The special show has been presenting highly creative artistic author jewellery for almost 65 years. Artists, gallery owners, collectors and jewellery lovers from all over the world travel to Munich every year especially for this show.
THIS YEAR'S CURATOR: NORMAN WEBER
Norman Weber is a jewellery artist and artistic director of the state vocational school for jewellery and glass in Neugablonz. He selected more than 60 works from 600 applications.
Previous curators have included British artist Caroline Broadhead (2023) and jewellery icon Helen Britton (2022).
SPECIAL EXHIBITION WITH A DEDICATION
This year's small special exhibition "Classics of Modernism" was dedicated to Georg Dobler. Dobler is known for his work with particularly large gemstones, among other things.
THE HERBERT HOFMAN PREIS
The jury of experts has selected the winner from the exhibited works:
- Takayoshi Terajima
- Empar Juanes Sanches
- Azin Soltani
Two prizes of honour were also awarded:
- Rosemarie Jäger
- Marie-José van den Hout