The talk will share new findings on the complex provenance of an Akan drum—one of the oldest African-American objects extant ...

Studio pottery refers to ceramics made by individual artist-potters in their own workshops, typically by hand.

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Drop in to our learning studios for an afternoon of family-friendly, play-based design challenges. Join us each month to build new skills and play with different materials in workshops inspired by ...

The National Art Library cares for and develops the UK's largest library collection on art, design and performance. Our holdings have been freely available to everyone since 1866 and remain so today.

You’ve worked across an array of fashion magazines, but Vogue Italia seems to be the one with which you’ve had the longest-standing relationship, and where some of your most extraordinary pictures ...

The Karun Thakar Fund has awarded a Project Grant to Anitha N., a community-based art practitioner, curator, and researcher based in Bangalore, Karnataka, in support of her project Mosaics of Cloth: ...

Historic Asante gold court regalia acquired by the V&A in 1874 from items looted by British troops during the Anglo-Asante Wars has gone on show in Ghana for the first time in 150 years, through a ...

Over the last year I had the opportunity to wander, think, sit in silence, and wrap myself in the chaos of V&A in South Kensington. The inconsistent pace of the experience makes writing this difficult ...

Donatello carved sculptures both fully in the round, like the David, and in relief (into a panel).His most inventive technique in marble is rilievo schiacciato (literally squashed relief), an ...

The V&A and Republic of Yemen announce historic agreement to research and care for four ancient objects ahead of their safe return. Today marks an important moment as the V&A signs a historic ...

Featuring over 200 looks brought together for the first time, this exhibition explores Gabrielle Chanel's iconic design style – from her first millinery boutique in Paris, to her final collection in ...