Moira Gemmill the former head of design and exhibitions at the Museum of London and director of design at the Victoria and Albert Museum, has been killed in a cycling accident, the fifth such death in London this year. She was hit by an HGV near...
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Edward Snowden’s Destroyed Computer And Hard Drive Exhibited In New V&A Exhibition
To tie in with the General Election, the V&A is presenting 'All of This Belongs to You', a free exhibition about the museum as a public space and its role as a public institution in contemporary life. Distributed across both the physical and online spaces of the...
V&A In Self-Censorship Row After Muhammad Image Is Removed
The Victoria & Albert Museum has removed from its website the image of an artwork depicting the prophet Muhammad, the Guardian reports. The decision to remove the image was triggered by growing security concerns, following the terrorist attack on the satirical...
V&A Dundee Museum Of Design Set To Tour Scotland In 2015
The new V&A Dundee museum of design is set to tour around Scotland in 2015 in preparation of the building of its new state of the art gallery. A temporary "travelling gallery" will be installed at 78 venues and will including schools, museums and libraries before...
Luxury explored In New V&A Contemporary Design Exhibition For Spring 2015
The V&A will present exceptional examples of contemporary design and craftsmanship alongside conceptual projects which interrogate fundamental ideas of luxury, its production and future. From a diamond made from roadkill to a vending machine stocked with DNA, a...
Extreme Footwear Explored In Shoes Pleasure And Pain Exhibition At V&A
The transformative power of extreme footwear will be explored in the V&A’s summer 2015 fashion exhibition, Shoes: Pleasure and Pain. More than 200 pairs of historic and contemporary shoes from around the world will be on display, many for the first time. The...
The V&A Museum’s Cast Court Reopens With Queen Victoria’s David
Queen Victoria's personal plaster cast of Michelangelo's David. The sculpture, made from a mold taken from Michelangelo's original marble work by Florentine cast-maker Clemente Papi in the 1850s, was a gift to the Queen Victoria from Leopold II, the Grand Duke of...
Plaster Casters: V&A Relaunch Cast Court First Opened In 1873
The V&A have announced the re-launch of the newly refurbished Italian sculpture Cast Court. Measuring 24 metres in height, the two galleries house some of the V&A’s largest objects and are among the most visited galleries in the museum.Collecting...
Alexander McQueen Retrospective Exhibition At V&A Details Announced Today
The V&A has announced details for the only major retrospective in Europe of the work of the visionary fashion designer Lee Alexander McQueen. One of the most innovative designers of his generation, McQueen was celebrated for his extraordinary creative talent. He...