V&A
South Kensington
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V&A interior
Jonathan Perugia / Time Out
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V&A exhibition
Michelle Grant / Time Out
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V&A exterior
Michelle Grant / Time Out
V&A, South Kensington, London, UK
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V&A display case
Andrew Brackenbury / Time Out
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V&A exhibit
Michelle Grant / Time Out
Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Gallery, V&A, South Kensington, London, UK
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V&A exterior
Jonathan Perugia / Time Out
Venue location
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Address:
V&A Cromwell Rd
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL
- Phone:
020 7907 7073
- Website:
- Opening hours:
10am-5.30pm, daily, until 9.30pm every Fri. Booking at 0844 209 1770 or vam.ac.uk, fees apply
- Transport:
Tube: South Kensington
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Map
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V&A
- Cromwell Rd
South Kensington
London
SW7 2RL - 020 7907 7073
- www.vam.ac.uk
- 51.496820,-0.172507
- Cromwell Rd
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V&A
- Categories:
Attractions and museums. Sightseeing. Antiquities. Art and design. Fashion. Historic home. History. Specialist interest. Art. Things to do
- Facilities:
Eating and drinking facilities. Food served. Entertainment facilities. Late night
- Occasions:
History buffs. Take a tourist
What's on at V&A
Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life
Art, Things to do
- Free
Internationally renowned artist and illustrator Barbara Nessim gets her first UK solo show with this display of around 80 works drawn from the last 40 years. Alongside her provocative personal pieces and commissions for companies such as Levi's and Ralph...
Barbara Nessim: An Artful Life
Art, Things to do
- Free
Internationally renowned artist and illustrator Barbara Nessim gets her first UK solo show with this display of around 80 works drawn from the last 40 years. Alongside her provocative personal pieces and commissions for companies such as Levi's and Ralph...
David Bowie is
Art
- Critics' choice
The ch-ch-ch-changes David Bowie made to his lyrics, scratching out words and scribbling in others, together with his stage costumes and instruments, will be on show at the V&A's major Bowie exhibition opening in March 2013. As well as personal items,...
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Sun May 19
– Sun Jul 28 - V&A Cromwell Rd, SW7 2RL
- £14, members free
David Bowie is
Art and design, Music, Things to do
Fame, fascination, the evolution of the rebel rebel, along with the ch-ch-ch-changes Bowie made to his lyrics, scratching out words and scribbling in others, come under the spotlight, together with the Brixton lad's stage costumes and instruments, in...
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Sun May 19
– Sun Jul 28 - V&A Cromwell Rd, SW7 2RL
- £14.10, concs avail
Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars
History, Things to do, Sightseeing
The ever-fascinating subject of cultural diplomacy and trade between Britain and Russia, starting with their origins in 1555 when the Muscovy Company was founded, provides the impetus for this exhibition. The show reveals the pageantry of royal courts...
May Half-Term Children's Events at the V&A
Things to do, Arts and crafts, Performance and entertainment
- Free
As ever, the V&A offers some inventive creativity choices for kids this half term, with a range of events inspired by the current David Bowie exhibition. There's the chance for children to use Garage band music to create their own track for an album in...
Friday Late: White Nights
Music, Art and design, Art, Things to do
- Free
The V&A is taking inspiration from St Petersburg's annual White Nights Festival in this themed Friday Late event. The Russian arts and culture fest famously coincides with 'midnight sun' – a natural phenomenon that sees daylight continue well into the...
Memory Palace
Art and design, Things to do
- Critics' choice
Without memory, would civilisation be doomed? It's just one of the thought-provoking questions posed by the V&A and Sky Arts Ignition's ambitious exhibition, Memory Palace. At its centre is a story by novelist Hari Kunzru – a sort of dystopian tale of...
Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 80s
Fashion, Art, Things to do
- Critics' choice
The V&A summer blockbuster for 2013 homes in on the 1980s, one of the most bonkers decades in fashion history. It was an era when experimentation and appropriation was rife and music and club culture had a massive influence on mainstream fashion, as well...
Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s
Fashion, Art, Things to do
- Critics' choice
The V&A summer blockbuster for 2013 homes in on the 1980s, one of the most bonkers decades in fashion history. It was an era when experimentation and appropriation was rife and music and club culture had a massive influence on mainstream fashion, as well...
Pearls
Things to do, Jewellery
Exploring the history of natural pearls from the early Roman Empire to the present, this exhibition explores their associations with wealth, royalty and glamour across cultures and centuries. Jewellery on display includes a sixteenth-century salamander...
Tomorrow: Elmgreen & Dragset at the V&A
Art and design, Things to do
- Free
For autumn 2013 the Danish/Norwegian duo Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset (of boy-on-a-rocking-horse Fourth Plinth fame) are creating a site-specific installation in the V&A's former Textile Galleries. The exhibition includes a filmed drama staged within...
Masterpieces of Chinese Painting 700-1900
Things to do
The V&A's autumn 2013 exhibition brings together examples of Chinese painting from the beginning of the eighth century to the end of the nineteenth century. Presenting an overview of one of the world's greatest artistic traditions, more than 100 works,...
Jameel Prize 3
Art, Things to do
- Free
Biennial prize for contemporary artists and designers inspired by Islamic traditions of craft and design. The exhibition showcases the work of the ten artists and designers shortlisted for the £25,000 prize. Around 270 nominations were received from countries...
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