Jewel's Venice Debut: Stars, Menopause, and AI in 'Matriclysm'

Key facts

• Jewel debuts at Venice's Salone Verde with 'Matriclysm: An Archeology of Connections Lost'.
• The exhibition is curated by Joe Thompson and realized with the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
• It features paintings, sculptures, tapestries, installations, and sound works, and is her largest exhibition to date.
• Jewel trained at the Interlochen Arts Academy before her music career.
• 'Seven Sisters' uses radiation data from the Kepler telescope and K2 mission to make stars shine and sing according to their actual radiation.
• 'Heart of the Ocean' is a living sculpture that updates every 12 minutes with ocean data, compressing 1500 years of warming into seconds.
• The show addresses the historical veneration and repression of women, including the myth of the Seven Sisters, which dates back a hundred thousand years.
• Jewel used AI to create a composition based on photos of her female family members.
• The exhibition runs until November 22, 2026, at Salone Verde, Calle Regina, 2258, Venice.
• Jewel describes the relationship with AI as a 'rodeo', terrifying and exciting.