CREDIT
The ‘Beads’ project is a collaborative online exhibition project.
‘BEADS ALL OVER THE WORLD’ is an ICOM Costume Special project in partnership
with ICOM Canada, ICOM Singapore and AFRI, aiming to encourage worldwide
museums, institutions, and contemporary artists to produce an online digital exhibition of
beadworks.
Global and inclusive, the ‘BEADS’ project convenes institutions, private collections,
artists, and artisans from 15 different countries in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe,
thus offering a unique display of works of art. The exhibition features about 100 items
from various regions of the world, showcasing collections from 23 institutions and
private collections across 15 countries. It offers a unique display, opened for free
viewing from January to December 2025.
The ‘BEADS’ project aims to reflect with equity the beauty, variety, and diversity of
beaded items from different times, areas and cultures around the world.
This online exhibition was awarded by ICOM SAREC Special Project Call 2024 and co-financed
from the ICOM Costume Committee.
Credit image banner: Volker Hermes, Hidden Forabosco, 2022
PROJECT LEADER
Project Leader: Corinne THEPAUT-CABASSET (Château de Versailles) Chair of ICOM Costume
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
ICOM Canada, ICOM Singapore, AFRI
COLLABORATING INSTITUTIONS
Bata Shoe Museum
Canada
Catherine Blackburn
Canada
Champs libres/Musée de Bretagne
France
Ethnographic museum in Belgrade
Serbia
Fondation Azzedine Alaïa
France
Museum of Hungarian Applied Folk Art
Hungarian Heritage House
Hungarian National Museum
Hungarian National Museum Public Collections Centre
Museum of Applied Arts
Hungarian National Museum Public Collections Centre
Iziko Museums South Africa
South Africa
Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre
Canada
Modemuseum Hasselt
Belgium
MUCEM
France
Musée Barbier-Mueller
Switzerland
Musée de la Visitation de Moulins
France
Musée de la Blackitude
Cameroun
Museum of Glass and Jewellery Jablonec nad Nissou
Czech Republic
National Museums Scotland
United Kingdom
OwnYourCulture
Kenya
Peranakan Museum/ACM
Singapore
X REGIO
Italy
KISCELL MUSEUM
Budapest
National Silk Museum
China
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ICOM Costume Board for their trust, Miquel Albero, Kaji Appolinaire, Hélène Audrain, Nishi Bassi, Bernard Berthod, Catherine Blackburn, Ninke Bloomberg, Caroline Chenu, Karolien de Clippel, Szilvia Czingel, Françoise Dallemagne, Pauline Devriese, Keilen Euzet, Julia Ferloni, Olivier Flaviano, Vincent Giovannoni, Erica de Greef, Volker Hermes, Kateřina Hrušková, Mireille Jacotin, Xiaofen Ji, Barbara Karl, Csilla Kollár, Virginie Lassarre, Richard Laurin, Chepkemboi Mang’ira, Tatiana Mikulić, Petr Nový, Gina Renotière, Sarah Rothwell, Olivier Saillard, Vicky Salias, Réka Semsey, Ildikó Simonovics, Judit Szatmari, Jacelyn Teng, Elka Weinstein, Stéphanie Wintzerith, Weiqi Yap, Jackie Yoong.
WEB PRODUCTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN
Web-Production and design: SISSO
Project assistant: Romane Jamet Roudenko-Bertin
PHOTO AND VIDEO CREDITS
A. Amet • Aleš Kosina • Andrew Juries • Anne Maigret • Bata Shoe Museum • Billie Chiasson • Bronia Kidd • Bácsi Róbert • Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts, London • Chepkemboi Mang’ira • Eef Rombaut • Ethnographic museum in Belgrade • Fondation Azzedine Alaïa • Hungarian National Museum Public Collection Centre, Museum of Applied Arts • Hungarian National Museum Public Collections Center, Hungarian National Museum • Iziko Museums South Africa • Jean Foisselon • Luis Lourenço • Manitoba Indigenous Cultural Education Centre • Marianne Kuhn • MNHN • Modemuseum Hasselt • Mucem • Museum of Glass and Jewellery in Jablonec and Nisou • Musée de Bretagne, Rennes • Musée de la Visitation • National Museums Scotland • Peranakan Museum • Roberto Salvaggin • Ron Wood • Sera Park Choi • Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet • Tenille Campbell • Virginie Louis • X Regio • Kondella Misi Photography • Judit Szalatnyay • China National Silk Museum
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