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December 2025, Half 1

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POMP IT UP! AJF LIVE WITH BRYNA POMP—DECEMBER 10, 2025
Be part of us for a discuss her fascinating position on the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD), in New York Metropolis. Bryna works with probably the most extraordinary up to date jewellery artists of our time. She is going to share her rarified expertise within the jewellery area and the way her dedication to supporting working artists fuels her work. Save the date! Register right here.

FEEL LIKE SEEING A JEWELRY SHOW?
Discover listings from world wide on our devoted exhibition web page.

EVENTS
Do you know that there are upward of 45 recurring occasions targeted on artwork jewellery—jewellery weeks, jewellery festivals, and many others.?! We’ve got a devoted web page for them. Go right here to see the record. There are none this month, however it’s time to plan for 2026!

TWISTED COAGULATION, AT GALERIE DOOR
Options work by Danni Schwaag. Opens December 13, 2025, and runs till January 2026. Data.

SALOTTO SPJ’S LAST SALON OF 2025 FEATURES ISABEL WANG PONTOPPIDAN
The exhibition of labor by the Danish-Chinese language artist, author, and jewellery maker takes place December 10–17, 2025, at By way of Morozzo della Rocca 8 , 4th flooring (citofono 1012), 20123 Milan, Italy. A brief efficiency and an artist speak will happen round 6 pm on opening day. On December 12, at 6 pm, the artist will give a lecture about her new work for Salotto SPJ exploring id and the methods objects form our sense of self, reminiscence and belonging. RSVP/appointment required, e-mail josefine@salottospj.com.

THE CONSTELLATIONS EXHIBITION WILL TRAVEL!
Ideally you’ll see it in its unique scenography on the Dallas Museum of Artwork, however in the event you can’t you’ll have a minimum of two different alternatives. It should open on the Chrysler Museum of Artwork, in Norfolk, VA, US, in June 2026. After that, it goes to the Joslyn Artwork Museum, in Omaha, NE, US. Hurrah!

TREASURE HUNT: AT MOBILIA NOVEMBER 28–DECEMBER 31, 2025
An invitational group exhibition impressed by the invention of King Tut’s tomb, that includes beautiful objects worthy of treasuring for generations: Excellent jewellery, beautiful vessels, textiles, and sculptural objects. Extra.

HOLIDAY EARRING SHOW, AT ORNAMENTUM THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2025
Over time, because the gallery received caught up with cubicles at quite a few festivals and occasions, a extremely popular present from its early days fell by the wayside. The custom has been rekindled! Extra.

CASH, AT BORAX—DECEMBER 6–7 AND 13–14, 2025
Bitcoin goes haywire. Trump has created a meme coin to get richer. Money is quietly disappearing whereas gold reaches new data. Past its decorative and symbolic dimensions, jewellery has all the time served as a reserve in instances of disaster, as illustrated by means of cash and ingots in sure items. This group exhibition explores our relationship with cash via 15 creations by a global group: Nicolas Christol, Minerva Cuevas, Nora Delanoë, Robin Deriaz, Vadim Gordeev, Armin Najib, Benedict Häner, Margot Jud, Jeannette Knigge, Martin Muller, Bette Nunneley, Philip Sajet, Bernhard Schobinger, Milton Stavrou, and Mélane Zumbrunnen. Extra.

SEE WORK FROM SPECKNER RESIDENCY
The 92Y displayed new and archival work following Bettina Speckner’s summer season residency there. Discover out extra right here.

MARGIT HART NOMINATED FOR ELIGIUS AWARD 2025—CONGRATULATIONS!
The one Austrian jewellery prize for physique jewellery and jewellery objects was established by the state of Salzburg in 2005 and is awarded each three years. The work of the nominees is on view at Kunstraum Traklhaus, in Salzburg, via December 13, 2025. Different artists within the competitors: Sonja Bischur, Ursula Guttmann, Andrea MAXA Halmschlager, Iris Hummer, Stephie Morawetz, Konstanze Prechtl, Eva Tesarik, and Uma Vogl-Fernheim. Extra and nonetheless extra.

CAROLINE PALMER REPORTED ON FROM LOUISE BOURGEOIS TO YOKO ONO
From a spider brooch to a brass and fur bracelet, a present on the Museum of Utilized Arts Cologne (MAKK) via April 26, 2026, celebrates historic items of feminine jewellery self-expression. See Palmer’s article within the Monetary Instances, right here.

HANDWERK & DESIGN 2026—SUSTAINABLE AND SOCIAL: THE CRAFT OF THE FUTURE
From darning socks to medical prostheses, craftmanship has many faces. Operating parallel to the Internationale Handwerksmesse, at Munich’s fairground March 4–6, 2026, Handwerk & Design 2026 will showcase handmade premium merchandise fabricated from wooden and concrete, silver, plastic, ceramics, glass, and textiles. Extra.

SOFIA TEKELA-SMITH RECEIVES THE PACIFIC CONTEMPORARY ARTIST AWARD
Congratulations! Tekela-Smith explores id and connection via up to date Pacific design. Her observe “strikes with humility and reciprocity—extending past gallery partitions into areas typically unseen by the artwork world,” states a press launch. The artist figures prominently in an AJF article written by lambert, right here. See a few of her work in her IG feed.

FOUR EXHIBITIONS AT GALERIE MARZEE
There are two solo exhibitions: Katharina Dettar—Lapis, Mud and Ashes and Dominik Cunningham—Theia Mania, which reveals jewellery and objects. A thematic exhibition, About Hare, focuses on the broadly used image in artwork and literature, with jewellery from Marzee’s assortment and from artists requested to contribute objects or jewellery made for this present. And an exhibition commemorates the outstanding Italian jewellery artist Francesco Pavan (1937–2025). By January 27, 2026. Extra.

HILDE LEISS GALERIE HOSTS YEAR-END EXHIBITION
Guests to the Hamburg gallery will get pleasure from creations by famend makers from the up to date German and worldwide scene. The spectrum contains up to date jewellery, vessels, and imaginative equipment. Artists embody Peter Bauhuis, Michael Becker, Ramón Puig Cuyàs, Bettina Dittlmann, Babette von Dohnanyi, Sam Tho Duong, Doerthe Fuchs, Mirjam Hiller, Ryungaje Jung, Jiro Kamata, Uli Rapp, and lots of others. By January 10, 2026. Extra.

WHAT WE SHARE: ON HORIZONTAL COMMUNITIES, IN CHINA
All of the artists collaborating on this exhibition studied at German artwork faculties, had been born in Germany, or taught in Germany. The present brings collectively up to date jewellery and object artwork from graduating lessons between 2005 and 2025. It proposes a networked studying: How do generational voices overlap, problem or echo one another? Which materials methods, aesthetic concepts, narratives, and social commentaries persist or shift over time? At Puyuan Worldwide Modern Jewelry Artwork and Design Biennale, via February 22, 2026, curated by Melanie Isverding. Extra.

UKRAINIAN JEWELERS FORGE NETWORK TO GUARD HERITAGE AND NURTURE THE FUTURE
When Russia invaded Ukraine, Olga Oleksenko, a former Van Cleef & Arpels government, collector, and humanities patron, opted to not retreat, however to create. After the preliminary shock, she based Sturdy & Treasured, a charitable artwork basis and academic program. Oleksenko and collaborating designers introduced their most vital New York exhibition to this point on the Ukrainian Institute of America throughout NYC Jewellery Week. Extra.

A WEARABLE AI “PAL” ISN’T MAKING MANY FRIENDS
A flood of adverts touting the white bulb-shaped pendant is inspiring vandalism throughout NYC’s subway system. Graffiti ranges from hostile (“AI is burning the world round you”) to pleading (“make an actual buddy”). Individuals accuse the corporate of making the most of the loneliness epidemic and of serving as capitalist surveillance. It has bought about 3,500 items since launch this summer season. The Pal doesn’t speak. Though you’re speak aloud to it, it may well solely reply in writing on an app. Extra. Different visible examples right here.

AUCTION: ART JEWELRY AND JEWELS—DECEMBER 10, 2025
Quittenbaum concludes the yr with its biannual jewellery public sale—and what a stunning finale it guarantees to be! Greater than 200 heaps carry collectively the perfect of two fascinating worlds: up to date artwork jewellery by internationally acclaimed artists and traditional effective jewellery. Zanella, Fritsch, Künzli, Babetto, Rothmann, Jünger, Sajet, and lots of others! Extra.

CLAIRE LAVENDHOMME: ARTISTE DU BIJOU—JEWELLERY ARTIST
This e book appears again on 40+ years of the artist’s creations, revealing a visible language that’s each rigorous and deeply private. By coloration, gentle, materials, and motion, Lavendhomme develops a delicate strategy to jewellery as an object of relationship, thought, and presence. Vital texts, essays, and interviews intertwine to color a multifaceted portrait of the artist. Contributions from Gaëlle Clark, Ornella La Vaccara, Chloé Noyon, Pierre Relaño, and Céline Robin. Extra.

ISSUE 58 OF MILK DECORATION
Work by Empar Juanes, Fumiki Taguchi, and Caroline Broadhead received featured with massive pictures within the August/September 2025 challenge of the journal, as a part of an interview with Sheila Loewe in regards to the 2025 Loewe Basis Craft Prize. The three makers had been finalists for the prize.

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