Unfortunate Inheritances: Histories of Slave-Ownership in the V&A

Join poet, writer and VARI Artist in Residence Victoria Adukwei Bulley and the V&A’s Dr Hannah Young as they uncover the history of British slave-ownership in the museum.

Talk
  • Tuesday, 15 May 2018 at
  • Past event
+44 (0)20 7942 2000

  • Hochhauser Auditorium

  • For Members

  • Tickets cost £10.00

Past Event
Unfortunate Inheritances: Histories of Slave-Ownership in the V&A photo

Victoria Adukwei Bulley is the Artist in Residence for VARI’s ‘Opening the Cabinet of Curiosities Project’ and is working with Dr Hannah Young to investigate the links between British slave-ownership and the development of the V&A. Victoria will be talking to Hannah about her experience of trying to unearth the names, lives and experiences of individuals whose enslavement is ineffably tied to items held within the museum’s collections.

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