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Announcing our major new Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel exhibition

Opening in September 2023, the V&A is to stage the first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of French couturière, Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel, charting the evolution of...

V&A Illustration Awards 2022 Shortlist Announcement

Announcing our major new Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel exhibition

A big win for a young designer – creating the Platinum Jubilee emblem

Artists in Residence at the V&A

Call-out for two VARI Residencies: Championing Newham’s histories of making and manufacture

Help us showcase K-Pop banners in our upcoming exhibition Hallyu! The Korean Wave

Creativity. It’s what makes us

The V&A Illustration Awards 2022 are now open

Third series of BBC Two’s Secrets of the Museum to air from Thursday 7 April

Friday Late is back for 2022!

Diamante toast and fried egg with 'FRIDAY LATE' in yellow text over the top

Meet Our V&A East Youth Collective!

Return to 7-days a week opening

A tribute to Richard Rogers

Gilbert and Gems

‘Place to Place’, by Adi Toch

The Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project

Beneath the Façade: V&A East Museum

Architectural Vision for V&A East Storehouse

Second series of BBC Two’s Secrets of the Museum to air from Tuesday 20 July

Online conference – Glastonbury @ 50: Origins, Evolution and Impact

His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh

V&A Africa Fashion call out

BBC Two announces second series of Secrets of the Museum, revealing life behind the scenes at the V&A

JW Anderson patchwork cardigan popularised by Harry Styles to join the V&A’s collection

Two dancers stood in a red gallery

Friday Lates are back with FUBUNATION

Update on our opening schedule

#LetsMakeWednesdays – causes for change!

Skill and Strategy: A Brief History of Wargames

The Glastonbury Festival database

Glastonbury Festival, 1979

'Home in the Kakuma Refugee Camp', illustration by Sally Dunne

Congratulations to our V&A Illustration Awards 2020 Winners

Twitter Jail, illustration by Ann Kiernan

In conversation with Ann Kiernan, Moira Gemmill Illustrator of the Year 2020

Welcome back to South Kensington