Before an exhibition opens, something else is already being made. Catalogs are designed, essays commissioned, flyers printed—and, at the Pinakothek, a booklet made for visitors to fill with stamps from 42 schools. By the time Munich Jewellery Week begins, a parallel world of printed matter has taken shape alongside it—and when the week winds down, […]
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A head of lettuce in a hotel sink; a vitrine tipped on its side, spilling red, yellow, and black beads across the floor; 20 robotic vacuum cleaners carrying jewelry through a gallery, indifferent to the visitors trying to catch them. What does any of this have to do with how jewelry is displayed? Everything, argue
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Schmuck—or Munich Jewellery Week, depending on who you ask—is a pilgrimage, a marketplace, a reunion, or a reckoning. Each year in March, Munich becomes a temporary capital of contemporary jewelry—a week when makers, gallerists, curators, collectors, and critics inhabit the same rooms, the same openings, the same conversations. The essays gathered here emerged from that
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On International Women’s Day, the German publisher of fine craft books spotlighted jewelry by three female artists. Allgaier gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. Most of the series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art
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The Estonian artist introduces some of the world’s greatest manipulators and illusionists in the field of jewelry art. The artist as a fraudster, a trickster—not in order to deceive us, but to show how easily we believe. Veenre gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which
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With tongue firmly in cheek, the American jeweler reflects on what he finds both interesting and irritating about European-influenced studio jewelry. Lewis gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. Most of the series took place in the booth AJF
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The Hungarian-British maker examines the shifting contemporary jewelry landscape through the lens of a former market analyst. Fabian gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five days. Most of the series took place in the booth AJF shared with Arnoldsche Art
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The field of contemporary jewelry consistently debates its lack of sustained presence in the encyclopedic museum. Why isn’t the work shown more often in meaningful ways? The American curator discusses the challenges and opportunities for change. Strauss gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured
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The English artist and educator considers the bead. Just a small object with a hole, it can nevertheless convey so much social information, hold narrative, and be used for exchange and religious ritual. Broadhead gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think,” which featured 16 talks over five
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The American gallerist asks, “What happens to jewelry once it has been released into the world? Hopefully it gets loved and worn, but many times it ends up forgotten in a drawer and sometimes lost for years … waiting to be found.” AJF held 16 talks over five days in Munich. Saabye gave this presentation
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AJF’s founder introduces Damian Skinner’s new publication about the Dutch gallery, the passionate dealer who drives it, and her collection. Cummins gave this presentation at Galerie Handwerk. The opinions stated here do not necessarily express those of AJF. We welcome your comments on our publishing, and will publish letters that engage with our articles
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The Dutch maker and gallerist asks what do we make, collect, or wear—which choices do we make? AJF held 16 talks over five days in Munich. Saabye gave this presentation as part of the 2026 “AJF Speaker Series: Jewelry that Makes You Think.” Most of the series took place in the booth AJF shared with
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