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Exhibitions
Material Worlds
The material is often essential in art, craft and design. The latest edition of Art Aurea shows that material can also be vital for survival.
Our world is in a critical state, both politically and ecologically. This raises the question of what designers can do to make a meaningful and… Read on
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Arts, Crafts, Life
Art and craftsmanship as the elixir of life! Can this also apply to entire locations? An example in the winter 2023 issue of Art Aurea.
There is no doubt that art and crafts are essential elements of a fulfilled individual life. The fact that they can also inspire and shape… Read on
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Grassimesse Leipzig 2023
Works by approximately 140 designers and seven art academies will be on display from October 20 to 22.
The GRASSI Museum in Leipzig combines a museum of applied arts with a museum of ethnology and a museum of musical instruments. Stimulating historical collections,… Read on
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GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst
Johannisplatz 5-11
04103 Leipzig, Germany - Friday, Oct. 20 and Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Link
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Art & Design Tegernsee 2023
A new trade fair format in the exclusive setting of Gut Kaltenbrunn.
Ten art galleries, art dealers and designers from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Munich and Vienna will present selected works of international standing at Art & Design… Read on
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Gut Kaltenbrunn
Cattle barn and threshing floor
Kaltenbrunn 1
83703 Gmund am Tegernsee - Preview: Sept. 28, 2023, 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Opening hours:
Friday – Monday: noon - 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 3: noon to 4 p.m. - Link
Exhibitions
Danner Prize 2023
Works by the winners and further 36 contest participants will be on display in the Heiliggeistkirche, Landshut.
The Danner Prize, one of the most important awards in this field, was awarded for the fourteenth time in 2023. The competition promotes new design… Read on
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Danner-Preis 2023 –
Ausgezeichnetes Kunsthandwerk
Heiliggeistkirche Landshut
Heiliggeistgasse 394
D-84028 Landshut - Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: free - Link
Studio Visits
Life Work
Fortunate indeed are those who labor on their life’s work or can already look upon it with pride. The autumn 2023 issue of Art Aurea presents several grandiose examples.
An artist’s life work is often synonymous with their entire oeuvre. It includes all the works produced in the course of a lifetime, whether they… Read on
Competitions
5th Officine Saffi Award
Submissions for the competition to promote contemporary ceramics is open until November 9, 2023.
The competition is looking for works by outstanding artists, designers and artisans working with the medium of ceramics. Participation in the competition is free of… Read on
Exhibitions
Of Lines and Curves
Summer exhibition by Eva Maisch at the Hofstall in Lindelbach/Randersacker.
It has been five years since Eva Maisch and Walter Jäckl opened their “Hofstall” with the first summer party in Lindelbach, Franconia. The couple’s customers… Read on
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Im Hofstall
Wäldleinstraße 1
97236 Randersacker/Lindelbach
Germany - June 30, 2023 – from 7 pm
July 1, 2023 – 2 to 9 p.m.
July 2, 2023 – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Link
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Plastic
The magic of a material that became a problem is one of the themes in Art Aurea’s summer edition (no. 52).
Much of what the modern world has brought us is simultaneously a blessing and a curse. This also applies to plastics. Major developments in science,… Read on
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Shaping the Change
Sophisticated (art) works move us and hold the potential for change. This is shown in the new Art Aurea, Issue No. 51, Spring 2023.
Around 50 to 60 years ago, fundamental changes took place in all areas of arts and crafts, which are often referred to as “applied arts.”… Read on
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Jewelry Design 2023
What characterizes well-designed jewelry in small series.
Buzzwords tend to be misused. For example, long before the turn of the millennium, the word “design” was overused and devalued to denote any kind… Read on
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“Fangfrisch” in Wismar
New trade fair for applied arts in Wismar. Applications until February 28, 2023.
The “Fangfrisch” [Freshly Caught] trade fair will be held for the first time in the northeast of Germany from October 6 to 8, 2023. Organized… Read on
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Inspiring Living Spaces
About workshops, studios and living spaces, where work and life unite in an inspiring way. Art Aurea, Issue 50, Winter 2022.
In the past, workshops and studios produced many of the masterpieces of art and craft that have endured for centuries and that we still admire… Read on
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Assistant or Associate Professor, Jewelry + Metalsmithing
Rhode Island School of Design is hiring a full-time faculty position in the Jewelry + Metalsmithing Department.
The Rhode Island School of Design is an American college for art and design in Providence, the capital of the US state of Rhode Island.… Read on
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Grassimesse 2022 Leipzig
Approximately 150 designers from Europe, Asia and the USA
This year’s Grassimesse, which takes place from Oct. 21 to Oct. 23, 2022, focuses on jewelry and ceramics, as well as textiles, glass, furniture, metal… Read on
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GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts
Johannisplatz 5-11
D-04103 Leipzig - Opening: Thursday, Oct. 20, 7 to 9:30 p.m., free guided tour
Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. - Link
Exhibitions
Thomas Pildner – Metamorphoses in Wood
Solo exhibition in Burg Kronberg, Kronberg im Taunus.
Every ambitious woodturner strives to make the beauty and liveliness of the natural material wood visible. In his “La Vida” series and the object “Seaside”,… Read on
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Burg Kronberg
Schloßstraße 10
D-61476 Kronberg im Taunus
www.burgkronberg.de - Opening: Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, 2 p.m.
Opening hours:
Wed., Thu. + Fri. 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Sat. + Sun. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. - Link
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Fertile Ground for Art
How does interest or even love for art develop? The autumn 2022 edition of Art Aurea shows that craft can be a favorable breeding ground.
Some people are totally indifferent to art. For others, art means a lot, or even everything, in one form or another. The similarities and differences… Read on
![<em>Fürimmerringe</em> [forever rings], forged from a single piece of metal. Photo (detail): Ulrike Myrzik.](https://artaurea.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IHM_Fuerimmerringe_Dittlmann-und-Jank_Foto-Ausschnitt-Ulrike-Myrzik-780x528.jpg)
Exhibitions
Fallen Out of Time
Eva Maisch presents work by eight artists at her summer exhibition in Lindelbach, Franconia.
With the “Hofstall” in Lindelbach, Eva Maisch and her husband Walter Jäckl have created a remarkable venue. With gallery space in a former stable, a… Read on
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Eva Maisch
Im Hofstall
Wäldleinstrasse 1
97236 Randersacker/Lindelbach
Germany - July 1, 2022 – starting at 7 p.m.
July 2, 2022 – 2 p.m. to 9 p.m.
July 3, 2022 – 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Time Travels
Art Aurea’s summer edition 2-2022 is not about science fiction, but it is about expanding consciousness.
What are the roles of art and craft? In the summer 2022 print edition, we take a look at an aspect that typically preoccupies science-fiction… Read on
Exhibitions
All Hands On: Plaiting
Plaiting exemplifies the fascination of the handmade at the Museum of European Cultures in Berlin-Dahlem.
Plaiting, a cultural technique that has been practiced for thousands of years, has become rare. The state vocational school for plaiting design in Lichtenfels, Upper… Read on
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Museum of European Cultures
Arnimallee 25
14195 Berlin-Dahlem
Germany - Begins May 24, 2022 and continues indefinitely
Opening hours: Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday, 11 am to 6 pm - Link
Exhibitions
Flying Lessons at CRAFTkontor
From FLIEWATüüT to Tante JU – an exhibition about the dream of flying.
The dream of flying: who hasn’t dreamt it? Imaginative, small-format automata by the Hamburg-based artist, goldsmith and tinkerer Birgit Borstelmann continue the tradition of Pegasus,… Read on
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CRAFTkontor
Gallery for crafts and design
Koblenzer Strasse 35 / entrance on Bürgerstrasse
53173 Bonn - Bad Godesberg, Germany - Link
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Jewelry Design 2022
Before Corona, numerous designers exhibited at Inhorgenta Munich. The change in jewelry culture began long before.
Until the 1980s, Germany’s jewelry industry was very nearly the world’s largest, second only to Italy as the global leader. Nowadays most jewelry is made… Read on