SCHMUCK münchen 2025

This year were received more than 800 applications and were selected more than 60 works by artists from 28 countries.

>> Download here the selected artist's list

Once a year, Munich becomes a city of jewellery: artists, gallery owners, museum curators and collectors from all over the world travel to «Handwerk & Design» to find out about the latest trends in the world of jewellery at the special SCHMUCK münchen show. What makes this exhibition so special is that no theme or motto is given. The most diverse pieces of jewellery of all generations, schools, cultures and continents from the most diverse materials and techniques rendezvous here – since almost 65 years! The impetus for the show came from art historian Herbert Hofmann back in 1959. Such continuity speaks for itself: today, SCHMUCK münchen forms the core of Munich's reputation as a centre for contemporary jewellery art.

This year's special show was curated by Jurgita Ludavičiené, an art historian and curator from Lithuania who selected from almost 800 submissions over 60 works for SCHMUCK münchen 2025.
I wanted to include as many artists as possible who hadn't exhibited in the last two years. Then, of course, I wanted visitors to be able to discover a lot. And what I really wanted: Vibrancy. That the work of art, the piece of jewellery is alive, that it touches, that it breathes.

The jewellery artist Bussi Buhs will be honoured as a "Modern Classic" in 2025.
 
Parallel to SCHMUCK münchen and the other special shows at «Handwerk & Design», many events will take place throughout the city in various locations offering dozens of other exhibitions, performances, and lectures. The SCHMUCK münchen Info-Point next to Galerie Handwerk in the Handwerkskammer in the heart of the Munich will provide information about this extensive programme.
 
The special show SCHMUCK is sponsored by the Munich-based foundation for the applied arts Benno and Therese Danner’sche Kunstgewerbestiftung.

Prizes and Awards:
Herbert-Hofmann-Prize, (Saturday, 15th March, 5 p.m)

• The prize commemorates Dr. Herbert Hofmann, the founder of the special show in 1959.
• Three contributions will be awarded the Herbert Hofmann Prize.
• Works will be acknowledged at the SCHMUCK-Catalogue of the following year (including photography and text).
• Distinguished exhibitors receive a certificate and a stele (designed by Hermann Jünger).

Bavarian States Prize (Friday, 1st March, 2 p.m)

• Every exhibitor at the International Trade Fair can apply for the Bavarian States Prize.
• The Bavarian States Prize is awarded to 10 contributions of applied art within all contributions of the International Trade Fair. The Bavarian States Prize is awarded 5.000 Euros, a gold medal, and a certificate.

Organisation and Funding:
Promoter: Gesellschaft für Handwerksmessen mbH.
Exhibition Patron: Benno und Therese Danner´sche Kunstgewerbestiftung München.
Conception and direction: Barbara Schmidt, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern.
Organisation: Eva Sarnowski, Handwerkskammer für München und Oberbayern.
Arrangements: Alexandra Bahlmann.

We are grateful to the Bavarian State Ministry of Commerce, Energy, and Technology for the support they have lent to this special show, to the Danner Foundation for their sponsorship, and to the Association of Trades Fairs as the organizer of the Crafts and Trades Fair Munich.