A Virtual Walk Through Some of The Most Interesting Contemporary Art Jewellery Exhibitions in 2025. Curated by Klimt02

2025 opened with an important reminder: jewellery is not an afterthought of culture, but one of its foundations. In Milan, at 10 Corso Como, Andrea Branzi. Civilizations without jewels have never existed invited visitors into Branzi’s radical thinking through jewellery and precious objects. And in early 2026, 10 Corso Como does it again with Bernhard Schobinger’s exhibition Democracy of Materials, a must-see from one of contemporary jewellery’s pioneers.

Across the year, intimacy, the body, and what we carry (literally and symbolically) kept returning as recurring themes. In Zurich, Esther Brinkmann’s Carrying Treasures proposed jewellery as a vessel for values that extend far beyond material worth. In Antwerp, DIVA presented Secret, Sacred & Scattered, an interactive focus show developed through the museum’s artist-in-residence programme, where visitors were invited not only to look, but to participate.

March, as always, was shaped by Munich and the dense energy of Schmuck Fair week. Warwick Freeman’s Hook Hand Heart Star was one of the highlights, and the exhibition went on to travel afterwards (and continues into 2026 at Objectspace, Aotearoa). If you fancy a quick wrap-up of what we saw in Munich, we’ve published a review here.

2025 also finally and visibly gave space to women’s narratives in jewellery. At the Museum of Contemporary Jewellery Espace Solidor, Bijoux de Femmes placed women and contemporary jewellery centre stage. In Houston, The Jewelry of Dorothea Prühl continues beyond 2026 at The Museum of Fine Arts, offering a long-form encounter with a major oeuvre. And in Cologne, MAKK launched From Louise Bourgeois to Yoko Ono. Jewellery by Female Artists, an ambitious statement positioning jewellery as part of wider artistic practice.

New and renewed members also shaped the year, bringing fresh geographies and voices to the platform. In Seoul, SIAT Gallery quickly stood out with exhibitions such as 흑은백 黑銀白 : Gentle Resonance, and Brooches Maketh Man, adding a visible South Korean rhythm to our calendar. JCC Center, based in Shanghai, brought the scale of an international scene to the Puyuan International Contemporary Jewellery Art and Design Biennial (on show until the end of February 2026), where multiple pavilions and exhibitions mapped contemporary jewellery as a truly global ecosystem.

Some exhibitions also stood out for the conversations they created, like the dialogue in Hanau at the Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst between Devour. Jewellery by Sophie Hanagarth and Peter Skubic’s. I Am Jailed in Jewellery. In Vevey, Espace Borax closed the year with Cash, a sharp look at value and exchange without losing formal strength. And in Taiwan, Echoes of Light and Shadow offered another lens altogether, treating gemstones not as decoration but as a language of light and intensity.

One last highlight belongs to the bridge between platform and practice. At Hannah Gallery in Barcelona, The Line of Life by Yonghak Jo, winner of the Klimt02 New Talents Award, demonstrated how an award can translate into a focused exhibition, supporting a young voice while giving audiences a coherent body of work to engage with.


While 2025 brought a slightly smaller number of exhibitions to Klimt02 than the year before, it certainly didn’t lack intensity. Explore this selection — and discover many more in our archive on Klimt02.
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To delve deeper, some of these exhibitions were accompanied by catalogues, available to purchase through Klimt02: 
- Warwick Freeman. Hook Hand Heart Star
- From Louise Bourgeois to Yoko Ono. Jewellery by Female Artists