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Vintage Indian Clothing and Textiles That Are Quietly Becoming Seriously Collectible

Banarasi Silk Sarees (Pre-1980s)The benchmark for vintage Indian textile value is a pre-1980s Banarasi silk saree woven with real zari, the kind that contains actual silver or gold wire, not the polyester metallic thread that replaced it in mass production after the 1980s handloom decline. Auction houses in Mumbai and…

Times Life

The Trench Coat That Built an Empire: V&A Celebrates 170 Years of Burberry Heritage

Burberry heritage meets British craftsmanship at the Victoria and Albert Museum, where a new free exhibit honors 170 years of the Burberry trench coat.

Fashion Times

How Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation dress used flowers to tell a Commonwealth story

Queen Elizabeth II's 1953 coronation gown, designed by Norman Hartnell, was a powerful statement of unity. Beyond its beauty, the dress intricately wove together the floral emblems of the UK's nations and independent Commonwealth countries, symbolizing a evolving realm and its global relationships. This heraldic artistry marked a significant moment…

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V&A Museum deleted maps and images deemed sensitive by Chinese censors

Chinese printers objected to a map of China and an image of Lenin which fell foul of Beijing’s censorship body

Evening Standard

Prix Pictet 2025: Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar wins prized photography and sustainability award

The Prix Pictet photography and sustainability award might be the world's only accolade where there are no real losers. However, Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's haunting series, The End, was judged by the jury to be a 'clear warning of things to come'.

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Finnish designer Yrjö Kukkapuro, whose postmodern chairs graced waiting rooms and museums, dies

Yrjö Kukkapuro, a renowned Finnish designer whose postmodern style of chairs graced waiting rooms, offices and living rooms across Finland as well as collections in the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, has died

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Dame Rosalind Savill obituary

Director of the Wallace Collection museum in London from 1992 to 2011 and a specialist on 18th-century Sèvres porcelain

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Mother suffered too much after infection linked to pigeons, inquiry told

Cancer patient Gail Armstrong, 73, died at the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow in January 2019.

Evening Standard

Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll obituary

Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum whose radical ideas and management style put her in the cultural firing line

The Guardian - UK

Taylor Swift Exhibit Showcases Iconic Musical Memorabilia At V&A Museum

Explore Taylor Swift's musical journey through a special exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, featuring costumes, guitars, and memorabil...

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We remember Kenneth Grange, the British industrial designer, who has died aged 95

Kenneth Grange was a colossus of post-war design. With a career spanning six decades, his mission for improvement touched everything from trains to fountain pens, taxis to toothbrushes

Wallpaper

Portrait of a Rocket Man: Sir Elton John’s photography collection wows at V&A

Some 300 of their most significant acquisitions will be on display at the Victoria and Albert museum

The Independent UK

Sir Kenneth Grange’s influential industrial designs are chronicled in a new book

‘Kenneth Grange: Designing the Modern World’ explores the life and work of the pioneering British industrial designer

Wallpaper

Elton John and husband David Furnish to exhibit private photography collection in V&A exhibition

The Grammy-winning musician and his filmmaker husband are loaning 300 rare prints to the museum

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Letter: Sir Michael Hopkins obituary

Malcolm Baker writes: Michael Hopkins and his wife and colleague Patty played a crucial role in clarifying the confused interior spaces of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Evening Standard

5 things to know about the monumental Coco Chanel exhibition coming to London

As tickets go on sale for The Victoria and Albert Museum’s blockbuster exhibition of the legendary French couturière, Joe Bromley dives into the seminal looks and details to be discovered in September

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