Review: Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto at London’s V&A Museum
15 March 2024 • Albertina Campbell
Qui Qu’a Vu Coco? If you haven’t and were not fortunate enough to get a hold of tickets for the… Read More
Tag: V&A
5 Shows You Just Can’t Miss at London Design Festival 2023.
20 September 2023 • Charlotte Rickards
London Design Festival 2023 is officially on. Taking place for nine days from 16th to 24th September, the festival puts on a programme of events, exhibitions, and installations across 13 districts across the capital.
Palestinian Glassware ‘Forgeries’ Take Center Stage at London Design Festival
19 September 2023 • Charlotte Rickards
Forgeries, the female body, and wealthy English families: V&A Jameel Fellow, Dima Srouji unearths the history of Palestinian glassware in the museum’s collection
Dazzling DIVA Exhibition at the V&A
22 June 2023 • Lee Sharrock
Diva, the V&A’s epic new exhibition celebrating the style and substance of some of the best known Divas in the… Read More
ARTEX unveils $55 million Bacon triptych as world’s first ‘art IPO’ at the V&A.
1 June 2023 • George Nelson
The new stock exchange, which offers anyone the chance to trade shares of masterpiece paintings, is on a mission to… Read More
Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance the first major UK exhibition to explore the exceptional talents of the Renaissance master.
8 February 2023 • Mark Westall
V&A opens first major UK exhibition to explore the work of the Renaissance master Donatello, including over 50 artworks never seen before in the UK
Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance
25 October 2022 • Mark Westall
V&A to stage first major UK exhibition to explore the work of the Renaissance master Donatello, including artworks never seen before in the UK
Hallyu! The Korean Wave at the V&A Review
22 September 2022 • Lee Sharrock
Surprisingly, given the huge surge in global popularity of Korean pop culture, the V&A is the first UK museum to stage a major exhibition featuring Korean art, tech, music, film, TV and fashion.
V&A opens first major exhibition on Korean pop culture, Hallyu! The Korean Wave
21 September 2022 • Mark Westall
On Saturday, the V&A will open the landmark exhibition Hallyu! The Korean Wave – the first exhibition of its kind to celebrate the colourful and dynamic popular culture of South Korea,
Largest collection of Fabergé Easter Eggs in a generation go on display in major V&A exhibition.
17 November 2021 • Mark Westall
Opening Saturday 20th November, Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution is the first major exhibition devoted to the international prominence of… Read More
Kehinde Wiley’s Portrait of Melissa Thompson (2020) goes on display at the V&A alongside original William Morris designs that inspired it.
4 October 2021 • Mark Westall
Today, the V&A announced that Portrait of Melissa Thompson, 2020, by American artist Kehinde Wiley is now on display in the museum’s… Read More
Missing Gold Fabergé egg found by scrap-metal dealer and pair of royal sculptures reunited to feature in V&A exhibition
23 September 2021 • Mark Westall
New highlights of Fabergé in London: Romance to Revolution have been announced today. The recently rediscovered Third Imperial Egg of… Read More
V&A announces The Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project, a new curatorial programme to support women in photography
8 September 2021 • Mark Westall
Today, the V&A has announced The Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project, a major new curatorial programme to support women… Read More
Down the Rabbit Hole at the V&A
28 May 2021 • Lee Sharrock
Alice: Curiouser & Curiouser, a new exhibition at the V&A dedicated to Alice in Wonderland, is a perfect way for this iconic London museum to reopen after lockdown 3.0
V&A shares over 1.2m objects as it revolutionises digital access to its collection.
9 February 2021 • Mark Westall
For the first time, Explore the Collections brings together data, stories, images and content about the V&A’s vast and fascinating collection in one place.
V&A to host a week-long celebration of Glastonbury
22 June 2020 • Mark Westall
Starting today, the V&A is hosting a seven-day online celebration of all things Glastonbury. Coinciding with the weekend when the world-famous festival was due to celebrate its 50th year, the V&A has delved into its collections and asked for contributions from its curators to help fill your festival void.
Five highlights from Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
15 October 2019 • Mark Westall
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things invites visitors into the fantastical imagination of Tim Walker, one of the world’s most inventive photographers.
V&A to collaborate with Borough Market for one day sustainable food pop-up
7 August 2019 • Mark Westall
On 14th August, two of London’s most iconic destinations – the V&A and Borough Market – will collaborate to showcase innovative sustainable food growing techniques.
The V&A announces a new, long-term collaboration with Sir Elton John and David Furnish to revolutionise public access to photography.
17 April 2019 • Mark Westall
The V&A announces a new, long-term collaboration with Sir Elton John and David Furnish to revolutionise public access to photography.
Frida the Modern
14 November 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent
How does a painter currently making her way respond to the life and work of Frida Kahlo? I attended the V&A’s ‘Making Herself Up’ with Emma Cousin whose paintings recently made a splash at Edel Assanti gallery.
CLOUDS AT THE V&A
18 October 2018 • Paul Carey-Kent
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s re-presentation of its photography collection in a newly opened ‘Photography Centre’ strikes a nice balance between image and information, method and content, historic development and contemporary relevance.
Watch drone footage of the new V&A Dundee as it opens its doors for the first time
12 September 2018 • Mark Westall
V&A Dundee opens its doors for the first time to the public on Saturday 15th September 2018. Today its beautiful, light-filled interiors designed by acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma have been revealed for the first time.
Major Videogames exhibition opens at V&A
5 September 2018 • Mark Westall
Videogames: Design/ Play/ Disrupt celebrates the innovative and rapidly changing design field of videogames.
REVIEW: Frida Kahlo at the V&A
30 July 2018 • Lee Sharrock
With Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, the first exhibition outside Mexico featuring previously unseen clothes and belongings alongside paintings and photographs, the V&A has another blockbuster on its hands.
