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
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
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
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
For years, Galerie Handwerk has been organizing a jewelry exhibition in the gallery’s rooms parallel to the International Crafts Fair Munich and the special show… Read on
Before the year’s first issue of Art Aurea (Spring 2022) went to press, we too could not have imagined that Putin would invade all of… Read on
Such an imaginative and high-quality juxtaposition of art and flowers is rare and perhaps even globally unique. After twelve years of enhancing the image of… Read on
New dates for the two Munich industry trade shows Inhorgenta Munich and Internationale Handwerksmesse were announced on January 11, 2022. Justifying the postponement of Inhorgenta,… Read on
In a catalogue text for documenta 7 in 1982, the painter Gerhard Richter wrote that “art is the highest form of hope.” This was the… Read on
Seventy-two exhibitors, selected by a jury of experts, will present objects embodying a wide variety of materials, techniques and designs that offer fresh perspectives on… Read on
Artists like Helen Britton (Munich/Australia/Germany, 2007), Volker Atrops (Rheurd, Germany, 2009), Nora Rochel (Karlsruhe/Germany, 2013), Eunmi Chun (Munich/Germany/Korea, 2016) and Alexandra Bahlmann (Munich, 2020) have… Read on
