Destination Bijou Cagnes-sur-Mer Jewellery Week 2026

The Museum of Contemporary Jewellery will host three exhibitions, including Sparkle, a retrospective dedicated to Herman Hermsen, and Drag & Drop.
In addition, families will be offered workshops led by Maud Traon (France) and Anna Talbot (Norway). Talks will also be held at the Grimaldi Castle Museum. 

Destination Bijou has established itself as an unmissable event for discovering the world of contemporary jewellery in Cagnes-sur-Mer, which has held the Ville et Métiers d’Art designation for this activity since 1995.


Grimaldi Castle Museum / 4–7 June
11 exhibitions / 4 talks 
10 am–12 pm and 2 pm–6 pm
Free admission throughout the event

Exhibitions:
Elsa Vanier Gallery (France)
Alliages Gallery (France)
Noël Guyomarch Gallery (Canada)
Lalabeyou Gallery (Spain)
Uni.Versus art room Gallery (Greece) 
Platina Gallery (Sweden) 
PIN (association for contemporary Portuguese jewellery)
Extranalities Collective (Europe)
Exhibition of local artists
Dialogue exhibition between Maud Traon (France) and Anna Talbot (Norway).
Schools: current students or recent graduates from 5 schools: École Nationale Supérieure d'Art et de Design de Limoges, Haute École des Arts du Rhin de Strasbourg + 3 sections of the Diplôme national des métiers d'art et du design (DNMADE): École Boulle (Paris), Société d'enseignement professionnel du Rhône in Lyon, Institut bijouterie de Saumur, paired with 5 international artists.

Talks 
Thursday 4th: 10am – 11am = Jennifer Altmann
An American freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Style section of *The New York Times* and numerous American magazines. What is it made of? on the use of humble materials by eight artists from four continents.

11 am – 12 pm = Extranalities, a collective of European artists 
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Extranalities. Presentation of how this collective of nine jewellery artists from nine European countries operates and the various projects that have emerged.

Friday 5th: 10 am – 11 am = Herman Hermsen
The master of contemporary jewellery from the Netherlands presents his career, which began in 1981, through various works from his retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Jewellery – Roots, Tracks, Traces.

11 am – 12 pm = Discussion between Maud Traon (France/UK) and Anna Talbot (Norway/UK) 20 Years in the Making
Reflections from these two artists, who share the common experience of having left their home countries to study contemporary jewellery in London. This ties in with their joint exhibition on display at the Grimaldi Castle Museum.



Museum of Contemporary Jewellery / 4 June – 20 September
3 exhibitions
June and September: Wednesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 6 pm. July and August: Wednesday to Monday, 2 pm to 6 pm.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in June and September, and on Mondays in July and August. Free admission

Sparkle 
An exhibition organised through an open call for entries, aiming to showcase a wide variety of international creations.

Herman Hermsen Retrospective
A Dutch artist active in contemporary jewellery since 1981, whose iconic works feature in some of the most important collections of contemporary jewellery in museums across Europe and North America. 

Drag & Drop #4
The trio of artists (Isabelle Busnel, Juan Riusech, Sébastien Carré) present the fourth edition of their Drag and Drop project, for which each artist created a module. Each had to create a piece of jewellery based on this module. The other two jewellers then had to replicate the original piece created by the module’s designer.



Workshops – Maison commune
Cheap Jewellery
Friday 5th June 2026: 3 pm – 5 pm: open to all, led by the artists and facilitators
Sunday 7th June 2026: 3 pm – 5 pm: open to all, free of charge

Workshops led by Maud Traon (France) and Anna Talbot (Norway).
A workshop on making jewellery from scrap materials, recycled second-hand jewellery, small pieces of plastic, artificial flowers, sequins and rhinestones.




Grimaldi Castle Museum – Free admission from 4 to 7 June 
10 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 6 pm.
04 92 02 47 35

Museum of Contemporary Jewellery – Free admission
June and September: 2 pm–6 pm.
Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays in June and September.
Closed on Tuesdays in July and August.
04 93 73 14 42