TLmag37 Extended: State of Gold

For TLmag37: State of Gold, Jacqueline Greaves wrote about the underestimated and undervalued importance of food when it comes to power, wealth, control and politics.

Independent jewellers Keiko Yakushi, Giovanni Corvaja, Giampaolo Babetto, Veronica Lenza and Valeria Bersanetti unleash the evocative power of gold that is still as popular as ever today.

For our S/S 2022 issue, TLmag37:State of Gold, guest editor Marco Sammichelli wrote about how many contemporary items associated with religion and ritual are moving away from gold into more modern materials, but that gold’s power will always endure.

Fabienne Verdier recently opened an exhibition titled, “The Song of Stars”, at the Musée Unterlinden in Colmar. Curated by Frédérique Goerig-Hergott, the show presents 92 works that respond to the museum’s collection and architecture, including the iconic Isenheim Altarpiece by Grünewald. This exhibition, along with several others she had last spring, are discussed in an article that originally appeared in our S/S 2022 issue.

TLmag spoke to Mexico-based artist Sumie Garcia Hirata in April 2022, as she prepared for her spring show with ammann//projects. This interview was originally published in our S/S 2022 issue: TLmag37: State of Gold.

Dawn, sacred source and gold as the memory of time. François Halard presents here a carte blanche for TLmag37: State of Gold, featuring polaroids that tell us about his personal journey.

On the heels of her “Inner Bodies” solo show at Fondation Thalie in Brussels last spring, TLmag contributor Adrian Madlener spoke to Kiki Smith about her ever-evolving relationship to bronze and gold.

From the exhibition “Field of the Cloth of Gold” at Gagosian, Le Bourget in 2021, to the installation of monumental paintings at the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace), which runs until November 2022 as part of the Venice Biennale, Anselm Kiefer takes us on a journey through his own metaphysics.

For our S/S 2022 issue: TLmag37: L’age d’or / State of Gold, Oscar Duboÿ interviewed French artist, Pierre Bonnefille, about his love of travel and long-time interest in exploring materiality, light and colour through earthy pigments.

A legendary goldsmithing workshop established the 1950s, in the South of France, continues to build on its legacy through contemporary collaborations.

Artist and TLmag contributor, Amy Hilton, spoke with Bosco Sodi in Venice as he was finalizing the installation of his exhibition, “All That Comes Around Goes Around”, at the Palazzo Vendramin Grimani. This interview was originally published in the S/S 2022 issue of TLmag37: L’age d’or / State of Gold.

For over 20-years, Amedeo Scognamiglio, along with his partner, Roberto Faraone Mennella, developed one of the most iconic jewellery brands seen around the world. From Sex and the City to Tik Tok, Faraone Mennella jewellery has an iconic and enduring style. Following Roberto’s untimely death in 2020, Scognamiglio is finding the way forward, through friendship and his love of Italy, to continue the brand’s legacy and to honour Roberto’s talent. Sometimes poetry captures the spirit better than words.