Special Show SCHMUCK

SPECIAL SHOW SCHMUCHmünchen 2025

THE SUMMIT MEETING OF JEWELLERY ART

For almost 65 years, the special exhibition has been showcasing highly creative artistic jewellery. Every year, female artists, gallery owners, collectors and jewellery lovers from all over the world travel to Munich especially for this trade fair.

THE HERBERT-HOFMANN PRIZE

From almost 800 entries from 51 countries, the renowned Lithuanian curator Dr Jurgita Ludavičienė has made a selection of 62 extraordinary pieces of jewellery for this year's exhibition.

These three artists stood out in particular:

Nikita Kavryzhkin
Jounghye Park
Eija Mustonen

JURGITA LUDAVIČIENĖ: ‘JEWELLERY MAKES YOU PART OF THE ARTWORK’

JURGITA LUDAVIČIENĖ, an art historian and expert in studio jewellery, was born in Lithuania and is the curator of the special exhibition SCHMUCKmünchen 2025 at «Handwerk & Design». Find out how she discovered her love of jewellery and what is behind her quote: ‘Jewellery makes you part of the artwork’ in the interview.

To the interview

SCHMUCKmünchen BROCHURE

Brief information, supporting programme and a selection of jewellery events in Munich at the time of the SCHMUCKmünchen special show.

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PREVIOUS CURATORS

Previous curators have included the jewellery artist and artistic director of the State Vocational School for Jewellery and Glass in Neugablonz, Norman Weber (2024), the British artist Caroline Broadhead (2023) and the jewellery icon Helen Britton (2022).

Norman Weber (2024)

Caroline Broadhead (2023)

Helen Britton (2022)