Fire, Breath, and Gold: Reawakening the Ritual of Jewelry
An interview with Colombian artist Ana María Jiménez on the ancient jewelers who inform her work, the magic of tumbaga, and the body as a tool.
Goldwashing: How The Brooklyn Museum’s “Solid Gold” Exhibit Hides An Ugly Reality With Pretty Things
How “Solid Gold” presents the metal’s “darker histories” hides more than it reveals. It’s impossible to decipher the gold thread connecting how the metal factored into European colonization of the Americas, Africa, and parts of Asia, giving way to our current Western-dominated geopolitical world order and the modern Big Gold industry.
June 5, 2025
Golden Opportunity
How the World Gold Council Schemes to Exploit Issues in Small-Scale Mining for Their Own Gain
January 20, 2025