and Members-Only Dinner AJF will visit Munich, Germany, from March 14 to March 16, 2019, for the annual Schmuck exhibition known as Munich Jewellery Week. If you’re planning on attending, please try to join us for the following: AJF In Conversation: Curators & Collectors: How They Choose Thursday, March
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When you look at art jewelry, are you curious what it looks like when worn? Here at AJF, we think it alters, it compliments, it empowers. We’ve asked you to send us your thoughts, along with an image of art jewelry being worn. Here are a few highlights. If you’d like to contribute and become
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Art Jewelry Forum’s extensive network of international gallery supporters is dedicated to celebrating and showing art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Karin Herwegh, Objective, 2019, necklace,
