AUTOR 2026 Comes to the National History Museum: Over 70 Designers from Around the World Bring Contemporary Jewelry to Bucharest on May 16–17. If you’ve ever thought of jewelry as just an accessory, AUTOR invites you to think again.
On May 16–17, 2026, the Lapidarium of the National Museum of Romanian History will host the 23rd edition of AUTOR, the longest-running international contemporary jewelry fair in Southeast Europe. For two days, over 70 designers from Europe and around the world will present collections that express something about themselves, about materials, and about the ideas that ultimately become wearable.
A Fair Unlike Any Other
AUTOR is not just a place to buy jewelry, it’s a place to encounter it, feel it, admire it, and decide to make it your own. There is an important difference: every piece on display has gone through a rigorous selection process conducted by an international jury, and every participating designer presents a collection built around a clear concept, not a product catalogue.
Over 17 years and 22 previous editions, AUTOR has brought together more than 1,900 selected designers and an audience that understands why it chooses what it wears. Thousands of pieces have traveled from artists’ studios around the world directly to the people who connected with them, chose them, and wear them as a conscious gesture.
The 2026 Edition: Contemporary Jewelry in Dialogue with History
The choice of venue is no coincidence. The Lapidarium of the National Museum of Romanian History places AUTOR in close proximity to the country’s historical jewelry heritage, creating a rare context in which contemporary pieces enter into dialogue with memory and with what jewelry has meant over time, as gesture, identity, and language.
“Jewelry is the meeting point between body and idea,” says Dan Pierșinaru, founder of AUTOR. This perspective shapes the selection of each edition, and even more so that of 2026.
Each AUTOR edition highlights an artist with a distinct voice. In 2026, visitors will discover Victor Pavlov, a Bulgarian artist whose work explores the relationship between nature, technology, and form. His practice combines traditional metalworking techniques with contemporary digital technologies, resulting in pieces with strong emotional and social resonance, jewelry that goes far beyond the conventional meaning of the term.
Who Exhibits at AUTOR 2026
Among the more than 70 selected designers are artists from Romania, Bulgaria, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Ireland, Russia, Israel, India, and many other countries, a global map of contemporary jewelry brought together in Bucharest.
Ali Vedad Yüner | USA, Alis Lalu | Romania, Amàlgama Jewels | Italy, Ana Petrova | Bulgaria, Ana Wagner | Romania, Andra Lupu | Romania, Anna Börcsök | Hungary, ARAH | Romania, Atelierele UpO | Romania, Brigitte Engel | France, Céline Poudroux Création | France, Central Saint Martins | England, Csiki Szidónia | Romania, Daniela Cățoi | Romania, Daria Svirel | Latvia, Diana Jelinevska-Druka | Latvia, Esther Gestein | Ukraine, Fabiana Fusco | Italy, Razieh Farivar | Iran, GALS | Romania, Gi Jewellery | Romania, Icrushenko Jewelry | Romania, Inna Monastyrna | Ukraine, Iuliana Asoltanei | Romania, Kalita Jewlery | Ukraine, Langackerhäusl | Austria, Laura Lienhard | USA, LUN jewellery | Romania, Mada Jewellery | Romania, Maria Paltin | Romania, Marina Zachou | Greece, Martina Ege Schmuck | Germany, MeltinJewels | Romania, Monnui | Romania, Noha Nicolescu | Romania, OMAYA | Bulgaria, RAMJULY | Bulgaria, Razieh Farivar | Iran, Samokish | Ukraine, Samriddhi Tiwari | England, Sara Marzialetti | Belgium, Shane Jewel | England, Simeon Shomov | Bulgaria, Siobhán McArdle | Ireland, Smaranda Isar | Romania, SYNMORF | Romania, The Sense of Beauty Gallery (Anna-Rosa Moschouti | Belgium, Geertje & Roos Eek | Netherlands, Ivon Wong | Singapore, Katerina Pimenidu | Netherlands, Marion Fillancq | France, Sabrina Guerrera | France), TheOther222 | Romania, Tomas Miskovic | Slovakia, Tour à Tour.Art Bijoux | France, Unde Jewelry | Romania, Valdis Brože | Latvia, Vanessa Ree Jewellery | Ireland, Victor Pavlov | Bulgaria, Yanan He | China, Zoe Zang | China
Young Designers: colectivul UNArte | Romania, Lela Van Dam | Belgia, Marina Cabrera Sabata | Spania, Nehora Chajes | Israel, Novomyr Lohvynenko | Ucraina/Romania, xvarog | Ucraina/Germania, YZ | Anglia/China
AUTOR is a platform dedicated to contemporary jewelry, active since 2009. Across 23 editions, it has built one of the most relevant artistic jewelry scenes in the region.
Practical Information
The event takes place on May 16–17, 2026, at the Lapidarium of the National Museum of Romanian History.
Tickets are available at bilete.autor.ro and start from 30 RON for a one-day pass, with full weekend, duo, and group options available.
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