Curator’s Tour of “FOCUS: WIENER WERSTÄTTE JEWELRY”

Wednesday, November 14, 11 a.m.

Janis Staggs will lead a tour of “Focus: Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry” with a discussion on the principal jewelry designers of the Vienna Workshops and on the patrons who favored this unique jewelry. The tour will be followed by an event in the Neue Galerie Book Store and Design Shop. 

Exhibition Overview

This exhibition, on view from October 4, 2018 to January 21, 2019, brings together a selection of miniature jeweled masterworks by the leading artists of the Wiener Werkstätte (Viennese Workshops), including the firm’s co-founders Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser. It also includes examples by Carl Otto Czeschka, Maria Likarz-Strauss, Dagobert Peche, and Max Snischek. These wearable works of art were among the most coveted designs produced by the Wiener Werkstätte and many were made only once. A highlight of the presentation will be an impressive array of Hoffmann’s square brooches, which have been favorably compared to Gustav Klimt’s canvases. This presentation offers a unique opportunity to view these treasures, which are of the highest quality and extremely rare. “Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry” is curated by Janis Staggs, Neue Galerie New York Director of Curatorial.

For general inquiries please email visitorservices@neuegalerie.org or visit NYC Jewelry Week's website.

Please note that children under the age of 12 years old are not admitted to the museum, and those aged 12 to 16 must be accompanied by an adult. For more information, please consult our website.