Jewels for Democracy - Lisbon - Until 30-6-2024

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Museu do Tesouro Real
Calçada da Ajuda
1349-021 Lisboa


Jewels for Democracy

Until 30th June 2024

The “Jewels for Democracy” exhibition is one of the main events of the Biennial at the Royal Treasury Museum, in Lisbon. This initiative was a challenge to PIN members to create a piece of jewellery for a woman who has distinguished herself in the fight for democracy and democratic values.

In the celebrations of the Revolution we will certainly talk about many men, from the "April captains" to the politicians who led the regime. This project aims to highlight the role of women who, through their own work or through the roles they performed alongside their husbands in high positions, participated in the construction of democracy or suffered especially from the dictatorship in their personal, family or professional lives, namely women artists. Assuming that jewellery is, in our times, an object still closely linked to the feminine, we want to pay homage to these women whose lives are also inscribed in the history of Portuguese and global democracy. These pieces will be exhibited at the Royal Treasury Museum and a prize will be awarded to three pieces, chosen by a jury.

The women to be honored are entirely up to the authors: they may have had political functions or not, they may have accompanied their husbands to political functions, anonymous women, family members or public figures, artists, writers, educators, activists, etc. In temporal terms, the choice should fall on someone who was active between the Academic Crisis of 1962 and accession to the EEC in 1986 or someone who especially suffered/fought against the dictatorship, whether due to the limitation of rights or political persecution. There was, however, some flexibility in the dates. In addition to Portuguese women, some women who, in other geographies, defended, suffered, and fought for the same ideals will also be honored.

Participating Artists:

Alexandra Serpa Pimentel; Miriam Mirna Korolkovas; Teresa Milheiro; Teresa Dantas; Joana Santos; Carla Castiajo; Isa Duarte Ribeiro; Inês Vespeira de Almeida; Paula Castro; Lucia Abdenur; Catarina Silva; Ana Margarida Carvalho; Teresa Seabra; Andalusian Pillar; Cristina Nuño; Miriam Pappalardo; Renata Meirelles; Ana Albuquerque; Nicole Uurbanus; Ana Pina; Viktoria Austmeyer; Carlos Silva; Claudia Schlabitz; Dulce Ferraz; Luis Torres; Leticia Costa; Áurea Prague; Manuela Sousa; Zélia Nobre; Valentim Quaresma; Joana Albuquerque; Typhaine Le Monnier; Maria José Oliveira; Ana Calbucci; Anton Kuzmin; Inês Nunes; Telma Aguiar; Kaia Ansip; Kika Rufino; Vivianne Kiritani; Sandra Frias; Francesca Santo Subito; Ana Campos; Iris Hummer; Maria Benedita; Luisa Quartin; Sunhi Jaeger; Ana Cardim; Diana Silva; Camilla Prey; Sónia Brum; Susana Gorjão; Renata Porto; Elena Larrén; Marília Maria Mira; Lia Morais; António Rosário; Eugénia Quartin; Barbara Macedo.

Opening hours: 10am–6pm

Admission: €10

https://en.jewellerybiennial.pt/program ... democracia