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Animalia—Collection of Splendor & Pastel January 19–August 30, 2020 CODA Museum, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands The exhibition Animalia contains pastels, objects, and jewelry depicting animals, such as Helen Britton’s spider brooch or Alexander Blank’s evil rabbit. Some are also made of animals: bone, for example, a fly, or a stuffed wattlebird turned into a necklace by…
AJF asked this year’s Young Artist Award winner and four finalists—who were chosen from among more than 135 international applicants—to tell us a bit about their backgrounds and their thoughts on the future of the art jewelry field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. Lore Langendries’s Hide, the Fragment series…
AJF asked this year’s Young Artist Award winner and four finalists to tell us a bit about their backgrounds and their thoughts on the future of the art jewelry field. Their work represents a group of outstanding pieces of contemporary jewelry. This is the first of five interviews with the honorees. MJ Tyson was chosen…
Pomp It Up! AJF Live with Bryna Pomp, December 10, 2025 “Feast: Contemporary Jewelry from the Susan Beech Collection” Book now available. AJF Bookstore Letters to the Editor JEWELRY HAPPENINGS AROUND THE GLOBE Jewelry Exhibitions-On View Now and Coming Soon Jewelry Fairs and Events MAGAZINE ORGANIZATION FROM THE GALLERIES FROM THE SCHOOLS
December 2025, Part 1 Right now, we all could use a treat. It feels good to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows this extensive network of international galleries to showcase…
November 2025, Part 2 We all could use a treat! It feels great to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while also celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows them to showcase extraordinary pieces personally selected…
Roberta Bernabei: Your background is fascinating. From studying Biology to earning a PhD in Architecture (by design) from RMIT Melbourne, and then making a radical career change in December 2022, when you decided to embark on independent curatorial work merging Fine Art and Applied Art. This gave birth to Objects Beautiful in April 2023—a flexible…
November 2025, Part 1 We all could use a treat right now. It feels great to get a terrific piece of art jewelry for ourselves while also celebrating and supporting artists and the galleries who show them! Art Jewelry Forum’s international gallery supporters celebrate and exhibit art jewelry. Our bi-monthly On Offer series allows them to showcase extraordinary pieces personally…
The 2026 AJF Young Artist Award advances the careers of rising jewelry artists aged 35 and under The winner receives a prize of US$7,500. Each of four finalists will get US$1,000 Work by the winner and finalists will be shown in Platina’s booth during Schmuck, in March 2026 There is a travel allowance of US$1,000…
