Preziosa 2017: Florence Jewellery Week Brings Global Design to Oltrarno
Florence will host the Florence Jewellery Week, known as Preziosa, from May 24 to 28, 2017, featuring a variety of exhibitions, workshops, conferences, and live demonstrations. The event's guest of honor, Petra Hölscher, who serves as the Senior Curator at the Neue Sammlung in Munich, will oversee activities in the Oltrarno district at locations such as Museo Bellini and Galleria di Palazzo Coveri. Noteworthy participants include jewelers Robert Baines, Sibylle Umlauf, and Danni Schwaag, along with curators Inger Wästberg and Martina Dempf. Highlights include the New Iranian & Persian Jewelry exhibition, curated by Kevin Murray, and works from the Preziosa Young 2017 winners: Fang Jin Yeh, Qian Wang, Shachar Cohen, and Xiaodai Huang, as well as Contemporary Swedish Silver by LOD Metallformgivning.
Key facts
- Preziosa, the Florence Jewellery Week, runs from May 24 to 28, 2017.
- Petra Hölscher, Senior Curator of the Neue Sammlung, is guest of honor.
- The Neue Sammlung was founded in 1907 in Munich and holds 100,000 pieces.
- The Danner Rotunde is a major jewelry collection within the Neue Sammlung.
- Events are held in Florence's Oltrarno district at multiple venues.
- Participants include Robert Baines, Sibylle Umlauf, Fuchi Arata, Tasso Mattar, Danni Schwaag, Inger Wästberg, Martina Dempf, Maria Cristina Bergesio, Roberta Bernabei, Maria Laura La Mantia.
- Exhibition New Iranian & Persian Jewelry features young artists from Mahe Mehr Institute, Tehran, curated by Kevin Murray.
- Preziosa Young 2017 winners: Fang Jin Yeh, Qian Wang, Shachar Cohen, Xiaodai Huang.
- Exhibition Contemporary Swedish Silver by LOD Metallformgivning is presented.
Entities
Artists
- Petra Hölscher
- Robert Baines
- Sibylle Umlauf
- Fuchi Arata
- Tasso Mattar
- Danni Schwaag
- Fang Jin Yeh
- Qian Wang
- Shachar Cohen
- Xiaodai Huang
- Kevin Murray
- Giò Carbone
- Alice Rendon
- Lauren Kalman
- Anya Kivarkis
- Rein Vollenga
- Jayne Wallace
- Kazumi Nagano
- Barbara Paganin
- Beatrice Brovia
- Nicolas Cheng
- Sam Tho Duong
- Ana Rajcevic
- Karl Bollmann
- Heidi Bollmann
- Manfred Bischoff
- Peter Chang
- Yasuki Hiramatsu
- Fritz Maierhofer
- Bruno Martinazzi
- Francesco Pavan
- Ruudt Peters
- Gerd Rothmann
- Peter Skubic
- Giovanni Corvaja
- Paola Stroppiana
Institutions
- Neue Sammlung
- Danner Rotunde
- Museo Bellini
- Galleria di Palazzo Coveri
- Galleria Botticelli
- Sala Consiliare della chiesa di Santo Spirito
- LAO Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School
- Mahe Mehr Institute
- LOD Metallformgivning
- Artribune
- Florence Jewellery Week
- Galleria delle Carrozze
- Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- Palazzo del Pegaso
- Galleria del Palazzo Coveri
- LAO-Le Arti Orafe
- Foresteria Valdese
- Scuderie di Palazzo Corsini
- Dimora Palanca
- Lungarno
- Regency
- Savoy
- The Place
- The Westin Excelsior
- Villa Cora
- Ville sull'Arno
- Preziosa
- Comune di Firenze
- Città Metropolitana di Firenze
- Regione Toscana
- Ministero della Cultura
- Palazzo Coveri
- Ponte Vecchio
- Bollmann Collection
Locations
- Florence
- Italy
- Oltrarno
- Munich
- Germany
- Tehran
- Iran
- Palazzo Medici Riccardi
- Galleria delle Carrozze
- Palazzo del Pegaso
- Galleria del Palazzo Coveri
- Foresteria Valdese
- Scuderie di Palazzo Corsini
- Dimora Palanca
- Lungarno
- Regency
- Savoy
- The Place
- The Westin Excelsior
- Villa Cora
- Ville sull'Arno
- Palazzo Coveri
- Ponte Vecchio
- via de' Pucci