Last week, the Dallas Museum of Art debuted its most expansive presentation of its significant contemporary jewelry collection. Titled “Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry at the Dallas Museum of Art,” the exhibition showcases over 350 pieces made with a wide array of materials by 233 artists across eight decades. “Contemporary jewelry in this context means it’s about works made by artists who explore ideas and expressions of their own time. Works they make in their own studio, that are idea first,” explains Sarah Schleuning, the Dallas Museum of Art’s Margot B. Perot Senior Curator of Decorative Arts and Design. “They focus on conceptual ideas over material value… the real alchemy of the pieces is the artistic expression of them.” See more here.
