Victoria and Albert Museum

Video: Art goes digital at the V&A's new exhibition

This is London (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago

The first digital design exhibition to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum is unveiled

• V&A unveils first digital exhibit - BBC News

Does God have all the best art? | The question

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago

Were the old masters good because of God, or is it merely coincidence? Walk into the Victoria and Albert museum's refurbished medieval and Renaissance galleries and you walk into a world of faith: from the stained glass windows the Abbey of St Denis to sculptures of biblical prophets, thousands of these objects have been inspired by, or created in the context of, deep religious feeling. Head east...

Mattel versus Fulla

MooPig Wisdom (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago

Fulla -- Official Music Songs and Videos -- Fulla vs. Barbie 16apr07 Fulla is a Arabicversion of Barbie but a lot more modest. She has brown-black hair, dark skin, and dresses in a “abaya”. I’ve asked some girls I know if they like Barbie or Fulla more(this was a while ago - none of my friends play with barbies anymore…or do they'…). The reply I got was that they liked...

Napoleon, Van Gogh, Chuck Norris and the Brontës

BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009

Yesterday's auction at Christie's opens the news today with the Telegraph & Argus highlighting, as we reported yesterday, that the Brontë Society was able to successfully bid at least for one of the lots. The figures of the article are not exactly right (check our previous post ) though. Bronte guardians were celebrating today after successfully bidding to buy one of the rarest Charlotte Bronte...

Medieval and Renaissance Galleries now open at V&A

Cardinal Wolsey's Today in History (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London opened the redesigned Medieval and Renaissance Galleries this week. Rachel Campbell-Johnston at The Times Online has posted an article and video introducing the exhibition, and the excellent Londonist has photos showing the bright and airy galleries. The Guardian site has another video . The £31m refurb' is "triumphant" according to Jonathan...

Avyn Wornette

Worn Fashion Journal (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009

It was not more than a few months ago that I graduated from a high school located in a quaint village in south western Ontario. Growing up in that charming village I spent most of my time at my mother’s dance studio dancing, bicycling and making outfits to disgruntle the ancient demographic. I suppose it [...]

pattern books

whip up (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

V&A Pattern: Slipcased Set #1 (Hardcovers with CDs) The first in an ongoing series produced by The Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This new series of pattern books are beautifully designed and full of inspiration for designers. (Included is a CD of all the images that can be reworked, or licensed for further use.) The first [...]

Curatorial Triumph: V&A's Medieval & Renaissance Galleries

ArtsJournal (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

"An entire wing of the Victoria and Albert Museum has been requisitioned. A suite of ten galleries has been completely overhauled. More than £30 million has been spent." The new Medieval and Renaissance Galleries transform "the V&A from an outmoded Victorian maze of glass cases into a modern museum of world-class calibre."...

New Medieval & Renaissance Galleries

Studiopjj (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

Opening 2 December 2009. Victoria and Albert Museum is home to one of the world's most remarkable collections of treasures from the period. Don't miss. Useful link: www.vam.ac.uk

London museum opens medieval gallery

IOL (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

The Victoria and Albert Museum in London has opened two new galleries that boast more than a thousand years of European artistic and social history - including chunks of buildings, huge sculptures and stained glass windows.

Subtle changes, a world of difference

The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

This week, the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London, throws open its 10 Medieval and Renaissance galleries after almost seven years of refurbishment, which has cost in excess of £31m. Almost a third of this sum has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and much of the rest from the private sector. With almost 1,800 works on display, this is museum remaking on a grand scale....

Subtle changes at the V&A make a world of difference

The Independent (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009

This week, the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, London, throws open its 10 Medieval and Renaissance galleries after almost seven years of refurbishment, which has cost in excess of £31m. Almost a third of this sum has come from the Heritage Lottery Fund, and much of the rest from the private sector. With almost 1,800 works on display, this is museum remaking on a grand scale....

V&A opens doors on a luxury world

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

After seven years and £31m, 10 new galleries display wonders of medieval and Renaissance times When the Victoria and Albert Museum asked its visitors what "medieval" meant to them, the result was depressing: plague, war, religion, darkness, mud and – possibly thanks to some hazy memory of Blackadder's and Baldrick's cherished turnips – potatoes. However, the world conjured...

London museum opens medieval, Renaissance galleries

France24 (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

London's Victoria and Albert Museum unveils a new glimpse into the Middle Ages and the Renaissance on Wednesday with 10 large new galleries of treasures from the past. The free-to-enter 30-million-pound (50-million-dollar) Medieval and Renaissance Galleries occupy an entire wing of the museum after seven years of work. "The new galleries present some of the world's greatest treasures in beautifully...

V&A's renaissance: new galleries reveal greatest treasures

Evening Standard - News (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009

The finishing touches are being put on 10 new galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum showing a thousand years of European art and design at a cost of £32million