Lausanne, Switzerland, is the home of the contemporary design and applied arts museum mudac. The museum opened in 2000 and features a diverse range of contemporary artworks and art practices including (but not limited to) art jewelry, performance work, and film. The mission of the museum is to both celebrate Swiss contemporary artists and artworks
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Structure & Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1900 to the Present, curated by Mark McDonald and presented by auction house Rago/Wright, will take place February 12, 2020. It expands upon Structure and Ornament: Studio Jewelry 1940–1960, a 1984 exhibition of modernist studio jewelry held at Fifty/50 Gallery, which McDonald, an authority on 20th- and 21st-century applied art,
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Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award (YAA) is an opportunity for jewelers under the age of 35 to win recognition for their work and receive support from AJF’s community. Along with the unrestricted $7,500 prize, the winner’s work will be shown at the 2020 edition of Schmuck, and the other four finalists will have the
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Art Jewelry Forum’s Young Artist Award (YAA) is an opportunity for jewelers under the age of 35 to win recognition for their work and receive support from AJF’s community. Along with the unrestricted $7,500 prize, the winner’s work will be shown at the 2020 edition of Schmuck, and the other four finalists will have the
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Besides books, some libraries lend framed reproductions of art for their patrons to hang in their homes. Subscription services loan designer clothing and purses, as well as scarves, sunglasses, and jewelry, for a monthly or per-item fee. Other companies specialize in renting out high-end jewelry and luxury timepieces. The Danish Arts Foundation, meanwhile, loans pieces
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In this interview, Olivia Shih talks with Grace Stewart and Nancy Cook about the Metal Museum’s 40th anniversary exhibition, 40 Under 40, a showcase of the next generation of innovative and brilliant metal artists. Stewart, formerly the director of collections and exhibitions at the Metal Museum, curated the exhibit. Prior to holding that position, she
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With its fourth iteration just completed, Athens Jewelry Week (AJW) 2019 had its biggest, most complex year yet. Originally, AJW was intended to bring contemporary jewelry and Greek makers together to expand horizons and exchange ideas. What started as an intimate showcase of Greek jewelers has grown into a large-scale international event, “open to every
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Kellie Riggs is an independent curator, writer, and jeweler, and the founder of the blog greater-than-or-equal-to.com. She’s the recipient of a Fulbright grant for her project entitled Past and Present: Italian Contemporary Jewelry as Art and curator of the exhibition Non-Stick Nostalgia, currently on view at the Museum of Arts and Design. Riggs lived for
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Jewelry: The Body Transformed November 12, 2018–February 24, 2019 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York The exhibition Jewelry: The Body Transformed, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is an ambitious and comprehensive exploration of the complex relationship between jewelry and bodies throughout recorded history. Featuring 230 works, largely from the Met’s collection, the
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Bench jeweler at work in the Alex Sepkus studio during the NYCJW tour in support of 47th Street, photo: Emilija Guobyte-Krzeminski JB Jones and Bella Neyman co-founded NYCJW, the first US-based week to celebrate all forms of jewelry through exhibitions, talks, workshops, and other innovative programs. Jones worked in Los Angeles as a design director
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Josephine Winther, Rubyfruits, 2003, necklace, cast faceted rubies in dyed resin, eyelets in 18-karat gold, gold-colored silk thread with passementerie, Danish Arts Foundation, photo: Iben Kaufmann An important exhibition exploring the concept of power in jewelry just took place in Denmark. In honor of the 750th anniversary of castle Koldinghus, The Splendour of Power, curated
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Polyp Colony, John Paul Miller (American, 1918–2013), 1995, pure gold, 18-karat gold, enamel, Daphne Farago Collection, reproduced with permission, photo © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In this interview, Emily Stoehrer explains how she came to her career as a curator and describes some of her approach to the exhibit Past Is Present: Revival Jewelry.
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