Nora Fok, Disc Florets Necklace, 2008–2009, necklace, dyed, knitted nylon, 390 mm diameter, photo: artist A Sense of Jewellery September 15–November 19, 2015 Goldsmiths’ Center, London, UK Curated by Amanda Game and Professor Dorothy Hogg, MBE Comprehensive survey exhibitions of British studio jewelry are not common, but just like London buses you wait so long […]
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Exhibition view, Second Hand, First Hand: Caroline Broadhead & Maria Militsi, 2015, Marsden Woo Gallery, London, courtesy of Marsden Woo Gallery, photo: Philip Sayer Second Hand, First Hand: Caroline Broadhead and Maria Militsi October 14–November 14, 2015 Marsden Woo Gallery, London, UK I’d like to begin this article with some bibbidi-bobbidi-boo. That is, “the thingamabob
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Barbara Paganin, Silences, 2012, necklace, oxidized silver, porcelain, resin, gold, 270 x 270 x 50 mm, Helen Drutt collection, photo: Ken Yanoviak Barbara Paganin, Dall’orto alla Soffitta (From the Vegetable Garden to the Attic) October 16–November 22, 2015 Oratorio di San Rocco, Padua, Italy Barbara Paganin is a reserved woman, with delicate features and an
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Exhibition view (detail), Daniel Kruger: Jewellery and Ceramics 1974–2014, wall in the room, Stedelijk Museum’s-Hertogenbosch, Holland, photo: Liesbeth den Besten Daniel Kruger: Jewellery and Ceramics 1974–2014 October 17, 2015–January 24, 2016 Stedelijk Museum ’s-Hertogenbosch, Holland Daniel Kruger has been around for a long time, he is an inspiration for younger jewelry artists, and he has
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To Recover—13 Artists/13 Versions/13 Jewels KLIMT02 Gallery, Barcelona, Spain October 7–November 7, 2015 In 1956, Glenn Gould totally broke the classical music panorama with an astonishing, energetic, passionate execution of Bach’s Goldberg Variations: A new language and a new approach to Bach were definitively on the stage.[1] From that moment, the sound changed, and that
Karl Fritsch, various rings from the Hi series, 2015, gold, silver, niello, diamonds, rubies, sapphires, cubic zirconia, dimensions variable, photo courtesy of Salon 94, New York Karl Fritsch: A Retrospective October 26–December 18, 2015 Salon 94, New York, New York, USA How can such small objects be so arresting? How can they express such timely
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Poster in situ, After Wearing: A History of Gestures, Actions, and Jewelry, 2015, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, photo: Mònica Gaspar After Wearing: A History of Gestures, Actions, and Jewelry September 25–November 14, 2015 Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York, USA Curated by Mònica Gaspar and Damian Skinner Visitors to After Wearing: A History
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Exhibition view, õhuLoss/Castle in the Air, 2015, Evald Okase Muuseum, Haapsalu, Estonia, photo: Villu Plink Evald Okase Muuseum, Haapsalu, Estonia, photo: Villu Plink õhuLoss/Castle in the Air (Piret Hirv, Kristiina Laurits, Kadri Mälk, Eve Margus-Villems, Villu Plink, and Tanel Veenre) August 12–September 6, 2015 Evald Okase Muuseum, Haapsalu, Estonia This summer, the Estonian jewelers belonging
Exhibition view, Black on Black, 2015-16, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, photo: courtesy of Manchester Art Gallery 2015 Black on Black June 20, 2015–January 31, 2016 Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, UK Curated by Jo Bloxham Black on Black is the latest jewelry exhibition curated by longtime Manchester Art Gallery collaborator Jo Bloxham. In her introduction, Bloxham
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Catherine Truman, In Preparation for Seeing: Cell Culture Glove, 2015, white cotton glove, glass, steel forceps, Coplin jar, light pad, Tasmanian oak and acrylic display case, dimensions variable, photo: Grant Hancock Jess Dare, Catherine Truman, and Sue Lorraine, The Theatre of Detail July 10–25, 2015 Airspace Projects Gallery, Sydney, Australia Thirtieth birthdays are always important.
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Exhibition view, Bianca Lopez and the Jewelry Art and Design of Manhattan, 2015, Oratorio di San Rocco, Padua, photo: Alessandra Zabbeo Bianca Lopez and the Jewelry Art and Design of Manhattan March 26–April 26, 2015 Oratorio di San Rocco, Padua, Italy Who says that tradition and novelty can’t stay together? This exhibit could somehow be
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Jana Brevick, Atomic Exfiltrator: Ship Seven, 2015, mixed media sculptural installation, dimensions variable, courtesy of Bellevue Arts Museum, photo: Melissa Jimison Jana Brevick: This Infinity Fits in My Hand April 17–August 16, 2015 Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington, USA PuzzleGuts (1999) sits high atop a white pedestal, jointed silver limbs splayed comically akimbo. Cartoonish and
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