BBC News (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
The first digital design exhibition to be held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London is unveiled.
BrontëBlog (Free subscription) | yesterday
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...
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 [...]
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 [...]
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."...
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
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.
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....
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....
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...
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...
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
Blog HomeForHome - Home Exchange (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
There are some cities that just seem to have it all: cultural attractions, historic sites, a diverse set of options when it comes to entertainment: nightlife, restaurants, parks, children attractions, sport events, and the list goes on and on. London is one of those cities. Being the capital and largest city in the United Kingdom, London [...]
SilverTiger (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
We got our shopping done today instead of tomorrow and so thought we would go out for the afternoon. As it was cold and threatening to rain, an indoor visit seemed appropriate. After a slow bus journey through heavy traffic, we reached the Victoria and Albert Museum in whose cafe we stopped for coffee and cake [...]
Hindu (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Ganjifa artist displays replicas of his paintings at conference
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