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The V&A is the museum of art and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.3 million objects that span over 5,000 years of human creativity. The Museum holds many of the UK's national collections and houses some of the greatest resources for the study of architecture, furniture, fashion, textiles, photography, sculpture, painting, jewellery, glass, ceramics, book art, Asian art and..
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The spectacular Sutherland Diamonds are now on public display at V&A South Kensington. Accepted in lieu of Inheritance Tax by HM Government and allocated to the V&A in 2022, these objects – comprised of a...
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The Karun Thakar Fund has awarded a Project Grant to a collaborative project entitled ‘Ewe Kente in Agbozume’. Here, co-project lead Lee Dekel introduces herself and the project. Collaborative textile between Bob Dennis Ahiagble and...
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Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance is about to open. The reviews are coming out (they’re very good), the posters are up, and the catalogue is ready in the shops. Slightly unusually for a V&A book, the...
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Hoda Afshar is an artist and lecturer born in Iran and now based in Melbourne, Australia. Working across photography and moving image, her work explores the nature and possibilities of documentary image making. Focusing on...
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The Archive of Art and Design holds the archives of many practitioners working across decorative arts and design processes, but there are few I feel as personal a connection to as Tom Karen’s. ‘If you...
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V&A Innovate shortlisting. Top left: Vanessa Weibel, Senior Producer, Schools & Colleges, V&A, and Selasi Setufe. Bottom left: David Houston, Team Leader, Schools & Colleges, V&A, and Seetal Solanki. Right: Dr Helen Charman, Director Young...
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Most of us have made a collection at some point in our lives – from badges as children to books as adults. Designer Sam Hecht of Industrial Facility has spent years collecting low-cost mass-produced items...
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Under the V&A logo, in the dark grey band, on the National Art Library (NAL) catalogue homepage is an unassuming looking button called ‘Course Reserves’. Something of a misnomer brought about due to the NAL sharing...
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Although we have many regular readers in the National Art Library, it’s always useful to go over the basics of how our services run. Certain activities happen at set points of the days, so you...
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Mannequins play a significant role in the staging of V&A fashion exhibitions. As the foundation onto which bespoke body padding and underpinnings can be applied, selecting the right mannequin is crucial to the presentation of...
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