A small 12th-century ivory carving is currently the subject of an acquisition battle between two art world giants, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A). Both museums are vying for ownership of the exquisite sculpture, which has been on loan to the V&A since 1982.
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The Victoria & Albert’s newly refurbished Raphael Court – home to one of the most important treasures of Renaissance art in the UK, the Raphael Cartoons – was the spectacular backdrop for an orchestral performance by the Academy of St Martins in the Fields. The event was filmed, and marks a new type of collaboration between the worlds of classical music, art and film.
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A collection of objects representing the design identity of climate change activist group Extinction Rebellion have been acquired by the V&A in London. Continue reading
Four years late and some £53million over budget, the V&A Museum of Design nonetheless opened to great fanfare and protest in Dundee on Saturday 15 September. Continue reading
Tributes to the former director of London’s Victoria & Albert Museum, Martin Roth, have poured in following the news of his passing on Sunday (6 August 2017). Roth died in Berlin aged 62 following a period of illness.
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Arriving at the opening of the Victoria & Albert Museum’s new Exhibition Road Quarter the Duchess of Cambridge mouthed “wow”.
The £54.5 million development designed by British architect Amanda Levete comprises the world’s first completely porcelain tiled public courtyard and a column-less underground exhibition space. A History of Art graduate, the Duchess was invited to tour the new spaces on Thursday afternoon (29 June) and unveiled a commemorative plaque to mark their opening. Continue reading
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