Curator Carole Guinard + Matching Gift Challenge for Next Week's Fundraiser

Jewelry That Makes You Think.

Image caption: Exhibition catalog cover, Zelia Nobre, Stay Home 2020, brooch, photo courtesy of MUDE

Join us Thursday, August 20, 2020, for AJF Live with an exhibition at MUDE (Lisbon Design Museum) curated by Cristina Filipe. Free, and open to members and non-members alike!

For more information and to register, follow this link.

What time?

9 a.m. PST: San Francisco

10 a.m. MST: Denver

11 a.m. CST: San Antonio, Mexico City

12 p.m. EST: Toronto, NYC, Santiago

1 p.m.: Buenos Aires

5 p.m.: London

6 p.m.: Oslo, Paris, Capetown, Brussels

7 p.m.: Bucharest, Athens, Israel, Estonia

11:00 p.m.: Thailand

1 a.m. on August 21: Korea, Japan

2 a.m. on August 21: Sydney

4 a.m. on August 21: New Zealand

We've Received a Matching Gift Challenge for Next Week's Fundraiser!

Image captions: (Top) Lisa Walker, Lambs and Daffodils #5, 2000 , brooch, Fimo, 74 x 28 x 22 mm; (bottom) Karl Fritsch, Ring #334, Was Not Me, 2019, 9-karat palladium/white gold, photos courtesy of The National

On Wednesday, August 26, 2020, we'll host a special AJF Live fundraiser featuring the internationally renowned New Zealand-based artists and partners Lisa Walker and Karl Fritsch.

We are proud to announce that starting today AJF emeritus board member Linda Peshkin is challenging us to match her generous gift of $1,500. Thank you, Linda, and thank you to everyone who is able to donate and help us meet this challenge.

For a minimum $20 donation, you can be part of this special AJF Live event with Lisa and Karl, and at the same time help support all of the programming and editorial content you’ve come to enjoy throughout the year.

Donating for the first time to meet this challenge?

Choosing to add to your

previous gift?

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your ticket or to make a donation

What time? (Aug. 26 unless noted)

1:30 p.m. PST: San Francisco

2:30 p.m. MST: Denver

3:30 p.m. CST: San Antonio, Mexico City

4:30 p.m. EST: Toronto, NYC, Santiago

5:30 p.m.: Buenos Aires

9:30 p.m.: London

10:30 p.m.: Oslo, Paris, Capetown, Brussels

11:30 p.m.: Bucharest, Athens, Israel, Estonia

3:30 a.m. on August 27: Thailand

5:30 a.m. on August 27: Korea, Japan

6:30 a.m. on August 27: Sydney

8:30 a.m. on August 27: New Zealand

ARTICLE

CAROLE GUINARD, CURATOR AT MUDAC

A Taste For Surprises

by Chava Krivchenia

Lausanne, Switzerland, is the home of the contemporary design and applied arts museum mudac, which features a diverse range of contemporary artworks and art practices including (but not limited to) art jewelry, performance work, and film. The museum's mission is to both celebrate Swiss contemporary artists and artworks and to connect to the international art world at large. The unnecessary boundary between contemporary art and applied arts is dismantled by mudac. Seasoned curator Carole Guinard—who is also an artist—discusses the intricacies of curating and collecting art jewelry alongside other contemporary artworks in an art institution.

Image caption: Exhibition view, From Hand to Hand, 2008, mudac, Lausanne, Switzerland, photo: Alain Kissling, Lausanne. This photo shows the room dedicated to Onno Boekhoudt (Netherlands) and students.

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