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3 places available_ Metamorphoses _Schmuck 2022_MUNICH

JEWELLERY / OBJECT / PERFORMANCE / VIDEO The group exhibition Metamorphoses will be shown from 24 February – 2 April 2022 at Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein Gallery in Munich during Schmuck 2022, accompanied by a LIVE online presentation. The group show follows an intensive e-Residency including online workshops, individual coaching and group meetings during Autumn/Winter 2021/2022. Metamorphoses […]

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At his wedding, god Dionysus gave his bride Ariadne a crown made of stars. The constellation Corona Borealis is named after this jewellery. In his exclusive interview with SM*CK Magazine – the #munich issue – Dr. Ioannis Michaloudis talks about his cooperation with Maison Boucheron Paris using NASA nanotechnology to turn stardust into jewellery. Schmuck […]

A new game starts soon

Our new video/audio series on jewellery, textile art, crafts in English. In this video: Covid-19 and the arts. A new game starts soon https://youtu.be/Ra1AlSxTImA

“Objects of Desire – Jewellery as Eco-message” OPEN CALL 4 FEE FREE ARTIST RESIDENCY

Photo: Loukia Richards, 2015_The Party Is Over_Private collection_Credit: Christoph Ziegler Η προκήρυξη στα ελληνικά ακολουθεί το αγγλικό κείμενο. “Objects of Desire – Jewellery as Eco-message” OPEN CALL FOR FEE FREE ARTIST RESIDENCY/ WORKSHOP/ SHOW_VAMVAKOU REVIVAL_Peloponnese_(near) Sparta. Disciplines: Jewellery art / Sculpture / Installation / Architecture. Dates: Tuesday 8 to Sunday 13 September 2020. Concept/Workshops/Curating: Loukia […]

2 fee free jewellery workshops_Dessau+Leipzig, Fall 2019

Photos: (Clockwise) Works by Christoph Ziegler, Daniel von Weinberger, Lital Mendel, Elin Flognman, Peter Vermandere, Linda Savineau. Two fee free jewellery workshops for art, design and jewellery students and professionals in Dessau and Leipzig (two day long each)_Germany in Fall 2019. The workshops’ programme include an introduction to the history of conceptually significant jewellery made […]

Europe’s Top Jewellery Event Seeks to Stay Independent_Corona Virus Updated

The corona virus crisis makes it obvious to everybody that time has come to speak up. After Schmuck 2020 cancelation – following public health directives and suggestions issued by the German federal government, directives which also resulted in the cancelation of numerous fairs, events and concerts – such as IBT Berlin (world’s biggest tourism fair) […]

Jewellery as a means of political discourse

Picture: Loukia Richards_2014_The party is over! Credit: Christoph Ziegler Our group show Wert/voll – funded by the Federal Agency for the Environment (UBA) and to be presented in Dessau and Grassi Museum Leipzig _Germany (11 Sept-3 Nov 2019) – questions the power of jewellery to influence social values. UBA is the scientific branch of the German […]

Is jewellery a contemporary art discipline?.

Anti-status jewellery by ZLR Betriebsimperium. Credit: Christoph Ziegler You may read my thoughts on https://klimt02.net/forum/articles/jewellery-contemporary-art-discipline-loukia-richards LIKE our Facebook Page: Initiation2017 Follow us in Twitter: @LoukiaRichards Instagram: loukiarichards

It’s the economy, jewellery artist!

Picture: “Talisman for Film Noir Lovers”_Loukia Richards, 2013. The picture/caption was published in Germany’s print weekly Die Zeit (appr. 500.000 readers) in 2013 and left a strong digital trace. Hot air or real business? Fairs, weeks, shows, meetings. More events, more Open Calls, more “jewellery VIPs”, more “nurturing jewellery community bondings”, more phantastic opportunities ask […]