Art Jewelry Forum’s network of gallery supporters has increased to more than 60 international galleries focused on featuring art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Seulgi Kwon, In the Rain 6, brooch,…
Mari Ishikawa looking in a showcase at the exhibition Annamaria Zanella—In Form of Jewel, Nuremberg Design Museum, 2005, photo: S. Falso Each year, Art Jewelry Forum organizes a trip for collectors, curators, and enthusiasts to visit one or two cities to tour jewelry galleries, visit artist studios, and explore museums with jewelry collections. In 2016,…
Art Jewelry Forum’s network of gallery supporters has increased to more than 60 international galleries focused on featuring art jewelry. On Offer is a monthly series that allows AJF galleries to showcase a piece that they’ve personally selected to tempt and inspire you. Please contact the gallery directly for inquiries. Enjoy! MUSEUM WORTHY Jana Brevick and Cappy Thompson, Quicksilver,…
Mallory Weston, Snakeskin Disco Ball, 2016, gold-plated brass, oxidized copper, leather, Styrofoam, 305 x 305 x 762 mm, photo: Ian Shriver The seductive snakeskin-inspired jewelry in Mallory Weston’s exhibition, Of Ophidia, at Sienna Patti represents a new direction for the Philadelphia-based artist. Still rooted in the study of symbols, this recent body of work is…
Lucy Sarneel, (background) Grey Beady, 2014, brooch, zinc, acrylic paint, varnish, 85 x 50 x 50 mm; (left) Both Ways, 2014, brooch, zinc, 30 x 75 x 20 mm; (right) Starflower, 2013, brooch, zinc, 55 x 55 x 15 mm, photo: Rob Bohle Dutch artist Lucy Sarneel is very busy: While simultaneously attending to various teaching…
Art Jewelry Forum is pleased to introduce this new article series. Each month, it will feature news, events, and opportunities of note in the field, as submitted by the international community of donor that makes everything AJF does possible. Providing a place for our supporters to share what is important to them is one way AJF…
Beth Dunlop, photo: William Farkas Beth Dunlop is the editor-in-chief of Modern Magazine, which puts out four issues per year. The magazine has recently become a corporate sponsor of AJF and has shown increasing interest in art jewelry as a topic for their articles. Beth is the person who oversees the concept of each issue…
Announcing the next AJF trip! We will visit Munich, Germany, from March 7 to March 11, 2017. The cost of the trip is $1,600. There are a limited number of spots, which are first-come, first-served and you must be a current donor at the $500+ level to attend. Our main accommodations will be at the…
QUOIL’s interior, Wellington, New Zealand, photo: Billie Brook QUOIL is a contemporary jewelry gallery in Wellington, New Zealand, that represents solely New Zealand artists. The breadth of the work represented is refreshing and stands witness to the creative strength of the country. QUOIL’s current exhibition, from December 2016 through January 2017, is LUSTRE, a bright…
Exhibition view, COLLECT, 2015, the Saatchi Gallery, London, photo: Juno Snowdon The last of 17 filled-out questionnaires has just landed in my inbox, and once again, I marvel at the availability and professionalism of the organizers of jewelry events (which will be abbreviated as “JEs” in the rest of this article) around the world: All…
