iContemporary Jewellery: Tereza Seabra Collection
Over 300 pieces by 190+ makers from the newly donated collection of jeweller and gallerist Tereza Seabra, tracing contemporary jewellery from 1970 to 2025.
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One piece in this show is a collar made of onion skin. Another is a plain black rubber bracelet by Otto Künzli with solid gold hidden inside. MUDE's director, Bárbara Coutinho, says the value here lies in the concept, not the material.
It's 346 works by 196 makers, 84 Portuguese and 112 international, from the collection Tereza Seabra donated to the city; the oldest date from 1968. Curator Marta Costa Reis arranged them by type, scale and relation to the body, from pins and rings to large collars. A collective tribute necklace for Seabra sits in the vault on level -1. A piece made from old mobile phone casings is the drawer of dead phones at your parents' place, finally in a vitrine.
It's on floor 2, next to Coexistências. The temporary-exhibition ticket is €11 (€15 with the long-term show), and MUDE stays open until 20:00 on Fridays and Saturdays until March. Runs to 31 January 2027.
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Over three hundred pieces by more than 190 makers, from the collection jeweller and gallerist Tereza Seabra donated to MUDE. They're shown in the old bank on Rua Augusta, which is where jewellery expects to be kept.
Look for
The onion-skin collar
A large collar made of onion skin, an ephemeral material set among the show's bigger neckpieces.
Otto Künzli's rubber bracelet
From outside it is plain black rubber; solid gold is hidden inside.
Carla Castiajo's work in human hair
Jewellery made from hair, one of several pieces built from everyday or bodily material.
The tribute necklace in the vault
A necklace made collectively as a tribute to Tereza Seabra, shown in the museum's vault on level -1.
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- Evening Visits
- Nerding Out
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- Contemporary Jewellery: Tereza Seabra CollectionCourtesy of MUDE – Museu do Design
- They Were Afraid, Yet They WentCourtesy of Museu do Aljube – Resistência e Liberdade
- Tragedy and Farce: Júlio Pomar and Gabriel AbrantesCourtesy of Atelier-Museu Júlio Pomar
- Sara Sadik. KhtobtogoneCourtesy of Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM)
- MUDE – Museu do DesignDiogoBaptista / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Museu do Aljube – Resistência e LiberdadeHipersyl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- MNAC – Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do ChiadoHipersyl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
- Museu do FadoTxemari (Navarra), Wikimedia Commons, CC0
- Atelier-Museu Júlio PomarGualdimG / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0