Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
This exhibition will present the kimono as a dynamic and constantly evolving icon of fashion,
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
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Filthy Lucre: Whistler’s Peacock Room Reimagined
This immersive installation by contemporary artist Darren Waterston presents a detailed and decadent interpretation of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s famed Peacock Room, a sumptuous 19th-century interior.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Cars: Accelerating The Modern World
An exhibition looking at the car as the driving force that accelerated the pace of the 20th century.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
V&A Marks 500th Anniversary Of Raphael’s Death With Refurbished Cartoon Court
The V&A will mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death by transforming the way museum visitors experience the highly important Raphael Cartoons, loaned to the V&A from the Royal Collection by Her Majesty The Queen.
1 October 2019
Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
Experience the extraordinary creative process of one of the world’s most inventive photographers through his pictures, films, photographic sets, and special installations – including ten new series of photographs influenced by the V&A’s collections.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
V&A Acquires Extinction Rebellion Graphic Design Archive
The V&A has acquired a series of work exploring the design identity of Extinction Rebellion (XR) – a global activist group calling for urgent action on climate change through acts of non-violent civil disobedience and disruption.
28 July 2019
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate
From gastronomic experiments to urban farming, this exhibition brings together the politics and pleasure of food to ask how the collective choices we make can lead to a more sustainable, just and delicious food future.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Elton John and David Furnish Donate Photography Gallery To V&A
The V&A has announced a new, long-term collaboration with Elton John and David Furnish to improve public access to photography.
16 April 2019
Grayson Perry Brexit Vases Go On Display At V&A
Grayson Perry’s timely pair of vases depicting Brexit, one leave the other remain go on permanent display in the V&A’s Ceramics Galleries from today.
7 April 2019
Mary Quant
From miniskirts and hot pants to vibrant tights and makeup, discover how Mary Quant launched a fashion revolution on the British high street,
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams
NOW EXTENDED UNTIL 1 SEPTEMBER 2019
Spanning 1947 to the present day, this exhibition will trace the history and impact of one of the 20th century’s most influential couturiers, exploring the enduring influence of the fashion house, and Dior’s relationship with Britain.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Plaster Casters: Victoria & Albert Museum Cast Courts Reopen – Edward Lucie-Smith
The full re-opening of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Cast Courts occurs at an apposite moment.
12 December 2018
The Fine Art Of Video Games – V&A – Edward Lucie-Smith
Video Games Rule! The Victoria and Albert Museum has just opened a large, ambitious exhibition devoted to video games.
7 September 2018
Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
This exhibition provides a unique insight into the design process behind a selection of groundbreaking contemporary videogames. Design work, including concept art and prototypes, feature alongside large-scale immersive installations and interactives.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Frida Kahlo Artist or Cult Figure? Making Her Self Up at V&A
Frida Kahlo’s life is so interwoven with her art that there is little separation. Her biography is well-known, and so is her image. The brightly dressed artist in traditional Mexican clothes with her prominent monobrow. The pain and suffering she endured first through childhood polio and subsequently through a tram crash are well documented.
18 June 2018
Linda McCartney Photographs Gifted To V&A By Husband Paul
The V&A has announced a major gift of 63 photographs by Linda McCartney, generously gifted by Paul McCartney and his family.
3 May 2018
Frida Kahlo Making Her Self Up
EXTENDED: This summer, the V&A will explore how Frida Kahlo (b. 1907), one of the most recognised and significant artists and women of the 20th century, fashioned her identity. Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up will be the first exhibition outside of Mexico to display her clothes and intimate possessions, reuniting them with key self-portraits and photographs to offer a fresh perspective on her compelling life story.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
The Future Starts Here
From smart appliances to satellites, artificial intelligence to internet culture, this exhibition will bring together more than 100 objects as a landscape of possibilities for the near future.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Duchess of Cambridge Becomes V&A Museum’s First Royal Patron
The V&A has announced that Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge has agreed to become Royal Patron to the Museum.
27 March 2018
Frida Kahlo Estate Raises A Monobrow To Artist Barbie Doll
Relatives of the estate of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo are considering suing the Frida Kahlo Corporation over claims it holds the rights to her image.
9 March 2018
Ocean Liners: Speed and Style
Experience a unique journey through the design stories of the world’s greatest ocean liners, including the Titanic, Normandie, the Queen Mary and the Canberra, and discover how these impressive vessels still loom large in our cultural imagination.
Daily: 10.00 – 17.45 Friday: 10.00 – 22.00
Winnie-the-Pooh Celebrated In Largest Ever V&A Exhibition
Winnie-the-Pooh is celebrated in a new exhibition at the V&A in London. For the first time in nearly 40 years this December as part of the UK’s largest ever exhibition on Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne, and E.H. Shepard. Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic will be a multi-sensory, playful exhibition that will explore the magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh – one of the most adored fictional characters of all time.
10 September 2017
Dr. Martin Roth Former Director Of London’s V&A Dies Aged 62
Dr. Martin Roth the former director of the Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has died age 62. He recently stepped down after five years at the helm.
7 August 2017
The Golden Age Of Ocean Liners Explored In New V&A Exhibition
The golden age of ocean travel will be explored in a major new exhibition, Ocean Liners: Speed & Style, Co-organised by the V&A in London
31 July 2017
Amanda Levete To Unveil V&A’s Largest Architectural Intervention For 100 Years
V&A’s Exhibition Road Quarter designed by the Stirling Prize-winning British architect Amanda Levete and her practice AL_A unveiled
2 May 2017
V&A Announces DesignLab Nation National Programme To Support Design Education
The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) have announced DesignLab Nation, a national programme to support design education for 11 to 16-year-olds, working with regional museums. It will use the Art Fund Museum of the Year 2016 prize money to fund an ambitious national schools programme, DesignLab Nation, to help revive art and design education in secondary schools.
27 April 2017
Rachel Whiteread Village Installation Given Permanent Home At V&A MOC
Rachel Whiteread’s celebrated artwork Place (Village) (2006-2008) will go on permanent display at the V&A Museum of Childhood
18 March 2017
The Smithsonian Announce Plans Of Joint Venture With London’s V&A
The Smithsonian in Washington has officially announced plans to cooperate with London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on a major international joint venture in… Read More
14 June 2016
V&A’s Bizarre Decision To Ban All Sketching At Undressed Is Pants
I know I’m a little late to the party here but several people have been asking me what I make… Read More
6 May 2016
Botticelli Appropriated: The Art Of Recycling Old Masters By Their Disciples – Reveiw
Not long after the National Gallery’s opening of Delacroix and the Rise of Modern Art, here is another exhibition showing… Read More
3 March 2016
1960s Revolutionary Attitudes And Impact Explored In New V&A Exhibition
A new V&A exhibition sets out to explore the era-defining significance and impact of the late 1960s upon life today…. Read More
26 February 2016
Paul Strand: First UK Exhibition In 30 Years Mounted By V&A
The V&A are presenting the first retrospective of the American photographer Paul Strand (1890-1976) in the UK for over 30… Read More
28 November 2015