Walk into a gallery of 17th- or 18th-century French paintings and prepare to be blinded by the gilding that encircles each work like an overwrought halo.

Wall Street has found a new gold rush—packaging even the most sophisticated products as exchange-traded funds. But that complexity sometimes delivers a poor return compared with the plain ...

The Tumaco-Tolita people, who lived in an area rich in natural gold, crafted intricate and delicate metal objects until the group disappeared 1,500 years ago.

Next month’s International Gold Cup at Great Meadow in The Plains, Virginia, has been moved because of safety concerns for the horses that run and jump on the steeplechase course. For almost 40 ...