Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry from the Dallas Museum of Art : Chrysler Museum of Art

This summer, the Chrysler Museum of Art presents “Constellations: Contemporary Jewelry from the Dallas Museum of Art,” a sweeping survey of wearable art spanning nearly a century of innovation.

On view 10 July 2026 – 3 Jan 2027, this exhibition brings more than 350 works to Virginia from one of the most significant contemporary jewelry collections in the United States, formed by the Dallas Museum of Art.

The DAM collection began to blossom in scope in 2010, when the Museum was gifted a series of important contemporary works by local philanthropist, collector and longtime DMA supporter Deedie Potter Rose. Four years later, Deedie and her husband, Edward “Rusty” Rose, gifted the Museum the collection of noted Austrian collector and gallerist Inge Asenbaum (1925-2016), one of the most significant voices in contemporary jewelry of her time. The Asenbaum Collection, composed largely of international works from the 1960s to the turn of the 21st century, bolstered the DMA’s collection with over 700 pieces of jewelry by 150 artists, in addition to drawings, catalogues and other ephemera.

These acquisitions catalyzed a new era for contemporary jewelry at the DMA, inspiring additional gifts from donors, key acquisitions and even commissions of new works for the collection by artists Iris van Herpen, Joyce J. Scott, Brian Fleetwood and Ute Decker.