Case EVERY BODY. The exhibition of works from the International Jewellery Collection of the Gallery of Art in Legnica

Venue: Qubus Hotel (2 Skarbowa St.)
Dates: 20 April – 31 July 2026
Opening: 9 May 2026

Admission free

The exhibition showcases selected jewellery and goldsmithing works from the International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery from the Gallery of Art in Legnica. The presented pieces refer to the main theme 34th International Jewellery Competition EVERY BODY.

Today, the Legnica collection comprises over half a thousand works, bearing witness to the richness of contexts, techniques, materials, and ways of thinking about jewellery – from speculation on the traditional notion of ornament, through a medium for conveying messages and expressing the artist’s views, to a conceptual artwork in which the physical object gives way to the idea. The International Collection of Contemporary Jewellery serves as both a visual representation and documentation of how jewellery can be used to communicate artistic meaning. The purely decorative aspect moves to the background while the jewellery itself gains the status of an autonomous work of contemporary art. The Legnica collection includes works by leading artists, goldsmiths and designers from almost all over the world.

The Gallery’s collection is continuously expanded thanks to donations from artists as well as funding from the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (2013, 2014, 2016) and the KGHM Polska Miedź Foundation (2021 – 2025).

Stefan Heuser – Germany

Mother's finest pearl necklace:

mother's milk (from the breast of young mothers), gold, diameter 140 mm, 2009

Julia Reymann - Germany

Breast brooch, silver, thread, stainless steel, ø 9,5 cm, 2011

Ulla Ahola - Finland

Porcelain necklace, porcelain, silver, oxidized, 130 g, 6 x 12 x 1,2, l. 140 cm, 2011

Peter Machata - Slovakia

Portrait... brooch, plexiglass, silver, 32 g, 85 x 65 x 15 mm, 2021

Arek Wolski  — Poland

Object, silver, 2008