Exhibitions

29.08.2023

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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

12.10.2023—07.01.2024
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

Competitions

27.07.2023

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

13.06.2023

Manufactum State Prize 2023

The State Prize of North Rhine-Westphalia, which has been conferred since 1963, was again awarded in six categories.

The award that was formerly known as the “State Prize for Arts and Crafts” has now been renamed the “State Prize for Applied Art and… Read on

27.05.2023—13.08.2023
Museum of Applied Arts
An der Rechtschule 7
D-50667 Cologne
Germany
Link

Studio Visits

24.05.2023

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

Exhibitions

10.10.2022

Annette Lechler, Karlsruhe, nomination: <em>andernorts – comme une onde o lo12</em>. Open shell linking, birch and thread.

State Prizes of Baden-Württemberg 2022

Prizes for design, art and craft awarded in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

The 2022 award winners are Ute Kathrin Beck (Stuttgart), Mirjam Hiller (Pforzheim) and Annette Lechler (Karlsruhe). “The prizewinning works embody creative sustainability, perfect craftsmanship and… Read on

25.09.2022—06.11.2022
Labor im Chor, Im Prediger
Johannisplatz 3
D-73525 Schwäbisch Gmünd
Link

Trade fairs

19.09.2022

Paul Derrez, Amsterdam, <em>Radiant Brooch</em>, 2021, silver, plastic. Photo: Paul Derrez.

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

21.10.2022—23.10.2022
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

Competitions

23.08.2022

The 2022 winner. Dahye Jeong, Republic of Korea <em>A Time of Sincerity</em>, 2021. Horsehair, 37.5 x 29 x 27 cm. © Loewe Craft Prize.

Loewe Craft Prize 2023

The new call for entries with New York as its destination.

The LOEWE FOUNDATION’s Craft Prize 2023 will be awarded in New York next spring and will be presented with an exhibition of the winners and… Read on

20.07.2022—25.10.2022
Link

Trade fairs

07.04.2022

Hand forged steel cutlery by Friederike Maltz, exhibitor at Zeughausmesse – Arts and Craft Days. Photograph by Friederike Maltz.

Zeughausmesse Arts and Craft Days 2022

Expect 100 craft artists from a wide-ranging variety of artistic disciplines.

Professional applied artists, including international applicants, may apply for Berlin-based Zeughausmesse Arts and Craft Days 2022 until the 30th of April 2022. Zeughausmesse is a… Read on

13.10.2022—16.10.2022
Link

Competitions

14.10.2021

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Erfurt City Goldsmith 2022

Since 1994, the state capital city of Erfurt has invited tenders for the honorary office of Erfurt City Goldsmith. Here is the new invitation to tender.

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

Other

13.09.2021

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Loewe Craft Prize – fifth edition

The next Loewe Foundation Craft Prize will take place in Seoul in spring 2022. Entries to the fifth edition will be accepted until 25 October 2021.

The 2021 edition of the prize received almost 3,000 total submissions from 107 countries across the globe; potential candidates for next year’s edition are invited… Read on

Other

13.09.2021

Special mention: Takayuki Sakiyama, Japan, Chōtō: <em>Listening to the Waves</em>, 2019.
Stoneware.

Loewe Craft Prize – fünfte Ausgabe

Der fünfte Craft Prize der Loewe Foundation wird im Frühjahr 2022 in Seoul stattfinden. Einreichungen werden bis 25. Oktober 2021 angenommen.

Für die Preisverleihung 2021 wurden insgesamt fast 3000 Arbeiten aus 107 Ländern weltweit eingereicht. Potenzielle Kandidaten für die nächstjährige Ausgabe sind eingeladen, ihre Arbeiten unter… Read on

Exhibitions

12.08.2020

Professor Martin Neubert in his studio. Photo Alexander Burzik.

Southwest German Ceramics Award 2020

Martin Neubert receives the SV Sparkassenversicherung prize, which was awarded for the second time.

The Südwestdeutscher Keramikpreis, which is endowed with 10,000 euros, is awarded every three years. Unlike the first competition in 2017, this year the states of… Read on

05.09.2020—14.10.2020
Keramikmuseum Westerwald
Lindenstraße 13
56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen
Germany
Link

Exhibitions

24.06.2020

Award-winning jewelry object by Junwon Jung.

Friedrich Becker Preis 2020

Junwon Jung from Munich is the winner.

With the awarding in Düsseldorf of the Friedrich Becker Prize, worth 10,000 Euro and an endowment of Hildegard Becker (1928-2018), the Association for Goldsmiths’ Art… Read on

17.07.2020—23.08.2020
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
Altstädter Markt 6
63460 Hanau
Germany

Competitions

26.03.2020

Ring made from thin gold sheeting by Carla Nuis, Netherlands.

Herbert Hofmann Prizes 2020

Because of the corona crisis, the winners of the special show Schmuck were virtually determined.

The winners of the Herbert Hofmann Prize were announced by the jury even though the 2020 Internationale Handwerksmesse and SCHMUCK special exhibition in Munich were… Read on

Competitions

25.03.2020

Herbert-Hofmann-Preis 2020

Wegen der Corona-Krise wurden die Gewinner der Sonderschau Schmuck virtuell ermittelt.

Die Gewinner der 47. Herbert-Hofmann-Preise wurden trotz Absage der Internationalen Handwerksmesse 2020 und der Sonderschau Schmuck in München von der Jury ermittelt. Die Preise erhielten… Read on

Exhibitions

05.03.2020

Glass object of finalist 2020 Jessica Loughlin, Australia.

Loewe Craft Prize – the Finalists

Due to the Corona crisis, the award ceremony and exhibition at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris will be postponed to spring 2021.

The fourth edition of the Loewe Foundation Craft Prize presents an exciting array of objects that prove a mastery of material, reimagine traditional techniques and… Read on

Musée des Arts Décoratifs
107 Rue de Rivoli
75001 Paris, France
Vernissage: 19 May 2020
Link

Other

09.10.2019

Loewe Craft Prize – Call for entries 2020

Only the highest-quality submissions have a chance to win the Loewe Craft Prize, but the concepts of previous winners have been quite diverse.

The annual Craft Prize of the Loewe Foundation is valued at 50,000 euros, which makes this award larger than any other national or international competition… Read on

01.07.2019—30.10.2019
Link

Exhibitions

16.09.2019

Johannes Nagel, 1st Prize Free Ceramics, <em>Coloured Construction</em>, 2018. 40x45x59 cm.

2019 Westerwald Awards

The 14th edition of the Westerwald Awards turned out to be “mirroring significant developments”, said Nele van Wieringen. However, that doesn’t necessarily mean that all of these are positive ones, as the prize-winning “Topsoil” project shows.

Johannes Nagel from Halle on the Saale River won the Freeform Ceramics Award, worth 10,000 euros. The second prize and 6,000 euros went to Jesse… Read on

01.10.2019—15.03.2020
Keramikmuseum Westerwald
Deutsche Sammlung für Historische
und Zeitgenössische Keramik
Lindenstraße 13
56203 Höhr-Grenzhausen
Germany
Opening: 29. 09. 2019, at 5 p.m.
Link

Competitions

10.09.2019

City goldsmith 2016 in Erfurt: Eunmi Chun, necklace <em>Spindelbaum</em>, 2016. Pigment, silver, wood. 2016. Photo Eunmi Chun.

Erfurt City Goldsmith 2020

Since 1994, the state capital city of Erfurt has invited tenders for the honorary office of Erfurt City Goldsmith. Here is the new invitation to tender.

Volker Atrops (Rheurd/D, 2009), Nora Rochel (Karlsruhe/D, 2013) and Eunmi Chun (Munich/D/Korea, 2016) were Erfurt City Goldsmiths in past years. The title will be awarded… Read on

10.09.2019—30.11.2019
Landeshauptstadt Erfurt
Kunsthalle Erfurt
Fischmarkt 7
99084 Erfurt
Germany
Link

Exhibitions

02.07.2019

First Prize: Genta Ishizuka, Japan, <em>Surface Tactility #11</em>. Urushi, styrene foam balls, 2 way tricot, linen cloth.

Genta Ishizuka wins the Loewe Craft Prize 2019

The Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize, which is endowed with 50,000 euros, was awarded for the third time. The winner is Genta Ishizuka from Japan.

The number of submissions alone – 2,500 this year – shows the strong attraction of the Spanish Loewe Foundation’s Craft Prize, which is now in… Read on

26.06.2019—22.07.2019
Isamu Noguchi
Indoor Stone Garden Heaven
The Sogetsu Kaikan
2-21, Akasaka 7-chome,
Minato-ku, Tokyo 107-8505
Link

Competitions

26.03.2019

Talente Awards 2019

Eight designers were honored at the International Crafts Fair in Munich in March 2019.

The artists who are selected to exhibit their work in the special “Talente” show at “Handwerk & Design” are usually academically trained. A total of… Read on

Competitions

21.03.2019

Herbert-Hofmann Prizes 2019

Junwon Jung, Misato Seki and Yutaka Minegishi are the winners of the Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2019.

The conferrals of the Herbert Hofmann Prizes, along with the Bavarian State Prizes and the Talente Prizes, are highlights at “Handwerk & Design.” They are… Read on

Trade fairs

07.02.2019

And the Grassifreunde Prize, endowed with €1,000, went to Ludwig Menzel, Jewelry and Utensils, from Berlin. Ludwig Menzel, <em>Doldenschale Nr. 3</em> [Umbel bowl], 2017. Cast 925 silver. Photo Tanja Rieger.

Announcement: Grassi Fair 2019

Online applications for the 2019 edition of the Grassi Fair are now possible. Applications will be accepted until May 8, 2019.

Built in Leipzig from 1925 to 1929, the GRASSI Museum is always worth a visit. It displays permanent exhibitions of craftsmanship and design from classical… Read on

07.02.2019—08.05.2019
 GRASSI Museum für Angewandte Kunst
 Johannisplatz 5–11
04103 Leipzig
Deutschland
Link

Trade fairs

14.12.2018

Special Show: “Schmuck 2019”

The “Oscars” for artistic jewelry will be awarded at the International Crafts Fair in Munich, March 13-16, 2019.

The special Schmuck show at the International Crafts Fair in Munich, which also features the conferral of the Herbert Hofmann Prize, has long been regarded… Read on

13.03.2019—17.03.2019
Neue Messe München
Messegelände
81823 Munich
Germany
9.30 – 18 Uhr
Link

Exhibitions

12.12.2018

Handwerk + Form 2018 in Bregenz Forest

Thirty prizes were awarded at the eighth design competition. The show continues in Werkraum until January 12th.

There are many design contests around the world, but few are likely to achieve what the “Handwerk + Form” competition has accomplished in the years… Read on

17.11.2018—12.01.2019
Werkraum Bregenzerwald
Hof 800
6866 Andelsbuch
Austria
10 am – 6 pm
Link

Competitions

06.12.2018

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Calling all filmmakers!

  Applications now open for Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival 2019.

Real to Reel: The Craft Film Festival is the first UK festival dedicated to films about making. Now in its fourth year, the festival continues… Read on

21.01.2019—21.01.2019
Link

Competitions

03.12.2018

Eelcon Veenman's winning object <em>The Utah Teapot</em> of 2016. Photo Eelco Veenman.

Announcement of the 19th Silver Triennial 2019

The Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst [Association for Goldsmiths´ Art] invites to participate at the worldwide recognized competition.

The Silver Triennial has been organized since 1965 by the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst [Association for Goldsmiths´ Art] and the Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau [German Goldsmiths´ House].… Read on

21.06.2019—21.06.2019
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V.
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau
Germany
Photo jury: until June 21, 2019
Object jury: until July 21, 2019
Link

Competitions

27.08.2018

Out of 1.900 applicants Marie Janssen from Vienna reached the short list of 30 artists

Loewe Craft Prize 2019 – Announcement

The third edition of the international award. Submissions for 2019 will be accepted until 31 October 2018.

The 2018 edition of the prize received close to 1,900 submissions from a total of 86 countries across the globe; potential candidates for this year’s… Read on

20.06.2018—31.10.2018
Link

Exhibitions

22.08.2018

Designers in Residence 2018, Emma-Kreativzentrum. From left, Avital Chalemsky, James Boock und Ágnes Várnai. Photo Winfried Reinhardt

Artificial Intelligence, Augmented Reality and Jewelry

The results of the designers in residence in 2018 at Emma-Kreativzentrum Pforzheim.

James Boock, Avital Chalemsky and Ágnes Várnai were grantees of the “Designers in Residence” international study program which the city of Pforzheim annually sponsors in… Read on

12.09.2018—25.10.2018
Haus der Wirtschaft [House of Economics] – Design Center
Willi-Bleicher-Straße 19
70174 Stuttgart
Germany
Monday–Friday 11 am–6 pm
Link

Exhibitions

07.05.2018

Jennifer Lee wins Loewe Craft Prize 2018

As part of the London Craft Week, the Loewe Craft Prize 2018 is being presented at the Design Museum, London.

The Loewe Craft Prize 2018, endowed with 50,000 euros, was won by the British ceramist Jennifer Lee. The jury commended the work for its classicism,… Read on

04.05.2018—17.06.2018
Design Museum
224–238 Kensington High St
Kensington, London
W8 6AG
Great Britain
Link

Competitions

14.03.2018

Herbert Hofmann Award eremony 2018. From the left, Dieter Dohr, GHM, jury member Cornelie Holzach, award winner Gernot Leibold, jury member Stefano Marchetti, laureate Lin Cheung, jury member Caroline Broadhead, award winner Julia Maria Künnap and Wolfgang Lösche, head of the Schmuck [Jewelery] show, Chamber of Crafts Munich and Upper Bavaria

Herbert Hofmann Prize in 2018

Lin Cheung, Julia Maria Künnap and Gernot Leibold were chosen as the winners of the Special Show "Schmuck [Jewelry]" at the International Crafts Fair Munich.

The jury described the green brooch that Julia Maria Künnap from Estonia made from nephrite and gold and named “Why Is It All Overgrowing”… Read on

Exhibitions

15.11.2017

Alexandra Schliske, Schale, anodized aluminum, L 52 cm

HammerClub Exhibition 2018

The works and winners of the HammerClub meeting 2018 can be seen until August 4 at the Goldschmiedehaus Hanau.

This years winner of the competition “Favorites” are Beate Leonards, Germany, first prize, Kim Sanghoon, South Korea, second prize, Mana Kehr, Germany, third prize. The… Read on

Competitions

29.06.2017

Loewe Craft Prize 2018

Worth 50,000 euros, the prestigious Loewe Craft Prize, celebrating excellence in craftsmanship, calls for submission until 31 October 2017.

Last year, the Loewe Foundation launched the international annual Loewe Craft Prize to showcase and celebrate newness, excellence and artistic merit in modern craftsmanship. With… Read on

19.06.2017—31.10.2017
Loewe Foundation
Goya 4
28001 Madrid
Spanien
Link

Competitions

31.03.2017

Conferral of the Herbert Hofmann Prizes. Wolfgang Lösche (director of the special jewelry show, Chamber of Commerce of Munich and Upper Bavaria), prizewinner Sanaa Khalil, and Dieter Dohr (chairman of the board of GHM).

Herbert Hofmann Prizes for 2017

The Herbert Hofmann Prizes went to two jewelry creators from Germany and to an artist from Lebanon.

These awards, which number among the most prestigious international commendations for contemporary jewelry, are annually conferred to winners chosen from among the exhibitors participating in… Read on

Competitions

22.03.2017

Sonderschau Talente auf der Handwerk und Design 2017

Sonderschau Talente – Award Winners 2017

The "Talente" show at the in Munich spotlighted works created by 105 designers and artisans from 32 different nations.

Superlative craftsmanship and clever designs are nowhere near sufficient to win laurels at the “Talente” show in Munich. Many creations showcased at the Crafts &… Read on

Competitions

21.03.2017

Grand prix, Marcin Tymiński, Poland, pln 10,000 (2,325 euros)

Amberif Design Award 2017

The winners of the competition are presented at the Amber-Expo in Gdańsk, the formerly Danzig.

The winners of the amber competition, curated by Barbara Schmidt from Munich, come from Poland, Germany and France. The theme of “periphery” left the imagination… Read on

22.03.2017—25.03.2017
Amberexpo
ul. Żaglowa 11
80-560 Gdańsk
Poland
Link

Exhibitions

12.03.2017

Inhwa Lee, Vessels <em>Memory of Emotions</em>, 2016, Porcelain

BKV-Prizes 2017 for Young Crafts

Three German jewelry artists and a Korean ceramist were awarded by the Bavarian crafts association [Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein].

Katrin Feulner from Pforzheim, Inhwa Lee from Seoul and Helen Habtay from Idar-Oberstein, Germany are the winners of the BKV-prizes 2017. A commendation went to… Read on

07.04.2017—06.05.2017
Bayerischer Kunstgewerbeverein e.V.
Gallery for Applied Art
Pacellistrasse 6-8
80333 Munich
Germany
Monday–Saturday 10am–6pm
Link

Competitions

16.12.2016

Pott: Design Awards 2017

A competition for cutlery and table accessories, sponsored by Hannspeter Pott and hosted by the Deutsches Klingenmuseum (German Blade Museum) in Solingen

The Pott: Design Awards 2017 have been initiated by Hannspeter Pott, grandson of the C. Hugo Pott Company’s founder, as a tribute to the design… Read on

Deutsches Klingenmuseum
Klosterhof 4
42653 Solingen
Germany
klingenmuseum@solingen.de
Link

Competitions

30.09.2016

Art Aurea Awards – Winners 2016

Kristiina Karinen (Germany/Finland), Barbara Nanning (Netherlands) and Joo Hyung Park (South Korea) are the main prize-winners of the 2016 Art Aurea Awards. The Popularity Prize went to Angela Hübel (Germany).

This year, a total of 21 designers/profiles have won an award. The competition serves to promote authentic workshops, de- signers, artists and manufactories, and was… Read on

Competitions

08.09.2016

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Friedrich Becker Prize 2017

The competition is endowed with 5,000 euros and honors an influential jewelery artists of the 20th century

As an internationally renowned goldsmith, as a creator of kinetic objects, designer and teacher Friedrich Becker (1922–1997) had a formative influence on the goldsmiths’ art… Read on

08.09.2016—10.01.2017
Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V. 
Deutsches Goldschmiedehaus Hanau 
Altstädter Markt 6 
63450 Hanau 
Germany
+49 (0)6181 256556
Link

Competitions

15.08.2016

Member of the experts panel: John Allen, master weaver and textile designer

Prestigious Loewe Craft Prize launched in 2016

Spanish luxury brand Loewe announces a highly endowed international craft prize

In 2016, the Loewe Foundation launches the Loewe Craft Prize, an annual international award celebrating excellence in craftsmanship. With this initiative, the Spanish luxury brand… Read on

12.04.2016—31.05.2017
Link

Competitions

13.07.2015

The Audience Choose Ingrid Rügemer

Designer Ingrid Rügemer from Munich is the winner of the audience prize of the ART AUREA AWARDS for 2015.

Ingrid Rügemer, who was born in 1966, studied communications design in Augsburg, then in 2007 earned her master’s degree in ceramic design at Central Saint… Read on

Competitions

06.07.2015

The ART AUREA AWARDS 2015 Winners

Miriam Hiller (art jewelry) Jan Kath (carpets / interior textiles) and Tora Urup (studio glass) are the three first-prize winners of the ART AUREA AWARDS for 2015

The jurors chose from a field of 178 designers, artists and manufactories presented 2015 on the ART AUREA Internet Platform.The competition promotes authentic workshops, designers,… Read on

Competitions

26.06.2015

Tapio Wirkkala, Vase Bolle, 1966–68. Incalmo Technique.

Audience prize of the Art Aurea Awards 2015

Now! Select the best designers, artists or manufacturers at ART AUREA. You can win 10 subscriptions to our globally appreciated bilingual print magazine – and enjoy the fun as a juror of a worthwhile cultural competition.

This internet platform presents exemplary design culture on the interface between art and design. The ART AUREA AWARDS annually commend the platform’s most interesting artists,… Read on

Competitions

08.03.2015

Who Wears my Art?

Contemporary Jewelry and Contemporary People – An Art-Photo Happening during Münchner Schmucktage 2015

Miriam Künzli will photograph art jewelry and its wearers for Art Aurea magazine in Munich’s Akademie der Bildenden Künste during the Münchner Schmucktage jewelry exhibition. People… Read on

11.03.2015—12.03.2015
Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Akademiestraße 2–4
80799 Munich
Germany
10 am–19 pm

Competitions

06.02.2015

Future Place 2015

Art Aurea presents ten pioneering galleries and shops which stand for an authentic product culture. Apply now!

Galleries and shops for the applied artists, design and similar products represent artists, designers and producers who create cultural artifacts of lasting value. These venues… Read on

Competitions

14.01.2015

Art Aurea Awards 2015

International competition for all sections of the Applied Arts

The artaurea.com internet platform links the Profiles of selected artists, designers and manufactories with their galleries or shops. This unique service is set to reach its pinnacle with… Read on