Press archive
2024
04 September 2024: V&A Dundee announces future exhibition programme
29 August 2024:V&A Dundee mark one month to go until Dundee Design Festival 2024
17 July 2024: POP Playground! for families opens at V&A Dundee
19 June 2024: 15 free family-friendly things to do at V&A Dundee this summer
31 May 2024: Taylor Swift-inspired Kimono goes on display at V&A Dundee
24 May 2024: 2 millionth visitor welcomed to V&A Dundee
21 May 2024: Student textile designs on show at V&A Dundee
17 May 2024: Schools design challenge winners revealed
2 May 2024: Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk exhibition opens at V&A Dundee
25 April 2024: Dundee Tapestry to return to V&A Dundee
23 April 2024: Photography memories shared at V&A Dundee Dementia Café
16 April 2024: Major exhibition Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk to open at V&A Dundee
11 April 2024: Dundee Stars tartan unveiled
29 March 2024: Photo City: How Images Shape the Urban World opens at V&A Dundee
29 February 2024: New exhibition explores how photography shapes our cities
06 February 2024: School design jam with NCR at V&A Dundee
19 January 2024: Community created Dundee Tapestry goes on display at V&A Dundee
2023
1 December 2023: Radio 1’s Greg James and Arielle Free open Big Weekend exhibition at V&A Dundee
23 November 2023: V&A Dundee’s 2024 exhibitions revealed
20 November 2023: BBC Radio 1 launch first-ever Big Weekend exhibition in partnership with V&A Dundee
14 November 2023: Tea Green Festive Design Market supports small businesses at V&A Dundee
9 November 2023: Scotland Re:Design opens new virtual reality fashion experience at V&A Dundee
13 October 2023: Sir Billy Connolly lends kilt to Tartan exhibition in Dundee
9 October 2023: Tartan with a Twist is the inspiration for V&A Dundee’s 2023 Christmas gift collection
5 October 2023: Schools invited to redesign their high streets
15 September 2023: Architectural story of V&A Dundee told in new display
11 September 2023: V&A Dundee has generated £304 million for the Scottish economy
23 August 2023: V&A Dundee celebrates its fifth birthday
19 June 2023: Welcome to a Summer of Free Family Activities at V&A Dundee
2 June 2023: V&A Dundee takes visitors behind the scenes of the pre-digital fashion show
26 March 2023: Scotland’s oldest tartan discovered by Scottish Tartans Authority
7 February 2023: V&A Dundee to present the first major exhibition in Scotland in 30 years to focus solely on tartan
2022
6 December 2022: V&A Dundee introduces new objects and Lavender Labels to Scottish Design Galleries
15 November 2022: V&A Dundee Young People’s Collective Wins Volunteering Award
27 October 2022: Plastic: Remaking Our World opens at V&A Dundee
6 October 2022: The Future of Ageing
3 October 2022: V&A Dundee appoints new Board members
28 September 2022: Major new exhibition examines history and future of plastic
2 August 2022: Summer’s not over yet at V&A Dundee!
26 July 2022: The People’s Tartan needs you!
1 July 2022: Sincerely, Valentines – From Postcards to Greetings Cards opens at V&A Dundee
28 June 2022: Beach Plastic Challenge launched for schools
24 June 2022: Jute’s hidden histories explored at V&A Dundee
23 May 2022: Valentines exhibition announced in collaboration with Panel and the University of St Andrews
12 May 2022: Charles Jeffrey line-up revealed for V&A Dundee
27 Apr 2022: National award for families programme at V&A Dundee
19 Apr 2022: Charles Jeffrey co-curates Tay Late at V&A Dundee
31 Jan 2022: Michael Clark exhibition tickets on sale
2021
23 Dec 2021: Take a deep dive into Night Fever's Silent Disco playlists
17 Dec 2021: Colourful, interactive installation celebrating the joy of play opens at V&A Dundee
14 Dec 2021: Design donation for learners at V&A Dundee
8 Dec 2021: V&A Dundee announces festive programme
3 Dec 2021: Sustainable design showcase unveiled today at V&A Dundee
2 Dec 2021: Community design projects showcased at V&A Dundee
24 Nov 2021: Festive gift range revealed for 2021
17 Nov 2021: £2 million funding milestone reached
11 Nov 2021: V&A Dundee will present major exhibitions on Michael Clark and plastic in 2022
14 October 2021: Dundee skateboard designs launched
23 September 2021: Dundee Design Festival 2021 opens across five 'Design Houses'
17 September 2021: Decades in the Making
27 August 2021: Architecture soundtracks revealed with MSCTY
9 August 2021: Young mums complete clothing design programme at V&A Dundee
28 July 2021: Dundee Design Festival 2021 announced
26 July 2021: V&A Dundee announces latest Sensory Friendly Days
8 July 2021: Local Heroes commissions Scottish design souvenirs for V&A Dundee’s plaza
7 July 2021: V&A Dundee announces 2022-23 exhibitions
1 Jun 2021: UNESCO City of Design Dundee joins V&A Dundee
19 May 2021: 10-metre Olympia mural unveiled
18 May 2021: New partnership transports V&A Dundee directly into Barchester care homes
29 Apr 2021: Night Fever exhibition reopens V&A Dundee
26 Apr 2021: International DJ Ana Matronic celebrates Night Fever exhibition with V&A Dundee
22 Apr 2021: £1m raised for Dundee cultural organisations
31 Mar 2021: Design Busters activity book launched
23 Mar 2021: Scotland + Venice commission to debut at V&A Dundee
12 Mar 2021: New national design role announced
2020
16 Dec 2020: Mary Quant film released
26 Nov 2020: The Dalmore announces four-year partnership with V&A Dundee
20 Nov 2020: Young parents’ sewing project showcased
12 Nov 2020: V&A Dundee joins forces with Tea Green
15 Oct 2020: Over £700,000 raised for Dundee cultural organisations
08 Oct 2020: Museum, maker and manufacturer unite to create the Dundee Raincoat
08 Sep 2020: Michael Clark exhibition announced for V&A Dundee
03 Sep 2020: V&A Dundee announces three new appointments to the museum’s Board
27 Aug 2020: Mary Quant exhibition reopens V&A Dundee
24 Aug 2020: Christopher Kane’s message of joy unveiled on V&A Dundee
20 Aug 2020: £1m cultural fundraising campaign launched
19 Aug 2020: Mary Quant celebrated in V&A Dundee's first fashion photoshoot
10 Aug 2020: Socially distanced playscape comes to V&A Dundee
16 Jul 2020: Street food pop-up opens outside V&A Dundee
14 Jul 2020: Mary Quant extended at V&A Dundee
10 Jul 2020: Leonie Bell announced as new Director
23 Apr 2020: Design Busters phone line launched
02 Apr 2020: Philip Long OBE to be appointed as NTS Chief Executive
20 Feb 2020: Mary Quant at V&A Dundee
18 Feb 2020: Reviving sewing skills for a sustainable future
12 Feb 2020: Turner Prize winners Assemble reveal Dundee project
07 Feb 2020: Full-scale shopfront installation unveiled at V&A Dundee
04 Feb 2020: 1 million visitors welcomed
28 Jan 2020: Schools design solutions to loneliness and isolation
21 Jan 2020: £75m economic impact revealed
2019
06 Dec 2019: European Museum of the Year nomination
12 Nov 2019: V&A Dundee becomes a Living Wage employer
01 Nov 2019: Robotic Architecture Revealed
25 Oct 2019: Nicholas Daley Presents: Reggae Klub Revisited
23 Oct 2019: R2-D2 revealed for Hello, Robot. exhibition
09 Oct 2019: V&A Dundee ‘suspended’ table commission
04 Oct 2019: Hello, Robot. Design Between Human and Machine
19 Sep 2019: Bubble blowing robot unveiled in museum
15 Sep 2019: 830,000 visitors welcomed in first year
06 Sep 2019: Studio Nicholas Daley at V&A Dundee
02 Sep 2019: Kengo Kuma to give birthday talk
28 Aug 2019: Game jam to close Videogames exhibition
12 Aug 2019: Tim Allan announced as new Chair
10 Jul 2019: Quant and Night Fever at V&A Dundee
27 Jun 2019: Design meets disability at V&A Dundee
18 Jun 2019: All you need to know ahead of Antiques Roadshow at V&A Dundee
14 Jun 2019: First Minister meets families at V&A Dundee
26 Apr 2019: V&A Dundee shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019
20 Apr 2019: Videogames exhibition opens at V&A Dundee
31 Mar 2019: V&A Dundee visitor numbers hit half a million
06 Mar 2019: Videogames exhibition details revealed
22 Feb 2019: V&A Dundee to host Antiques Roadshow
15 Feb 2019: V&A Dundee explores Rules of Play
29 Jan 2019: Duke and Duchess of Cambridge officially open V&A Dundee
2018
27 Dec 2018: Alice Rawsthorn to present V&A Dundee’s first New Year’s lecture
28 Nov 2018: V&A Dundee's Winter Nights season announced
21 Nov 2018: V&A Dundee announces next exhibitions
06 Nov 2018: Armistice Day marked with John Byrne stage set
08 Oct 2018: V&A Dundee: 100,000th visitor
23 Sep 2018: V&A Dundee welcomes 27,000 people in its first week
12 Sep 2018: V&A Dundee opens to the world
07 Sep 2018: All you need to know ahead of V&A Dundee’s 3D Festival
24 Aug 2018: Star Wars costume to go on display in V&A Dundee
15 Aug 2018: V&A Dundee opens in one month
10 Aug 2018: V&A Dundee announces The Thomson Learning Centre
26 July 2018: Primal Scream headline 3D Festival to celebrate opening of V&A Dundee
03 July 2018: 3D Festival secures £250,000 sponsorship
12 Jun 2018: John Byrne stage set design to be displayed in V&A Dundee
31 May 2018: Charles Rennie Mackintosh project funding boost
24 May 2018: Venice Biennale photos revealed
11 May 2018: 3D Festival to celebrate museum opening
09 May 2018: First Speedo swimsuit to be displayed in V&A Dundee
28 Mar 2018: 100,000 people engaged before opening
07 Mar 2018: Scotland’s first design museum to celebrate Ayrshire needlework
09 Feb 2018: Kengo Kuma visits completed museum
18 Jan 2018: Museum opening and first exhibition
2017
12 Dec 217: Winged tiara to go on display in Scottish Design Galleries
08 Dec 2017: Orkney team designs cabinet incorporating waste plastic
19 Oct 2017: Kengo Kuma sees vision of V&A Dundee revealed
13 Oct 2017: Fiona Hyslop visits V&A Dundee
29 Sep 2017: Community Garden official opening
25 Sep 2017: Chancellor visits V&A Dundee
22 Sep 2017: Polar bear alarm created at Scottish Design Relay
05 Sep 2017: Volunteering begins at the V&A Dundee Community Garden
30 Aug 2017: V&A Dundee’s Scottish Design Relay kicks off
21 Aug 2017: Polar explorer joins V&A Dundee’s Scottish Design Relay
08 Aug 2017: UK Culture Secretary visits V&A Dundee
11 Jul 2017: V&A Dundee launches the Scottish Design Relay
08 Jun 2017: Drone footage of Scotland's first design museum released
27 Apr 2017: Construction work starts on community garden project
28 Mar 2017: Tristram Hunt visits new V&A Museum
24 Mar 2017: Fashion show unveils 21st century ‘bonnets’
21 Mar 2017: Time capsule design winner announced
16 Mar 2017: Jaguar time capsule shortlist announced
10 Mar 2017: Winning Baby Box design
01 Mar 2017: V&A Dundee topping out ceremony
24 Feb 2017: School pupils become ‘bonnet’ designers
23 Jan 2017: Final shortlist for Scotland’s Baby Box design
2016
16 Dec 2016: Strawberry Thief Oor Wullie donated to V&A Dundee
09 Dec 2016: Baby Boxes design shortlist revealed
31 Oct 2016: Michelin Design Gallery revealed
14 Oct 2016: Baby Box design competition launched
14 Oct 2016: Design Your Own Time Capsule
14 Oct 2016: Gallery designers announced
29 Sep 2016: Catering operator appointed
16 Sep 2016: Scottish designers take on London Design Festival
14 Sep 2016: Jaguar design competition attracts over 160 schools
06 Sep 2016: Jaguar time capsule competition launched
25 Aug 2016: Pop-up V&A Dundee launched at Edinburgh International Book Festival
05 Aug 2016: Michelin Corporate Foundation announced as corporate founding partner
28 Jul 2016: V&A Dundee's London Design Festival designers
06 Jul 2016: The Queen meets community designers in Dundee
28 Jun 2016: Lorraine Kelly visits V&A Dundee construction site
23 Jun 2016: First major construction milestone for V&A Dundee
03 Jun 2016: William Morris-inspired Oor Wullie unveiled
26 May 2016: Cabinet Secretary opens first V&A Dundee business innovation event
18 May 2016: Design Council figures reveal Scottish growth potential
13 May 2016: Design for business success at Dundee Design Festival
09 May 2016: Community garden project boosts health and wellbeing
18 Apr 2016: Theatre design secrets revealed
01 Apr 2016: Kengo Kuma marks one year since start of construction
31 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee represents UK at Milan Design Triennale
16 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee welcomes £5 million from UK Budget
15 Mar 2016: V&A Dundee to represent UK at Milan Design Triennale
14 Mar 2016: Launch of Schools Design Challenge exhibition
28 Jan 2016: Funding milestone from People’s Postcode Lottery
2015
10 Dec 2015: Call for Exhibition Designers
27 Oct 2015: Schools Design Challenge launched
21 Sep 2015: V&A Dundee to showcase at London Design Festival
05 Aug 2015: Giant comic strip sited around V&A Dundee
08 Jul 2015: Long lost Mackintosh tearoom to be conserved for public display
19 Jun 2015: Design in Motion exhibition reaches London
10 Jun 2015: V&A Dundee celebrates first touring exhibition
05 Mar 2015: Construction work starts on V&A Dundee
16 Feb 2015: Design in Motion sets off in style
27 Jan 2015: £4.5m funding boost from Heritage Lottery Fund
16 Jan 2015: Construction of V&A Dundee
2014
11 Dec 2014: V&A Dundee to embark on national tour
01 Dec 2014: Dundee wins UNESCO City of Design status
22 Oct 2014: International display of protest set to hit Dundee gallery
03 Sep 2014: Preferred bidder recommended for V&A Dundee construction
13 Aug 2014: Light bulb moment inspires dazzling exhibition
30 Jun 2014: V&A Dundee community workshops light up the city
13 May 2014: V&A Dundee ready to fire up Ignite Festival
12 May 2014: Inspirational teachers encouraged to apply for post
22 Apr 2014: Living Room for the City launch
26 Mar 2014: £5m funding boost from Creative Scotland
11 Feb 2014: Linbury prize exhibition travels to Dundee
31 Jan 2014: £9.4m funding boost from Heritage Lottery Fund
30 Jan 2014:Six figure funding boost
2013
17 Oct 2013: World famous car designer set to rev up audience in Dundee
13 Aug 2013: V&A Dundee gets planning green light
11 Apr 2013: Modern Masters in Print: Matisse, Picasso, Dali and Warhol
01 Feb 2013: Kengo Kuma to give public lecture
17 Jan 2013: Private funding boost for V&A Dundee
2012
21 Dec 2012: Planning application notice lodged
12 Oct 2012: Latest design proposals for V&A Dundee revealed
18 Sep 2012: Planning permission granted for V&A Dundee
03 Sep 2012: Designing for the Future
24 Aug 2012: Dundee Leonardo Exhibition
06 Jul 2012: V&A at Dundee joins with HobbyHouse for DesignMarket 2012
26 Jun 2012: 'Selling Dreams: One Hundred Years of Fashion Photography'
11 May 2012: Heritage Lottery Fund supports Scotland’s designs
28 Feb 2012: IGNITE 2012
26 Jan 2012: Fiona Hyslop confirms additional financial support