Hidden gems in the Jameel Gallery
The Jameel Gallery at the V&A holds around 400 treasures from across the Islamic Middle East, produced between the 8th century and our own time. We invited four people with…
Borrow, Adapt, Combine: Improvising Chinese landscape scenes in late seventeenth-century London
How might an artist go about depicting an unfamiliar culture? In 1696, before England established regular trade relations with China, London-based artist Robert Robinson grappled with this challenge when he…
Wild Women: Joan Wakelin and Greenham Common
Outside the tall metal gates of Greenham Common airbase, a protestor stands with her arms crossed. Behind her is the debris of camp life: a mattress, plastic bin bags, a…
Women, Life, Freedom, posters by Ghazal Foroutan
The V&A acquired a series of posters produced in support of the Women, Life, Freedom movement through the Rapid Response Collecting programme in late 2022. The eight posters were designed…
A closer look at the golden throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh
We are delighted that the magnificent golden throne of Maharaja Ranjit Singh (1780 – 1839) of Punjab is the centrepiece of the exhibition Ranjit Singh: Sikh, Warrior, King at the…
Centralia by Poulomi Basu
Poulomi Basu’s striking photographic work ‘Centralia’ is now on display as part of the ‘Photography Now’ gallery rotation in the Photography Centre. Purchased by the Photography Acquisitions Group in 2021,…