V&A East

V&A East – a new storehouse and museum – will open as part of East Bank, a new cultural and education destination within the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. As we make V&A East over the coming years you can read more about what we are doing to get ready for opening here on our blog. Go behind-the-scenes of our new spaces, find out about the objects and stories we are researching and gathering for display, and meet the people from east London and around the world who are helping to shape V&A East.

Kehinde Wiley’s ‘Portrait of Melissa Thompson’ enters the V&A Collection

On a bright summer’s day in 2019 Nigerian-American artist Kehinde Wiley stepped out onto the streets of Dalston in search of a particular kind of energy and charisma. Widely...

Samantha Manton

V&A East

Museum life

V&A East

Kehinde Wiley’s ‘Portrait of Melissa Thompson’ enters the V&A Collection

Kehinde Wiley’s ‘Portrait of Melissa Thompson’ enters the V&A Collection

Brickfield Newham photo essay

It’s an east London thing

Learning from nature: from ecosystem thinking to climate action at the museum

Introduction to the V&A’s Torrijos ceiling

V&A Youth Collective / Creative career advice – interview with Samantha Manton

V&A Youth Collective / Creative career advice – Interview with Afia Yeboah

In conversation with Ranti Bam

We Will Remember