A Shared Silence

We warmly invite you to the opening of the exhibition “A Shared Silence” – a homage to the people of Iran by Iranian artists who have studied or are currently studying at the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery in Idar-Oberstein. The works of these 13 artists tell stories of oppression, expulsion, and loss, dealing with the experience of constant internal upheaval and uncertainty. In the in-between of past and present, proximity and detachment, hope and despair, their work enables us to connect and stand up for freedom and human dignity.

The opening takes place on 

Wednesday, 1st April 2026, at 6:30 p.m. at Villa Bengel

and is streamed live on Instagram (jakobbengel) with an introduction by Peter Wenzel, head of the Jakob-Bengel-Foundation, Miroslav Kowalski, head of the district authority and Professor Theo Smeets, head of the Department of Gemstones and Jewellery of Trier University of Applied Sciences in Idar-Oberstein.

A publication will be released accompanying the exhibition.

“A shared silence” is part of the exhibition programme “Idar-Oberstein adorned” with the support of the city of Idar-Oberstein.