Installation view, Solid Gold, November 16, 2024–July 6, 2025. Photo by Paula Abreu Pita

Solid Gold
Closing Sunday, July 6, 2025
Member Morning: Saturday, July 5, 10-11am
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing and Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery, 5th Floor

Don’t miss your last chance to experience Solid Gold before it closes on Sunday, July 6! Presented in celebration of the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th anniversary, this dazzling exhibition brings together over 400 works—from iconic pieces in the Museum’s collection to extraordinary international loans. Highlights include fashion masterpieces, rare coins, radiant jewelry, sculpture, and painting—all united by the timeless allure of gold.

Behold the majesty of gold in a shimmering exhibition dedicated to the element that has inspired countless works of art, fashion, film, music, and design. As a material and a color, gold has symbolized beauty, honor, joy, ritual, spirituality, success, and wealth throughout history. It has also taken on myriad forms: from millennia-old depictions of an idealized world to opulent 13th- and 14th-century Italian altarpieces and intricate Japanese screens, to contemporary artwork and haute couture marvels. With a sweeping range of objects and a global perspective, this exhibition traces the many odysseys of the metal that has influenced cultures and legacies worldwide.

While celebrating the seductive magic of this luminous material, the exhibition also confronts darker histories, inviting frank discussions about the human and environmental costs of extracting gold ore from the earth. Solid Gold will immerse you in one of humankind’s most dazzling obsessions.

Members can enjoy an exclusive morning viewing on Saturday, July 5!

To explore the exhibition and watch an in-depth video, click here.