About Jewels Basel
Jewels Basel. A Female Founded Dream.
About Jewels Basel
The most intimate jewelry and art salon in Europe.
Founded in 2018, Jewels Basel takes place every June during Art Basel week — when Basel attracts the highest concentration of UHNWI and HNWI collectors in the world. Not a fair. A salon.
Initially held at the Wildtsches Haus, since 2025 the salon is hosted at the Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois. Independent ateliers and Haute Joaillerie Maisons exhibit side by side with a curated selection of contemporary art galleries.
Every exhibitor, every partner, every guest is personally selected by Dr. Nadine Fink. Invitation only.
Female Founded & Led
Built by a woman. Led by a woman. For everyone.
Jewels Basel is female founded, female led, and has been since its first edition in 2018. Dr. Nadine Fink conceived, built, and curates every edition personally.
This is not a credential. It is the identity of the event. The sensibility that makes Jewels Basel what it is — the intimacy, the precision of the curation, the refusal to scale at the expense of quality — comes directly from its founder.
Dr. Nadine Fink
Jewelry Designer · Former Harvard Researcher · Founder
Dr. Nadine Fink holds a PhD in clinical psychology and launched her jewelry brand Nana Fink Jewels in 2011 after returning from Harvard. Her work combines sculptural aesthetics with supreme Swiss craftsmanship and is sold at Paul Smith in London, at the Swiss National Museum in Zurich, and at the Nana Fink Showroom in Basel.
She founded Jewels Basel in 2018 out of a conviction that the world's most significant art week deserved a jewelry salon of equal curatorial rigour — intimate, invitation-only, and built entirely on personal relationships and trust.
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"Jewels Basel was conceived as a meeting point for rare jewelry, contemporary art, and the collectors who understand the difference between the exceptional and the merely beautiful."
Our Story
Mission, Vision & Values
Mission
The Most Intimate Salon in Europe
To create the most intimate and curatorially rigorous jewelry and art salon in Europe — a private gathering during Art Basel week where exceptional work meets the collectors who understand it. Not a fair. A salon.
Vision
The Global Reference for Jewelry and Art
To establish Jewels Basel as the global reference point for the encounter between fine jewelry, contemporary art, and the collectors who sit at the intersection of both.
Values
Curation Over Scale
Quality over quantity. Proximity over advertising. Every decision is made by Dr. Nadine Fink personally, with the integrity of the room as the only criterion.
The Editions
Eight Years of Jewels Basel
2018
First Edition
Dr. Nadine Fink launches Jewels Basel. Female founded from day one.
2019
Second Edition
The guest list grows through trust, not advertising.
2020
Resilience
The pandemic years test every event. Jewels Basel holds.
2021
Return
Jewels Basel returns with renewed energy.
2022
Expansion
Stronger gallery presence. The dialogue between fine jewelry and contemporary art becomes central.
2023
Recognition
Forbes profiles Jewels Basel. International press confirms the salon.
2024
6th Edition
The most ambitious programme to date.
2025
Salle des Rois
The 7th edition opens in the Salle des Rois by Herzog & de Meuron.
2026
8th Edition
18 — 19 June. Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois, Basel.
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Dr. Nadine Fink launches Jewels Basel. Female founded from day one.
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The guest list grows through trust, not advertising.
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The pandemic years test every event. Jewels Basel holds.
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Jewels Basel returns with renewed energy.
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Stronger gallery presence. The dialogue between fine jewelry and contemporary art becomes central.
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Forbes profiles Jewels Basel. International press confirms the salon.
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The most ambitious programme to date.
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The 7th edition opens in the Salle des Rois by Herzog & de Meuron.
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18 — 19 June. Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois, Basel.
Past Editions
The Salon Through the Years
The Early Years
Where It All Began
2024 Edition
The 6th Edition
Partner Events
Acqua di Parma Lunch
2025 Edition
Les Trois Rois and Jewels Basel
