London Originals: The jeweler's art in radical times
Mahnaz Collection, 11 April 2018 - 11 May 2018
Wright | 980 Madison Avenue | New York City till 20 April, then Mahnaz Collection Gallery | East 57th Street.
Mahnaz Collection presents a new jewellery exhibition featuring 150 pieces of jewellery from the 1960s and 1970s. It showcases jewellers working in London during a period of seismic change in the arts, architecture, technology, design, fashion, music, women's rights and youth culture. Makers and designers include Andrew Grima, John Donald, George Weil, Charles de Temple, Gerda Flockinger, Tom Scott, Kutchinsky, Barbara Cartlidge, David Thomas, Wendy Ramshaw and David Watkins. Their influential and timeless modern jewellery merits attention from new jewellery audiences, as well as those interested in art and design.
The exhibition is accompanied by an illustrated catalogue with new research by Mahnaz Ispahani Bartos and an essay showcasing four of these jewellers by Joanna.
Pair of amethyst slice and 18-carat gold earrings, by Barbara Cartlidge, 1970.
Timeless innovation: Selections from the Goldsmiths' Company's modern jewellery collection and beyond
26th September 2017 - 20th December 2017
Goldsmiths' Hall | Foster Lane | London | EC2V 6BN
MASTERS OF MODERN JEWELLERY 2014, curated by Joanna Hardy
October 13th 2014 - December 13th 2014
Beetles + Huxley Gallery | 3-5 Swallow Street | London | W1B 4DE
WOMEN IN THE MAKING 2014, curated by Joanna Hardy
28th April - 24th May 2014
Beetles + Huxley Gallery | 3-5 Swallow Street | London | W1B 4DE
MASTERS OF MODERN JEWELLERY 2013, curated by Joanna Hardy.
18th November - 24th December 2013
Beetles + Huxley Gallery | 3-5 Swallow Street | London | W1B 4DE
Art Rocks Contemporary Jewellery
November 24th 2011 - January 21st 2012
Curated by Joanna Hardy, Shizaru Gallery, 112 Mount Street, Mayfair, London.
LONDON ROCKS
Joanna masterminded a wholly new venture at Sotheby’s, entitled ‘London Rocks’. Began in October 2006, Sotheby’s London hosted a pioneering selling exhibition of contemporary jewellery in aid of Breast Cancer Haven. Seventeen artist/jewellers who are predominately London based, were invited to showcase their specially designed pieces for public sale. In many ways London Rocks worked exactly like a Contemporary Art exhibition; allowing original, progressive, fashionable and most importantly, collectable artists to showcase their work and expose it to a wider audience. The event took place again in 2007 which was in aid of the NSPCC.
