Dark Side of Imagination: Jewellery by Kadri Mälk. A Critical Review

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Published: 30.04.2026

Dark Side of Imagination: Jewellery by Kadri Mälk. A Critical Review.

Kadri Mälk’s workbench, 2023. Photograph and courtesy Tanel Veenre (top). [The last work by Kadri Mälk], 2022. Brooch. Gold, oxidised silver. Private collection. Photograph Kristi Paap. Courtesy ETDM (bottom)

Dark Side of Imagination is a retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Estonian jeweller Kadri Mälk (1958-2023), presented at the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design (ETDM) between November 2025 and April 2026. This review by Cristina Filipe examines Mälk’s work as a singular contribution to contemporary jewellery, where material, body and spirituality converge in a practice that resists fixed interpretation.

This article was originally published in ARTECAPITAL Magazine and is reproduced by Klimt02 with the courtesy of Cristina Filipe and the magazine.

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