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Gmünder Messe 126
Jewelry and Silver from October 2 to 4 in the Leutze Hall of the CCS in Schwäbisch Gmünd.
Schwäbisch Gmünd boasts a charming old town with magnificent patrician houses, historic city towers, venerable monasteries and churches, a modern convention center (CCS), and a… Read on
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Leutze Hall at the CCS
Rektor-Klaus-Straße 9
73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany - Friday 6:30–9:00 p.m.
Saturday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. - Link
Alone and Together
We can accomplish plenty on our own, but what about the community? The autumn 2026 issue of Art Aurea offers several examples of this.
Art, craftsmanship and authentic design often need the serenity of an atelier to make fully matured works. But creatives in these fields also build upon… Read on
BKV Closes Retail Store and Gallery
The Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association (BKV) plans to reopen its location at Pacellistraße 6–8 in Munich in March 2027, in time for the International Crafts Fair.
The Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association’s (BKV) retail store and gallery, along with the Galerie Handwerk, are of central importance to the arts and crafts… Read on
By Nature
The theme of Eva Maisch’s summer exhibition at the Hofstall in Lindelbach.
Andreas Rier blows some of his glass objects in wooden molds that he crafts using a chainsaw and carving knives. He is inspired by nature,… Read on
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Im Hofstall
Wäldleinstraße 1
D-97236 Randersacker/Lindelbach
Germany
New Cultural Identities
Cultural identity emerges from the fusion of art, craftsmanship, and design. This gave rise to global movements. Examples can be found in the new Art Aurea.
For thousands of years, crafts were central elements of regional and national cultural identity. Today, many traditional crafts have disappeared entirely or are kept alive… Read on
Wild Company by Claudia Kraml
Ceramic “Companions” at Kunstforum der Werkschule Oldenburg.
With Wild Company, the Kunstforum der Werkschule Oldenburg presents an exhibition by the South German artist Claudia Kraml, whose ceramic companions reveal themselves as wild,… Read on
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Werkschule – Werkstatt für Kunst und Kulturarbeit e.V.
Rosenstrasse 41, 26122 Oldenburg, Germany
presse@werkschule.de - Link
Of Soil, Minerals and Light
Helen Britton, Kati Jünger, and Elena Alvarez Lutz at Eva Maisch’s Hofstall in Lindelbach.
In the exhibition Of Soil, Minerals, and Light, the Würzburg-based gallery owner brings together three artists from different disciplines: Renowned ceramicist Kati Jünger works with clay,… Read on
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Jewelry, Objects, and Ceramics
by Helen Britton and Kati Jünger
Im Hofstall, Wäldleinstraße 1
D-97236 Randersacker/Lindelbach
Germany - 18.04.2026, 2 p.m. – 9 p.m.
19.04.2026, 12 p.m. – 8 p.m. - Link
Herbert Hofmann Prize 2026
Ela Bauer, the Netherlands, Mira Kim, Korea/Canada, and Zhipeng Wang, China, are the winners.
Mira Kim was honored for a ring in which she innovatively combined the Mokume Gane technique with the almost forgotten guilloché process. In her ring,… Read on
To the Women, Their Art
For a long time, art, crafts, and design were dominated by men. But women have also made significant contributions. Art Aurea 1-2026 shows examples.
Throughout the modern era, many courageous and visionary women have fought for their rights. Sadly, quite a few had to die for their ideals, and… Read on
Freedom to Create
The freedom of art has long been a topic of discussion. Nowadays, it is also at home in the applied arts. Read more about this in the winter edition of Art Aurea.
In the very first issue of Art Aurea, which was published in autumn 1985, Jürgen Claus wrote in a guest commentary about a “sensational expansion… Read on