1st International Summit of Jewelry Classes and Pop-up Exhibition at the Invitation of Die Neue Sammlung in der Pinakothek der Moderne

In 2026, Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum under the roof of Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne, celebrates its 100th anniversary. 

In 2026, Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum can proudly look back on 20 successful years of jewelry exhibitions, a series that kicked off back in 2006 with the Herman Jünger. Fundstücke exhibition. 

In 2026, the jewelry collection at Die Neue Sammlung is celebrating its 30th anniversary. In 1996, the first piece of jewelry was acquired and responsibility for the Danner Foundation's contemporary jewelry collection was handed over to Die Neue Sammlung on permanent loan. 

In 2026 Die Neue Sammlung - The Design Museum is teaming up with over 40 jewelry classes from all over the world, covering 24 different countries, to celebrate the future of young contemporary jewelry. 

The classes have taken it upon themselves to mastermind and present a pop-up exhibition exclusively for the Friday evening of the Jewelry Weekend. The pop-up exhibition will only be on show at the Pinakothek der Moderne and on the evening of the event. 


PARTICIPATING CLASSES: 
ARGENTINA – Buenos Aires, Taller Eloi. AUSTRALIA – Melbourne, School of Art, Gold and Silversmithing, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology RMIT. BELGIUM – Antwerp, Royal Academy of Fine Arts. CHINA – Beijing, Jewelry Program, School of Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts CAFA. CZECH REPUBLIC – Liberec, Department of Design, Technical University of Liberec TUL // Pilsen, Metal and Jewelry Studio, Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art, University of West Bohemia // Prague, K.O.V., Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague UMPRUM. ESTONIA – Tallinn, Jewellery and Blacksmithing, Estonian Academy of Arts EKA. FINLAND – Lappeenrata, LAB University of Applied Sciences. FRANCE – Limoges, Ensad Limoges jewelry, National School of Art and Design // Strasbourg, Atelier Bijou in the Art-Object department. Haute école des arts du Rhin. GREAT BRITAIN – Glasgow, Silversmithing and Jewellery Design, Glasgow School of Art // London, Jewellery and Metal, Royal College of Art RCA. JAPAN – Kobe, Jewelry & Metalworking, Kobe Design University // Tokyo, Hiko Mizuno College of Jewelry // Tokyo, Tokio University of the Arts Geidai // Tokyo, Department of Crafts, Tama Art University. KOREA – Seoul, Department of Crafts, Seoul National University. LITHUANIA – Vilnius, Metal Art and Jewelry Program, Academy of Arts. MEXICO – Guadalajara, Hard To Find. NETHERLANDS – Amsterdam, Jewellery – Linking Bodies, Gerrit Rietveld Academy // Maastricht, Class of Maastricht, Academy of Arts Maastricht. NEW ZEALAND – HANDSHAKE Project. NORWAY – Oslo, Metal and Jewellery, National Academy of Arts. PORTUGAL – Ar.Co – Centro de Arte e Comunicação Visual. SLOVAKIA – Bratislava, Studio Metal and Jewel, Academy of Fine Arts and Design. SPAIN – Barcelona, Escola Massana-Centre d’Art i Disseny, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, UAB. SWEDEN – Gothenburg, HDK-Valand – Academy of Art and Design,  University of Gothenburg // Stockholm, Konstfack, University of Arts, Crafts and Design. USA – Bloomfield Hills, Metalsmithing Department, Cranbrook Academy of Art // Rhode Island School of Design RISD // Providence, Rhode Island School of Design // New Paltz, State University of New York, SUNY New Paltz. GERMANY – Düsseldorf, Peter Behrens School of Arts – Hochschule Düsseldorf // Halle, Schmuck Halle, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design // Hildesheim, Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst // Idar-Oberstein – Department of Gemstones & Jewellery, Trier University of Applied Sciences // Munich, Jewellery and Hollowware, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München // Nuremberg, Die Klasse für Bildende Kunst/Jewelry and Artefacts, Akademie der Bildenden Künste Nürnberg // Pforzheim, Berufskolleg Design Schmuck & Gerät, Goldschmiedeschule und Uhrmacherschule Pforzheim // Wismar, Faculty of Architecture and Design, Wismar University of Applied Sciences, Technology, Business and Design.


Visitors will receive a booklet into which each class enters a stamp or sticker after their visit, so that it is possible to see which classes have already been visited. 
The 1st Summit of Jewelry Classes is generously supported by Münchner Freiheit in the form of sweet finger food and by Showtec with its technical equipment. 

From 10 p.m. onwards the band SASEBO will give a live concert with musicians well-known from the jewelry scene: David Bielander, Yutaka Minegishi, and as a special guest Mari Ishikawa. 

Graphic designers Carlota Barberan Madruga and Anna Schreiber developed the logo and the print medium for the “1st Summit of Jewelry Classes.” 


Media Conference 06.03.2026, 11.00 A.M. 
Location: Pinakothek der Moderne Entrance Hall Event: 06.03.2026, 19.00 P.M.