London, 22 March 2014

The London exhibition marked the bridge over the business years 2013/2014 in an interesting, original way. This exhibition displayed more than 300 objects from the Museo del Oro in Bogotá and the British Museum’s own pre-Colombian collection.

The special guests from London’s British Museum will be soon flying back to Colombia. Rain forest’s fantastic creatures crowded the exhibition rooms of the British Museum with golden frogs, paradise birds, tinysacred figurines, etc. Their visit in London has brought a instructive winter story about resources to many aesthetes, handicrafts and business people as well, at the intersection of cultural tradition and personal expression. However, there is no way but to rethink the power of gold in the era of digital money. The fascinating masterworks from Colombia stand for the true roots of El Dorado, “the Golden One”, and the ancient burgh of Gold. In front of these artisans’ wonders emerges a never fully exhausted question. Which is the distinctive feature of gold among other metal resources and where does its strongly inspirational power for human behaviour come from? RLU

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