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The Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Jane Shannon'I fell in love with this jewelry,' admits Ursula Ilse-Neuman 'and I included it in many non-jewelry exhibitions, including the Garry Knox Bennett retrospective, highlighting his work as a...
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The Schmuckmuseum, Pforzheim
Damian Skinner The historical gallery is a full-on experience. I'm torn between sympathy and envy: feeling sorry for European contemporary jewelers, who have to deal with the weight and excellence of...
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The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Damian Skinner What is really notable about this display is its insistence on placing commercial or conventional jewelry, made with precious materials, alongside what we would call contemporary...
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The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum
Lin Stanionis The many forms of beaded African jewelry can express as much information as is written or spoken. The patterns, colors and shapes of the beaded adornments form a visual language that...
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Yvonne Markowitz, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Damian Skinner It is interesting that jewelry in the ancient world has always been integrated into the collection. You’ll see that there is jewelry next to ceramics next to glass next to sculpture,...
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World Jewellery Museum, Seoul, Korea
Kevin Murray As Korea begins to assert its own voice on the world stage, an international perspective is becoming more important. South Korea hosts two of the world’s most significant craft events and...
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Ursula Ilse-Neuman, Museum of Arts and Design, New York
Damian Skinner A very important part of our jewelry collection dates from our origins as the Museum of Contemporary Craft in 1956. Aileen Osborn Webb, the museum’s founder, became involved in helping...
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Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum
Damian Skinner The jewelry collection is the fastest growing component of our permanent collection. I’ve tried to be really thoughtful about how we grow it. I’ve been a little bit conservative in a...
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The Danner Rotunda, Die Neue Sammlung, Munich
Bella Neyman The Danner Foundation is encouraging emerging talent (many of whom are graduates of the city’s Art Academy) by assuring them that their work can end up in this serious museum. Secondly,...
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Stefano Catalani, Bellevue Arts Museum
Damian Skinner In my opinion, jewelry’s function as body ornament lowers our threshold of reverence. Its perception as an object to wear provides an entry point to its sculptural dimension and...
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On Curating Unexpected Pleasures-The Art and Design of Contemporary...
Benjamin Lignel Design and contemporary jewelry are like two people at a party. They’ve bumped into one another at the bar a few times, and they think they know one another, but they don’t. And...
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