Victoria & Albert Museum
Subcontinental splendour at the Victoria & Albert Museum
An exhibition of Sikh treasures casts new light upon the art of an Indian culture better known for its war-like tendencies
From the secret archives of the Victoria and Albert Museum: flinging more than a paint pot
The opening of a file on James McNeill Whistler, embargoed for a century, reveals him to have been a violent brawler, a racist and a gun-runner
V&A Director Alan Borg says, “The idea of keeping museums separate from the trade needs to disappear, particularly for the contemporary world”
V&A edges toward the cutting edge—and commerce
It was good for me: Seven London dealers review the past year
The state of the trade according to Lisson, Besson, Colnaghi and others
The Art Newspaper’s own artistic gourmet, Alex Wengraf takes lunch and postprandial coffee at the V&A
The ruling: Museum food is tasteful and tasty
Thefts from V&A and Courtauld Gallery
Two Constables and three small paintings discovered to be missing from storage
In my opinion. V&A Libeskind too “metaphorical”
A former keeper offers some practical suggestions
A campaign is underway to raise funds for the conservation of Sir George Gilbert Scott’s metalwork masterpiece, the Hereford Screen
Since its removal from Hereford Cathedral over three decades ago, it has languished in store, slowly deteriorating.
Grinling Gibbons, a superstar rediscovered at the V&A
Fires at the Pitti Palace and Hampton Court have led to this survey of baroque sculptor, Grinling Gibbons
Portrait miniatures, Little England
Three books demonstrate the revival of interest in portrait miniatures and the leading role of the Victoria and Albert Museum in this field
V&A British Galleries delay
£12 million required to complete refurbishment project.
Opinion: Martin Borg should stop wasting time and money on his plan for a £70 million Libeskind extension
No go for the V&A Libeskind
Europe’s top photography collection now has a permanent gallery. From the dawn of photography to now
At the Victoria and Albert Museum, a single curator, Mark Haworth-Booth, has developed one the four greatest collections in the world
Biggest Art Nouveau show ever at the V&A
Exhibition promises to be “the largest and most comprehensive exhibition of Art Nouveau ever staged”
Jane Bassett and Peggy Fogelman, Looking at European sculpture: a guide to technical terms
A useful guide to European sculpture terminology
Masterpieces of the Zuloaga family courtesy of a Middle-Eastern millionaire
From gunmakers to silversmiths
Revealed: what happened to the “degenerate” art in Germany’s museums, from G to Z
A 1941 typescript has been discovered that fills in the missing history of 16,588 works of art seized by the Nazis
Britain’s National Art Library is full so V&A library may occupy the old Public Record Office
The curators are reluctant, but a move seems unavoidable
Lottery winners and losers. £150 million to make Britain’s museums and galleries into world leaders
But Victoria and Albert Museum’s £23m British Galleries project sent back to the drawing board
Victoria and Albert, until 27 July. The cutting edge
Tradition meets trendiness in this huge exhibition of British fashion
International designer fashion gift to the V&A
200 outfits to enter the collection
American photography at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Vernacular aesthetics and aesthetic vernacular
The organisers propose an opposition between “vernacular” and “aesthetic” photography but the images do not allow it
Gilbert collection of gold and silver to go to Medici palace as well as the V&A
Timothy Schroder named curator for the collection, and will start work on the Somerset House displays
Exemplary £2 million refurbishment of the silver galleries at the V&A opens this month
Please touch, learn—and enjoy
Pilars, Doloreses, Imaculadas etc catalogued at the V&A
Includes a selection of masterpieces of Spanish sculpture
The V&A introduces a £5 admission fee
Income from tickets represented about double the average weekly level of voluntary contributions.