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Africa Fashion

Explore the vitality and global impact of a fashion scene as dynamic and varied as the continent itself.

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Peter Rabbit. © National Trust Images

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature

From 12 Feb 2022 until 8 Jan 2023

In partnership with Gucci

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear

From 19 Mar 2022 until 6 Nov 2022

Photography Lakin Ogunbanwo, creative direction NATAAL, 2022. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

From 2 Jul 2022 until 16 Apr 2023

Psy performs Gangnam Style on TODAY, 2012, New York, USA. Courtesy of Jason Decrow/Invision/AP/Shutterstock

Supported by Ministry of Culture Sports & Tourism of Korea

Hallyu! The Korean Wave

From 24 Sep 2022 until 25 Jun 2023

The Unseen, gelatin silver print, by Tereza Zelenkova, 2015. Museum no. E.218-2018. Purchase funded by the Photographs Acquisition Group. © Tereza Zelenkova

Known and Strange: Photographs from the Collection

From 6 Nov 2021 until 6 Nov 2022

Europe Supported by Africa and America, by Sokari Douglas Camp, 2015. © Sokari Douglas Camp, courtesy of October Gallery. Photo: Jonathan Greet

Sokari Douglas Camp at the V&A

From 22 Jun 2022 until 14 May 2023

Harlequin statue by Alfred Gilbert for Production Club (RAD), date unknown. Presented to the RAD in 1924 by Stanislas Idzikowski. © Ali Wright, Dance Gazette

On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100

From 2 Dec 2020 until 29 Aug 2022

Tapping a Furnace, Ford, Dagenham, Essex, by Maurice Broomfield, 1954, printed 2006, England. Museum no. E.3727-2007. © Estate of Maurice Broomfield

Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime

From 6 Nov 2021 until 6 Nov 2022

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Photo: Jon Stokes

Richard Batterham: Studio Potter

From 26 Nov 2021 until 26 Sep 2022

Heel-less shoes, by Noritaka Tatehana, 2021, Japan. Museum no. FE.202-2022. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Beguiling Beni: Safflower Red in Japanese Fashion

From 31 May 2022 until 31 Mar 2024

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Background image: Photography Lakin Ogunbanwo, creative direction NATAAL, 2022. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London