Hackney WickED brings a taste of the festival to the V&A. The Hackney WickED Art Festival, in its 7th year, has established itself as one of London’s biggest and certainly most uniquely creative Art events: promoting local culture and providing a platform...
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Nazi Degenerate Art Online: V&A To Release Unique Archive List
The V&A have announced plans to release the only known copy of a complete list of ‘Entartete Kunst’ (‘Degenerate Art’) confiscated by the Nazi regime from public institutions in Germany, mostly during 1937 and 38. Entartete Kunst was the...
Dice Kayek Wins £25k Jameel Prize At V&A
Dice Kayek has won the £25,000 Jameel Prize 3, an international art prize for contemporary artists and designers, for Istanbul Contrast (2010), a collection of textiles that evoke Istanbul’s architectural and artistic heritage. Dice Kayek is a Turkish...
The Couturier White Wedding Dress Explored In New V&A Exhibition
A new exhibition will trace the development of the fashionable white wedding dress and its interpretation by leading couturiers and designers, offering a panorama of fashion over the last two centuries.Wedding Dresses 1775-2014 will feature over 80 of the most...
V&A Announces New Contemporary Acquisitions Through The Design Fund
The Design Fund to Benefit the V&A has enabled the Museum to acquire five contemporary design projects ranging from a series of vessels made of natural polymers to a 3D printed gun. They will all go on display at the V&A for the first time during London Design...
Oscar Award Winning Actress Vivien Leigh Archive Acquired By V&A
The V&A has announced that it has acquired the archive of the British film and theatre actress Vivien Leigh (1913-1967) in the centenary year of her birth. The archive comprises many never-before-seen records including affectionate letters between Laurence Olivier...
V&A Dundee: Planning Permission Granted Building To Start Next Summer
The V&A at Dundee has taken a major step forward as the construction process is set in motion following Dundee City Council's decision yesterday to grant the project planning permission. Tender notices will shortly be issued, to allow interested companies to begin...
V&A’s Memory Palace Explores Fiction Imagined As A Walk-In Book
Memory Palace a new exhibition at London's V&A Museum brings together a new work of fiction by the author Hari Kunzru with 20 original commissions from leading graphic designers, illustrators and typographers to create a multidimensional story. The way we read...
Georg Baselitz Monumental Three figure Sculpture Installed At V&A
A monumental three-figure sculpture by Georg Baselitz goes on view in London, at the V&A from next week. Baselitz is one of Germany’s most celebrated living artists. The sculpture will be installed in the John Madejski Garden a complementary...