Web Weekend: Programme
The installations, talks, workshops and games that happened across the V&A's Web Weekend.
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Contemporary New York fashion
Dynamic new fashion labels are invigorating New York's menswear. In the past half-decade, a handful of talented des…
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Contemporary art & design in the Archive of Art & Design
The V&A's Archive of Art and Design holds the working papers of individual artists and designers, as well as the re…
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Contemporary Islamic architecture projects
Examples of contemporary Islamic architecture chosen by curators involved in the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership.…
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The Jameel Prize 2011
The Jameel Prize was initiated in 2009 with a view to highlighting contemporary artists and designers whose work is rooted in Islamic tradition. This year, ten individuals have been shortlisted for the £25,000 prize. In this film, curator of the Jameel Prize, Salma Tuqan, guides us through the shortlist.
Development of the glass gallery, 2004
In 2004, the Märit Rausing Gallery was fully refurbished with flexible display cases for the changing displays. The gallery shows the V&A's spectacular collection of contemporary glass.
Close Encounters of the Art Kind: Fragments from the Origin of the Crown, by Keir Smith
In 2002 Colin Painter recruited a variety of six contemporary sculptors and, through Brecknock Primary School, London NW1, six households. For six months, work by each sculptor was rotated round these homes. This article reveals the families’ reactions to the Origin of the Crown by Keir Smith.
Close Encounters of the Art Kind: The White Cliffs of Dover, by Tania Kovats
In 2002 Colin Painter recruited a variety of six contemporary sculptors and, through Brecknock Primary School, London NW1, six households. For six months, work by each sculptor was rotated round these homes. This article reveals the families’ reactions to The White Cliffs of Dover by Tania Kovats.
Photographs by Liang Yue
Liang Yue is a photographer whose work deals obliquely with the pace of change in contemporary China. Liang Yue made the Morse Code series in Beijing during China's recent, and ongoing, economic boom. Part of a larger body of work called Several Dusks, the photographs were taken during the sand storms that blow in from the desert.
Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton
8 February – 22 April 2012
Featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II by royal photographer Cecil Beaton, this exhibition celebrates Her Majesty in her roles as princess, monarch and mother and coincides with the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
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Contemporary International Glass (Hardback)
This stylish book, based on the V&A's unrivalled collection, brings together the finest contemporary glass artists in the world.
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