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Jameel Prize 3 shortlist announced
On 14 March the V&A announced the shortlist for the Jameel Prize 3
Download: Jameel Prize 3 shortlist announced (PDF file, 82 KB)Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s
The V&A’s fashion exhibition for summer 2013, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s, will explore the creative explosion of London fashion in the 1980s.
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David Bowie is
The V&A has been given unprecedented access to the David Bowie Archive to curate the first international retrospective of the extraordinary career of David Bowie - one of the most pioneering and influential performers of modern times.
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New Display: Music Hall: Sickert and the Three Graces
16 March 2013 - 5 January 2014
This immersive installation created by an award-winning creative team of theatre makers, video artists and designers will explore the rise and fall of Music Hall, a lost genre of popular entertainment.
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Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars
A new V&A exhibition will examine the development of cultural diplomacy and trade between Britain and Russia from its origins in 1555 when the Muscovy Company was founded.
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Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace
This summer, the V&A will be staging a multi-dimensional exhibition experience. Sky Arts Ignition: Memory Palace will present an original work of fiction by author Hari Kunzru, transformed into a walk-in story by leading graphic designers, typographers and illustrators including Le Gun, Oded Ezer, Erik Kessels and Luke Pearson.
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V&A Searches for Designer Jackets for 1980s Fashion Exhibition
In 1986, Blitz magazine commissioned a group of 22 British designers to customise denim jackets provided by Levi Strauss & Co. The V&A now has nine of these jackets in its collection. The Museum is keen to reunite the complete set of jackets for its new summer 2013 exhibition Club to Catwalk: London fashion in the 1980s.
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Barbara Nessim Gives Archive to V&A
Internationally renowned artist and illustrator, Barbara Nessim has donated many of her most significant artworks to the V&A.
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A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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