The animal kingdom has long been a source of inspiration for both the visual arts and jewellery. True to their philosophy of wearable contemporary jewellery, but also driven by a sense of humour and the offbeat, Hectare's gallery owners have selected six artists from near and far to put wildlife in the spotlight. Bestiaire Star ventures into disturbing, surprising and seductive territory, populated by hybrid creatures. The creations of Miriam Arentz, Monika Brugger, Benedikt Fischer, Lore Langendries, Märta Mattsson and Vivienne Varay play on attraction and repulsion, without avoiding the question of the materials used: imitated or real, reinvented or recycled. The bestiary - an educational picture book - becomes a cabinet of curiosities. Where the trivial is adorned with the precious, where the object becomes a story, where the familiar is hijacked and emboldened to the brink of the strange. Hectare's Bestiaire Star exhibition is part of the Be.Tour for the second edition of Brussels Jewellery Week from 25 to 28 April 2024. A festival that highlights contemporary jewellery and brings together 15 Brussels and international galleries.