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Artists in Residence at the V&A

Open call for sustainable fashion and textile design residency

We are delighted to announce our second residency open call of the year, this time for a UK-based fashion or textile designer working with sustainable materials or processes (eg....

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Open call: inviting applications for new V&A Videogames Residency

Our first open call of the year for a nine-month videogames residency, coinciding with our upcoming exhibition Videogames:...

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Neil Brownsword: Factory

Neil Brownsword is the current V&A Korea UK Ceramics Resident until the end of March 2018. His work is represented in public/private collections internationally, including the...

Artists in Residence at the V&A

V&A announces Malene Hartmann Rasmussen as their V&A Danish Ceramics Resident

We are delighted to announce our next ceramic resident Malene Hartmann Rasmussen, who will start her six month residency in April 2018. During her residency Rasmussen will have a...

Artists in Residence at the V&A

V&A Residents Open Studios January – March 2018

Go behind the scenes and meet our artists in residence during their Open Studios. You will have a chance to see ceramic work in progress, listen to opera rehearsals and see our...

Sculpture

Caring for our collections

Guest Post: The restoration of Michelangelo’s David and the interventions by Clemente Papi

Caring for our collections

Guest Post: ‘Castaway!’ – David washed ashore in the antipodes

Furniture and Woodwork

Designing the Penguin Donkey bookcase

Furniture and Woodwork

Luterma plywood bags

Furniture and Woodwork

New acquisition: Brionvega RR126 ‘radiofonografo’

This radiogram is a musical pet, or at least that’s how it was described when it appeared in Italy in 1966, the product of the imaginations of the Castiglioni brothers,...

Creating the new Europe 1600–1815 Galleries

Installing the period rooms

The first objects to be installed into the Europe galleries were the period rooms, which are now all fully built. There are three period rooms in the galleries – a 17th-century...

Furniture and Woodwork

Seasons Greetings from Furniture and Woodwork

Snow brings the snowman, not the other way round. Snow also brings eye injuries, excuses from railway companies and, most importantly, sledging. Behold this festive transport,...

Gilbert Gems

Gilbert and Gems

Three flew out of the cuckoo’s nest

Gilbert and Gems

The Hero of Two Worlds: Lafayette and his Commemorative Vase

After listening avidly to the soundtrack of the multi-award winning musical Hamilton: An American...

Gilbert and Gems

A Snowstorm from Mar-A-Lago

A snowstorm from Mar-A-Lago As Donald Trump’s latest quote from the Dining Room at Mar-A-Lago hits the ether, I am reminded of a snowy scene which used to adorn the walls of...

Gilbert and Gems

James Cox’s magical clocks

Sensing Time, our conference held last month with the Science Museum, challenged us to think about clocks in new ways and to understand them as the complex objects they are....

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Theatre and Performance

News and Updates

Funny Girls: Cathy Haill & Graham Brandon document the drag revue bar that makes Blackpool rock!

Curator Cathy Haill and Museum Photographer Graham Brandon take a look behind the scenes at Funny Girls cabaret show bar. Pleasure gardens, song and supper rooms, and music halls...

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Five Spooky Tricks and Treats from the V&A Theatre and Performance Collections

In celebration of Halloween Assistant Curator, Alexander Clayton, takes a look at five spooky objects from the V&A Theatre and Performance Collections. TREAT: Frankenstein’s...

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Glimpsing History: A Volunteer’s Perspective on Theatre and Performance Collections

Corrie Tan, volunteer in the Department of Theatre and Performance, describes her experience working with Theatre and Performance Collections. I’m on tiptoes atop a yellow...

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The Pig on the British Stage

Assistant Curator, Janet Birkett, explores V&A Theatre and Performance Collections for examples of pigs in British theatre. Readers of The Stage newspaper will be familiar...

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“A Repertory Company on Wheels” – The Actors Touring Company Archive

Assistant Curator, Alice Young, takes a closer look at the Actors Touring Company Archive. The V&A Department of Theatre and Performance recently acquired the Actors Touring...

Out in the Museum

News and Updates

Queer Expressions: LGBT History Month, Sat 24th February

Figure 4. The Butler Bowden Cope, T.36-1955, on display in the exhibition

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Being Human Festival at the V&A : The Queer Allure of Art Deco

Being Human Festival at the V&A : The Queer Allure of Art Deco Sat 25 November 2017, 15:00 – 17:00 Prints and Drawings Study Room, V&A Museum Ticketed event, booking...

Out in the Museum

Balenciaga: Love and Hats!

This blog is by Anne-Margaux Illido, a postgraduate student in Art History and Museum Curating at the University of Sussex, currently completing a placement at the V&A with...

News and Updates

V&A Pride and more …

Those of you who follow the V&A on social media, may have already realised that things are looking a bit different this weekend. The Museum has adopted a most colourful logo...

Out in the Museum

LGBTQ Gallery Tour – view online!

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Toilet Talk: Looking for non-gender-specific toilets?

Out in the Museum

Last week of ‘The History of Photography: The Body’

Catch the final week of ‘The History of Photography: The Body’ display in Gallery 100 of the Museum, which has been extended until March 9th. If you have been on any of our...

News and Updates

Glass becomes him: reflections on Erwin Eisch’s ‘Head of Narcissus’

V&A Faces

Easter Day – Resurrections and Rabbits

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Corporeal Porcelain: 399 Days

The title 399 Days imparts the duration of the sculpture’s construction. Through this practical detail, the viewer is made aware of Rachel Kneebone’s corporeal labour....

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