Daily Archives: October 29, 2025

In 2024, 17 items of Asante gold court regalia in the V&A’s collection went on show in Kumasi, the capital of Asante in Ghana, for the first time in over 150 years. The exhibition, Homecoming: Adversity and Commemoration, with the gold at its heart, was opened by Asante…

In 2024, the V&A commissioned a sculpture to be designed and made by the Asante royal goldsmith, Nana Poku Amponsah Dwumfour, in collaboration with the British Ghanaian artist-goldsmith, Emefa Cole. Unity celebrates a new relationship between the V&A and the Royal Palace in Kumasi, the capital of…