What's On Tuesday 13 September 2011
Exhibitions
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The Power of Making
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EXHIBITION: Power of Making celebrates the role of making in our lives by presenting an eclectic selection of over 100 exquisitely crafted objects. The exhibition is a cabinet of curiosities showing works by both amateurs and leading makers from around the world, presenting a range of skills with imaginative and spectacular results.
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Family Events
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Back-packs & Trails
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FAMILY EVENT: Journey across the V&A with fantastic stories, games and multi-sensory materials. Choose from Back-packs, trails or, for the under 5s, an Agent Animal bag.
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Displays
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'So Noble a Confection' Producing and Consuming Chocolate 1600-1980
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DISPLAY: For the past 400 years chocolate has fed both our senses and our imagination. This display charts the origins, making, importation and consumption of chocolate in South America and Europe, 1600-2000. Drawing on a wide range of V&A objects, including ceramics, metalwork and prints, it explores our enduring love affair with the ‘divine nectar’.
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Sacred Silver used by the London Huguenot Communities
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DISPLAY: See expertly crafted silverware representing individual makers and patrons, and learn more about the more recent role of the lending institution in safeguarding Huguenot heritage.
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Picturing Plants: Masterpieces of Botanical Illustration
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DISPLAY: Admire detailed botanical illustrations in a range of graphic media, dating from the mid-nineteenth century.
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Tradition Transformed: Contemporary Korean Ceramics
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DISPLAY: View a selection of ceramic art by 17 contemporary Korean artists who work both in Korea and internationally. Their work incorporates traditional methods with modern ingenuity and innovative techniques, expressing the creative spirit of a highly industrialised Asian nation with a rich ceramic heritage.
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Recording the New: The Architectural Photography of Bedford Lemere & Co. 1870-1930
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DISPLAY: Explore the work of Bedford Lemere & Co, the leading architectural photography company of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In business from the 1870s until the 1940s, Bedford Lemere and his son Harry Bedford Lemere pioneered professional architectural photography and set the standard for others to follow.
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V&A Illustration Awards 2011
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DISPLAY: The V&A Illustration Awards celebrates the best illustration published over the last year. Original artwork from the best illustrated book, book cover, magazine and student illustrator of the year will be on display, together with a selection of all competition entries.
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Print of the Month
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DISPLAY: See highlight pieces from the V&A's outstanding Prints and Drawings collections, chosen by curators and showcased each month. Accessible during Prints and Drawings Study Room opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 10.00-17.00 (closed Saturday 28 May).
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Courses
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Late Medieval & Early Renaissance 11/12
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COURSE: Study dynamic innovations and discoveries in the visual arts between 1250 and 1500, one of the richest and most fascinating periods in the history of western European art. Tuesdays, 13 September 2011– 10 July 2012 (over 3 terms)
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Arts of Asia: Korea and Japan
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COURSE: This new course introduces the arts of Korea and Japan from 1500–1900. Tuesdays, 13 September – 29 November 2011, 11.00–15.30.
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Free talks & tours
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Daily Introductory Tour
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which describes the history of the V&A and introduces a selection of treasures from the Museum's outstanding collections.
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Medieval & Renaissance Tour 11.30
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning Medieval & Renaissance Galleries. Starting at the Meeting Point, Grand Entrance at 11.30.
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Nations on Display: Exhibition Pavilion Design
Free entryTALK: From the Crystal Palace for the 1851 Great Exhibition to the 1951 Festival of Britain and the International World Expo, discover how the architecture of exhibition pavilions has symbolised national culture, commerce and prestige. With Fiona Orsini, RIBA
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Theatre & Performance Galleries Tour
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TOUR: Take a guided tour of the V&A's exciting theatre and performance collections, including rock & pop posters, theatre and ballet costumes, puppets, stage sets and more! See new costumes from the Lion King now on display.
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British Galleries Tour
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TOUR: Join this daily one hour tour which introduces the V&A's stunning British Galleries which house the most comprehensive collection of British design and art on view anywhere in the world.
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Workshops
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The Jameel Prize: Contemporary Islamic Art
WORKSHOP: Create a striking miniature painting in this 1 day workshop led by shortlisted Jameel Prize artist Aisha Khalid. 10.30-16.30. Suitable for beginners
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