Talk

V&A Academy — Gold: A History

01.05.2025 - 05.06.2025

  • V&A Academy- Gold: a History online Art History course featuring guest speaker Artist Jeweller Ute Decker. Image - Brooch, by Yasuki Hiramatsu, Japan 1990. Part of the V&A Museum collection

Event details

Date

01.05.2025 - 05.06.2025

Maker

Ute Decker

Location

Online

Event description

Explore gold’s enduring allure across history, from ancient treasures to contemporary craft practices. Uncover its symbolic powers, cultural resonance, and endless malleability through the V&A collections, expert insights, and lively discussions.

Guided by V&A jewellery and metal curators, leading metalworkers, and world-class experts, each session invites you to engage with the richness of V&A’s collections and with gold artefacts of global significance.  Speakers for this online art history course include historians Professor Peter Oakley and Beatriz Chadour-Sampson, and artist jewellers Emefa Cole and Ute Decker.

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