July 2026, Part 2 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share all jewelry news. If you’re a member of AJF, you may add news and ideas to this bi-monthly report by submitting here. If you aren’t a member, but would like to become one, join AJF here. Some of the news items below have no accompanying…
July 2026, Part 1 These days, it sure would be nice to treat ourselves. It feels great to get a superb piece of art jewelry 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…
Jewelry made by artist who have focused their main practices in other areas is often referred to as artist jewelry. These makers, and how they approach jewelry, opens up productive conversations for anyone involved in/with jewelry. A primary one: is jewelry a field, a format, a discipline, something else, or some amalgamation? These makers bring…
Melbourne has a gallery space run by maker, thinker, writer, and curator Meredith Turnbull. Alta Forma opened in 2023. It shows not only contemporary jewelry but works that expand on what jewelry is and can be. At Alta Forma, audiences engage with a wide range of object-based and visual art practices where crossovers are encouraged. Vicki Mason:…
June 2026, Part 2 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…
June 2026, Part 2 Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to share all jewelry news. If you’re a member of AJF, you may add news and ideas to this bi-monthly report by submitting here. If you aren’t a member, but would like to become one, join AJF here. Some of the news items below have no accompanying…
In April, Ted Noten opened his exhibition, Thirty-six Years on the Move / aka Route 36, at Galerie Marzee. In it, he presents one or several objects from each of the 36 years of his creative career, removing the hierarchy of “important” and “unimportant” projects. He placed them all together on a long strip of…
Geraldine Fenn was born on a diamond mine in Namibia, where her father worked as an engineer for the De Beers diamond company. Today, as a contemporary jeweler and co-owner of Tinsel Gallery in South Africa, Fenn loves “the whole spectrum” of jewelry, from antique to costume to contemporary. “Jewelry has an element…
June 2026, 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…
Melanie Grant, ed., The Jewelry Book. London: Phaidon, 2025. I’m not immune to the allure of stones and precious metals, but I prefer studio jewelry and unconventional adornment. Nonetheless, I found Melanie Grant’s The Jewelry Book, which focuses heavily on high-end baubles, engrossing and enchanting. The book’s 300 jewelry-focused entries feature glorious examples of craftsmanship…
