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
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
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
The full re-opening of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Cast Courts occurs at an apposite moment.
12 December 2018
Video Games Rule! The Victoria and Albert Museum has just opened a large, ambitious exhibition devoted to video games.
7 September 2018
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’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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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 travel will be explored in a major new exhibition, Ocean Liners: Speed & Style, Co-organised by the V&A in London
31 July 2017
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
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’s celebrated artwork Place (Village) (2006-2008) will go on permanent display at the V&A Museum of Childhood
18 March 2017
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
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
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
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
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
The V&A has announced a new exhibition which traces the story of underwear design from the 18th century to the… Read More
14 November 2015
‘I write to ask you if you will… exhibit at the South Kensington Museum a set of Prints of my… Read More
9 November 2015
We reported on Tuesday that cast offs from the collection of The Right Honourable Baroness Thatcher were to be offered… Read More
6 November 2015
Cast offs from the Collection of The Right Honourable Baroness Thatcher are to be offered by Christies after being rejected… Read More
3 November 2015
A major new installation by leading Indian contemporary artist Subodh Gupta has been unveiled at he V&A. When Soak Becomes Spill…. Read More
23 October 2015
More than 480,000 people visited Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty at the V&A, making it the most visited paid-for exhibition at… Read More
3 August 2015
The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has announced that its Europe 1600–1815 galleries will open on 9 December following… Read More
1 August 2015
This summer the V&A presents Facing History: Contemporary Portraiture, a display of 80 prints and photographs drawn from the V&A’s… Read More
28 July 2015
C.A. Halpin will be the featured artist in two new multimedia exhibitions in London this summer and again in January… Read More
9 June 2015