Paint: Rachelle Thiewes El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX, US May 30–September 21, 2025 Rachelle Thiewes’s new show, Paint, is something of a blockbuster. Thiewes has established a distinguished career over many years. Her several bodies of work surely merit a retrospective. This show, however, is comprised entirely of recent work. A whole […]
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The Fascination of Jewellery: 7000 Years of Jewellery Art at the MAKK New permanent exhibition Museum für Angewandte Kunst Köln, Cologne, Germany A man at a display case is laughing out loud. There’s no one else around. I probably look puzzled, so he points at a bangle made of a curtain rail and moonstones. His
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This substantive, educational, and enjoyable exhibition celebrates an innovative maker renowned for his technical and aesthetic contributions to studio jewelry Curated by Rebecca Elliot, it issued from the Mint Museum’s acquisition of a large amount of Ebendorf’s jewelry from the collectors Ron Porter and Joe Price, as well as the Robert W. Ebendorf Archive The
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1984 May 20–July 27, 2024 Galeria Zé dos Bois, Lisbon, Portugal This summer, the second Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery celebrated 50 years of democracy in Portugal, focusing on freedom, power, and democracy. The official program presented Teresa Milheiro’s solo show, 1984, at the Zé dos Bois (ZDB) gallery. This exhibition served as a rebellion, reflecting on how
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OUT of the Jewelry Box Opened April 20, 2024. Ongoing Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, US In the second-floor gallery of the Museum of and Arts and Design (MAD), a long, painted pride flag stretches across the wall-mounted display cases, and six pedestals in the center of the room are colored in
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Still Point brought together only five necklaces and three brooches by Zoë Veness in a boutique experience at Gallery Funaki Close observation of the artist’s extraordinary folded-paper technique was possible The objects seemed to defy their materiality and have a theatricality or “stage presence” Still Point March 20–April 20, 2024 Gallery Funaki, Melbourne, Australia On
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Joyce J. Scott: Walk a Mile in My Dreams closes July 14, 2024 The 130+ pieces in this Joyce J. Scott retrospective span 50 years, from the 70s to the present Works on display include jewelry, sculptures, performances and recordings, and garments and textiles They focus on different facets of Scott’s practice, including heritage and
Bernhard Schobinger — Annelies Štrba April 20–June 29, 2024 Antonella Villanova Galleria, Florence, Italy From the moment I left Antonella Villanova Gallery, I told myself that I shouldn’t wait too long to put in order, and on paper, my thoughts and the multitude of stimuli I received during my visit and intense chat with Bernhard
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Gabi Dziuba & Friends February 25–May 26, 2024 Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany “SPLASH” shout the pendants and rings. “EGAL EGAL” (“whatever,” in English) clamor white gold and diamond rings in an effort to appease. “OH” screams a pair of red earrings, the letters dripping bloodily in the Rocky Horror Picture Show font. Blue beans and
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Brooches, arranged in two branching rows reminiscent of a family tree, portray jewelry colleagues, gallerists, curators, and peers whom the maker has encountered throughout his career The brooches emit a gentle sound and crinkle when handled. The artist, Tore Svensson, used veneer painted with seven thin layers of acrylic because he needed a portable medium
The Wild Garden March 16–April 4, 2024 Jewelers’Werk Galerie, Washington, D.C. How does an artist express emotion within a piece of jewelry? For the German maker Jutta Kallfelz, the answer is in the animal and plant world. There were plenty of emotions on display at Jewelers’Werk Galerie, in Washington, D.C., where Kallfelz had her first
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Soulmates: Remembering Kadri Mälk February 28–March 3, 2024 Galerie Biró, Munich, Germany “Love me or leave me or let me be lonely.”[1] These words, taken from an interview I conducted with Kadri Mälk, echoed in my mind as I walked Soulmates: An Exhibition in Honor of Kadri Mälk, hosted by Galerie Biró. The tone in
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