Roma Jewelry Week: in Sorrento, a reflection on the first five years and a reaffirmation of the 2026 theme

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Roma Jewelry Week: in Sorrento, a reflection on the first five years and a reaffirmation of the 2026 theme – by Laura Astrologo Porché

The 2026 theme of Roma Jewelry Week was reaffirmed on March 21, 2026, during an important exhibition hosted by Fondazione Sorrento. Already presented in Rome, the theme was reiterated in Sorrento within the framework of Codice RJW / Memoria Futura, in the presence of attorney Gaetano Milano, Director of the Foundation, Gianni Cioffi of Stylo Project,…

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April 5, 2026

6–9 minutes

Enzo Liverino, Italy, Laura Astrologo Porché, Monica Cecchini, Roma Jewelry Week

**Roma Jewelry Week will hold its sixth edition from October 8 to 11, 2026, in the prestigious Corsie Sistine. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.**

The 2026 theme of Roma Jewelry Week was reaffirmed on March 21, 2026, during an important exhibition hosted by Fondazione Sorrento. Already presented in Rome, the theme was reiterated in Sorrento within the framework of Codice RJW / Memoria Futura, in the presence of attorney Gaetano Milano, Director of the Foundation, Gianni Cioffi of Stylo Project, honorary guest Enzo Liverino, and this writer in the role of main media partner.

An important exhibition hosted by Fondazione Sorrento in Sorrento, with the theme of Roma Jewelry Week 2026 reiterated in Sorrento within the framework of Codice RJW / Memoria Futura. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week. — An important exhibition hosted by Fondazione Sorrento in Sorrento, with the theme of Roma Jewelry Week 2026 reiterated in Sorrento within the framework of *Codice RJW / Memoria Futura*. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.

Hani Baayoun
@bayunjewelry
Title: L’amore divino/ The divine love
Synopsis: “Happiness is living complete love. You must love what cannot be lost and connect with the one who holds your happiness. Free yourself from the inner obstacles ,that prevent this love from reaching you, elevate your soul to receive it with clarity .You will ascend to the highest levels of happiness, and see beauty in everything around you.“ Photo courtesy of Rome Jewelry Week. — Hani Baayoun
@bayunjewelry
Title: L’amore divino/ The divine love
Synopsis: “Happiness is living complete love. You must love what cannot be lost and connect with the one who holds your happiness. Free yourself from the inner obstacles ,that prevent this love from reaching you, elevate your soul to receive it with clarity .You will ascend to the highest levels of happiness, and see beauty in everything around you.“ Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.

A woman in a black coat with a fur collar and a man in a suit engage in conversation in an exhibition space, with informational panels visible in the background. — **Laura Astrologo Porché** and Enzo Liverino **in the exhibition in Sorrento**. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.

Open to visitors until May 3, 2026, the exhibition in Sorrento retraces the first five years of Roma Jewelry Week, a project that has steadily grown in stature and international visibility thanks to the strength of its curatorial vision, its sustained dialogue with art, and its broader cultural dimension. More than a retrospective, the exhibition offers an opportunity to reflect on the path RJW has taken since its foundation, showing how the event has helped position jewelry not simply as ornament, but as a language capable of expressing research, identity, memory, and contemporary thought.

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In this light, the sixth edition of Roma Jewelry Week proposes a profound reflection on the concept of creative labor as the highest expression of ingenuity, a forge of ideas, design, artistic mastery, vision, and the ability to transform matter into poetry and thought into form. It is precisely this labor that has shaped the image of the country, making Made in Italy a global synonym for excellence, beauty, and innovation.

The Crown of Ingenuity celebrates this legacy by placing the creative act at the center of a collective process. The aim is to translate into jewelry the encounter between manual intelligence, poetic sensibility, and design thinking, recreating on a smaller scale that extraordinary network of connections which has defined Italian genius throughout the world. Jewelry thus becomes a narrative work, a concentrated form of art history, material culture, technical knowledge, and contemporary vision.

The exhibition features Alessio Boschi's Jubilee Ring. Jubilee Ring. This is a masterpiece that embodies the spirit of the Catholic Church's Holy Year, celebrated every 25 years. This extraordinary ring is a tribute to spiritual renewal, reconciliation, and forgiveness of sins. The ring features seven doors, each representing one of Rome's major basilicas, which can be opened to reveal relics of Christian martyrs. The design combines historical periods, from early Christianity to the Renaissance, honoring iconic artists like Raphael and Michelangelo. A miniature 'Sphere of Power' represents Christ's sovereignty, while beneath the dome a micromosaic masterpiece by Luigina Rech @micromosaic_luiginarech, recreates St. Peter's dome. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week. — **Roma Jewelry Week** 2025 featured Alessio Boschi’s Jubilee Ring, a masterpiece that embodies the spirit of the Catholic Church’s Holy Year, celebrated every 25 years. This extraordinary ring is a tribute to spiritual renewal, reconciliation, and forgiveness of sins. The ring features seven doors, each representing one of Rome’s major basilicas, which can be opened to reveal relics of Christian martyrs. The design combines historical periods, from early Christianity to the Renaissance, honoring iconic artists like Raphael and Michelangelo. A miniature ‘Sphere of Power’ represents Christ’s sovereignty, while beneath the dome a micromosaic masterpiece by Luigina Rech @micromosaic_luiginarech, recreates St. Peter’s dome. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.

From this perspective, the creative act is never entirely solitary. It is the result of exchange, dialogue, and layered cultural references. The competition invites participants to interpret jewelry as the meeting point of different disciplines and forms of intelligence, reproducing in miniature that Italian miracle of fertile and virtuous connections.

The winning jewel and the finalist pieces will not be simple ornaments, but true narrative works, capable of expressing an era through the powerful synthesis of goldsmithing, material research, and the language of contemporary jewelry.

A group of people on stage at an event, with a decorative background and various seating arrangements. They are engaged in a presentation, with one person speaking into a microphone. — **The group photo of the Jury of Roma Jewelry Week. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.**

Taking part in The Crown of Ingenuity means embarking on a deep journey into Italian heritage, engaging with the masters who, from 1946 to the present day, have helped shape Italy’s identity in art, architecture, design, cinema, music, literature, and culture more broadly. For those working beyond Italy’s borders, the competition offers a rare opportunity to enter into resonance with the creative forge that made Made in Italy such a distinctive hallmark. The challenge is not to imitate a style, but to understand its essence and reinterpret it through a personal and original vision.

A micromosaic masterpiece by Luigina Rech @micromosaic_luiginarech. Photo courtesy of Rome Jewelry Week. — **Roma Jewelry Week** **2025 featured** **the Aeternitas necklace, a micromosaic masterpiece by Luigina Rech @micromosaic_luiginarech. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.**

The Reliquary Bust of Saint Eligius, Rome 1628, made by gilded bronze, silver, and semi-precious stones. The Bust is located in the Church of Saint Eligius in Rome, and the Nobil Collegio degli Orefici of Rome gave the special permission to exhibit it in the Roma Jewelry Week 2025. Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week. — The Reliquary Bust of Saint Eligius, Rome 1628, made by gilded bronze, silver, and semi-precious stones. The Bust is located in the Church of Saint Eligius in Rome, and the Nobil Collegio degli Orefici of Rome gave the special permission to exhibit it in the Roma Jewelry Week 2025. Saint Eligius is the patron of goldsmiths. **Photo courtesy of Roma Jewelry Week.**

It is an invitation to test oneself by translating the poetics of a major Italian architect, filmmaker, sculptor, writer, composer, actor, or intellectual into the universal language of jewelry. This is not merely an exercise in stylistic quotation, but a process of meaningful cross-fertilization, merging one’s own cultural sensibility with Italian history, artistic legacy, and technical mastery in order to create an object that becomes the synthesis of two worlds. In this dialogue, the international artist is not a passive observer, but a temporary custodian and innovator of a longstanding tradition, demonstrating that beauty and ingenuity transcend borders.

Participation also means situating one’s own creative path within a context of excellence, where jewelry is recognized as a narrative art form and a vehicle for cultural reflection. It is an opportunity to see one’s work presented on an international stage and to contribute to a collective narrative that celebrates Italian creative genius through the gaze of the world and through the vitality of international art and creativity.

Roma Jewelry Week now looks ahead to its 2026 edition in Rome, continuing to affirm jewelry as a living cultural language and as a privileged medium through which memory, identity, and invention may converge.

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About the author:

Laura Astrologo Porché
@journaldesbijoux

Laura Astrologo Porché is a senior jewelry journalist and opinion leader in the global luxury community. She writes for Forbes Italy and Robb Report Italy, serves as Head of Jewelry at L’Orafo Italiano, is Editor-in-Chief for Watches & Jewels at Celebre Magazine, and is a contributor to Rapaport, GemGuide/Gemworld, and other publications.

She is the founder of Journal des Bijoux and over the years, she has built an engaged jewelry and watch community on LinkedIn and Instagram, earning recognition as a Top Influencer Marketing Voice by LinkedIn in 2024.

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