Artistar Jewels at Milano Jewelry Week 2019

Among the group exhibitions, an important role will be played by Artistar Jewels 2019 Fall Edition, an international reference event dedicated to body ornaments now in its seventh edition. Artistar Jewels, which in the past hosted important creatives including: GianCarlo Montebello, Philip Sajet, Yoko Ono, Pol Bury, Faust Cardinali and Gillo Dorfles, for the 2019 Fall Edition will see the creations of over 160 artists and designers from 40 countries at Palazzo Bovara in Corso Venezia 51. Alongside the works of Artistar Jewels, Schmuckgalerie Silbermann will bring a spin-off of in flux: a surprising exhibition that debuted at the Munich Jewellery Week 2019 - in which 12 pieces by Edwin Charmain, Katharina Kraus, Elisavet Messi and Lingjun Sun will encourage a conversation about the evolution of goldsmith craftsmanship and will investigate current opportunities. Meanwhile, Assamblage - National Contemporary Jewelry Association (Romania) will present BELONGING / S, a special interactive project of jewelry and photography.

At Palazzo Bovara, on Friday 25 October at 6.00 pm there will be an awarding ceremony dedicated to the artists involved in the exhibition Artistar Jewels and to the final year students of the schools and academies that will participate in the Milano Jewelry Week: IED – Istituto Europeo di Design of Milan, Scuola Galdus of Milano, Accademia di Belle Arti of Cuneo, Assamblage – National Contemporary Jewelry Association (Romania), Hard to Find (Mexico) and Krama Institute (Greece). The students' creations will also be on display, for the entire duration of the event, at the Galdus School, where it will be possible to admire over 100 creations of the best students of the academies.

The Artistar Jewels jury, chaired by Elisabetta Barracchia, director of Accessory Vogue Vanity Fair and Wedding Vogue Vanity Fair and composed by Gianni De Liguoro, founder and designer of the famous De Liguoro brand, Guido Solari Director of the headquarters of the Scuola Orafa Ambrosiana of Via Tortona 26 and of the SOA Lab & Factory of Via Savona 20 in Milan, Ivan Perini Fine Jewelry & Consultancy, Assamblage – National Contemporary Jewelry Association and Irina Slesareva Director of Jewellery Review Magazine and Creative Director of Russian Line Jewellery Contest will deliver numerous prizes that will include:  training courses and internships in internationally recognized ateliers and schools, editorials in reference magazines of the sector and social campaigns on authoritative channels.

The designer Gianni De Benedittis, in collaboration with Artistar Jewels, establishes the Prize futuroRemoto jewels. The prize consists of two sums of money that will be assigned, respectively, to an artist of Artistar Jewels and a student of the Talent Show, who will have distinguished themselves by excellent mastery of the goldsmith technique and who will have taken into account the needs and trends of the fashion system, with the idea that the money contribution can be used to finance the first steps in the jewelry world. For the selection of the winners, the jury will be composed, as well as by Gianni De Benedittis founder and Creative Director of the brand futuroRemoto, by Simonetta Gianfelici, top model, fashion consultant and talent scout and a representative of the Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.


The week is supported by the Municipality of Milan through the Patronage of the Assessorato Economia Urbana e Lavoro Unità Moda, Design e Creatività, will be unveiled at the press conference to be held on Wednesday 2 October at 11 am at the Sala Commissioni at Palazzo Marino.