Organized thematically, the exhibition explores inspirations for contemporary jewelry and features: sculptural jewelry, which gives primacy to pure form regardless of functionality; painted, textured, and inlayed works that move beyond classic silver and gold to achieve brilliant color in their designs; works of unearthly beauty created through avant-garde and computer technologies; and narrative jewelry, in which artists assume the role of social critic, using jewelry provocatively to express their views on subjects ranging from racism and gender to popular culture and environmental degradation. Drawing from the Museum’s collection of approximately 450 works, the entirety of which will be on view in the Tiffany Jewelry Gallery in accessible study drawers, the exhibition includes the works of Margaret de Patta, Sam Kramer and Art Smith, as well as international artists like Gijs Bakker, Peter Chang, Hermann Jünger, Bruno Martinazzi, Ruudt Peters and Gio Pomodoro, among many others.