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ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19
ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19
RUNNING HEAD V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19
Contents
4 A year in snapshot
8 Chairman’s foreword
10 Director’s foreword
12 Exhibitions and displays
18 A new future in east London
20 V&A Museum of Childhood reimagined
22 Welcome to Dundee
24 The national picture
Right: The Ruddock Family Cast Court,
Room 46a. © Victoria and Albert
28 Cutting-edge research
Museum, London
Cover: V&A Dundee. © Hufton+Crow 30 A world-class learning experience
Page 5: HRH the Duchess of
Cambridge opening the V&A 32 Acquisitions
Photography Centre, 2018.
© Jack Hill/Pool via Reuters
Page 6: Dan Vo. © Theo Cottle 38 International
Page 7: David Bowie Is installation
view. © Jonathan Dorado, 40 Financial Review
Brooklyn Museum
All images © Victoria and
Albert Museum, London, unless
41 Support
otherwise stated
V&A Annual Review 2018-19 is
published by Cultureshock Media
on behalf of the Victoria and Albert
Museum. © Victoria and Albert
Museum 2019
While every effort has been
made to identify copyright holders
and supporters, some omissions
may occur
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A YEAR IN SNAPSHOT
Transformational plans for V&A
Museum of Childhood unveiled
Ambitious plans to transform the much- Vision for V&A East revealed
loved Bethnal Green institution into a A collection and research centre offering unprecedented behind the scenes access
world-leading design museum for children, to V&A collections and a new museum featuring a world-first partnership with the
families and young people are unveiled Smithsonian Institution are announced, set to open 2023
Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up is extended due to popular demand
The exhibition offers new insight into the life and work of the celebrated Mexican HRH The Duchess of
artist, featuring over 200 objects from Kahlo’s personal archive exhibited outside Cambridge becomes
Mexico for the first time Royal Patron to the V&A
Cast Courts reopen with new
access into Trajan’s Column
The V&A’s full-scale replica of Trajan’s First phase of the Photography Centre opens
Column opens permanently to the public,
V&A display commemorates Display space dedicated to photography doubles – the new suite of galleries features
V&A Dundee opens the final part of a five-year FuturePlan Maqdala 1868 over 600 objects telling the story of the medium, from daguerreotype to digital. The V&A
Scotland’s first design museum exceeds its first-year visitor predictions in just six months, project to restore the iconic galleries to The display prompts a timely conversation continued to acquire landmark photographs for its collection including its first digital-born
welcoming over 500,000 people their Victorian glory about objects with contested heritage commission by Penelope Umbrico and a major series Off-Pointe by Mary McCartney
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Recognition for V&A Staff
Dan Vo wins the Museums Change
#WeWantQuant campaign prompts 35 acquisitions Lives Radical Changemaker Award for Tickets sell out in 19 days Jameel Prize celebrates 10th year
Over 1,000 people respond to a public call-out to track down rare garments by Mary Quant, establishing tours exploring LGBTQ-related Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams joins the The exhibition, which celebrates contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition,
resulting in a section of the exhibition dedicated to personal stories, and 35 acquisitions objects in the V&A’s collection V&A’s most popular exhibitions tours to the Jameel Art Centre in Dubai
Sustainability awards for
Fashioned from Nature
The V&A won both the Creative Green’s
Creative Programming Award and the
Videogames: Design/ Play/ Walpole Group’s Luxury with a Heart
Disrupt achieves critical acclaim Award, awarded to an “institution or
The V&A held the first exhibition individual that has consistently dedicated
celebrating videogames as one of the Two million visit David Bowie Is Busiest day on record at V&A Museum of Childhood themselves to making the world a
most important design fields of our time A record for a V&A touring exhibition, achieved during the 12th stop on its world tour An event celebrating Chinese New Year welcomes 5,195 people better place”
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Chairman’s foreword
This was a second exceptionally strong year in a row for visitors to the museum.
More than 4.8 million people passed through our doors across several sites,
and we feel immensely proud to be one of the world’s top 10 most-visited
art museums.
At the same time, we have been stimulated by a succession of new
openings: nine months after the opening of the V&A Gallery at Design Society
in Shekou, V&A Dundee opened on the banks of the Tay to widespread acclaim.
The official opening was made by our Patron HRH The Duchess of Cambridge,
accompanied by the Duke of Cambridge. Visitor numbers have wildly
exceeded those forecast, and the museum has played a prominent part in the
regeneration of the city.
In London, it has been a year of notable exhibitions – Christian Dior:
Designer of Dreams, Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up, Videogames: Design/Play/
Disrupt and A Pirate’s Life for Me are just four which drew the crowds. And
David Bowie Is completed its 12-venue world tour with a hugely successful
run at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. In total, it was enjoyed by over
2 million visitors.
Meanwhile, we are gearing up for a reimagined V&A Museum of Childhood,
with a major refit to take east London’s first museum to even greater heights.
And we continue to plan V&A East, with a new museum in the Queen Elizabeth
Olympic Park in Stratford, as well as a vast new collection and research
centre, which promises to take collections storage and open-access to a new
level, something entirely unique for the UK. More than half the population
of London now lives east of Tower Bridge, so it is exciting to bring the public
programme, values and educational remit of our institution to a new,
ever-expanding audience.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would like to thank our many
generous philanthropists, supporters and donors and our V&A Members who
have supported our efforts so handsomely across the year. I would also like to
congratulate the Director of the museum, Dr Tristram Hunt, upon his second
very successful year at the V&A, and all the staff and volunteers for their endless
efforts to keep the museum exciting, relevant, scholarly and respected.
NICHOLAS COLERIDGE CBE
CHAIRMAN, V&A
The V&A Exhibition Road
Quarter. © Victoria and Albert
Museum, London
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Director’s foreword
This year marks the bicentenary of both Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s
births, and there could therefore not be a more appropriate moment to reflect
on the founding principles of the museum, and to consider how the V&A’s
activities today continue to realise Albert’s pioneering vision.
Prince Albert was the instigator of the 1851 “Great Exhibition of the Works
of Industry of All Nations”, which provided the initial funds and collections
for the museum that would come to bear his name. His ambition was to
highlight innovation and design from around the world, a calling which he
shared with the V&A’s first Director Henry Cole. Both Albert and Cole were
passionate about improving education for the nation, affording British artists,
designers and craftspeople the opportunity to be inspired by objects drawn
from different cultures, peoples and practices. With the opening of the first
phase of our Photography Centre last year, and the conclusion of the Cast Courts
refurbishment in December, we have tapped into these founding principles and
reimagined them for today’s audiences.
Today, the V&A’s civic mission goes far beyond London, with the opening of
V&A Dundee bringing the V&A and its collections to new audiences in Tayside.
Last year we also unveiled plans for an exciting major redevelopment of the V&A
Museum of Childhood, which will transform the museum into a world-leading
centre of design and creativity for children, families and young people. And our
DesignLab Nation programme of loans and partnerships with regional museums
continues to grow and expand to new venues, as part of our efforts to support
the teaching of the Design and Technology curriculum around the UK.
At South Kensington, we have also been reflecting on the changing history
and meaning of some of our collections. In April 2018 we opened Maqdala 1868,
a free display which examines the uncomfortable past behind a collection of
Ethiopian objects, taken in the 19th century by British troops, which are now
part of the V&A collection. As we expand into the future, we must also keep
track of just how fast the past is changing.
Prince Albert conceived of a museum which would be at the forefront of
design education and cultural collaboration. As we roll out our programme of
celebrations for his bicentenary year, we are proud that his vision remains at the
heart of the V&A today.
DR TRISTRAM HUNT
DIRECTOR, V&A
The Bern and Ronny Schwartz
Gallery, Room 100, V&A
Photography Centre. © Victoria and
Albert Museum, London
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EXHIBITIONS
Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic
9 December 2017-8 April 2018
Supported by the Unwin Charitable Trust
exhibitions
This multi-sensory and playful exhibition explored the
magical world of Winnie-the-Pooh – one of the most adored
fictional characters of all time.
Curators: Annemarie Bilclough and Emma Laws
With additional support from Old Possum's Practical Trust
and displays Ocean Liners: Speed & Style
Installation view of Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
3 February-17 June 2018
Sponsored by Viking Cruises
Showcasing the extraordinary design stories of international
ocean liners and their cultural impact over more than a
century, this exhibition presented a journey through the
world’s greatest ocean liners.
Curators: Ghislaine Wood and Daniel Finamore
Installation view of Ocean Liners: Speed & Style. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Century of the Child: Nordic Design for
Children 1900 to Today
30 March-2 September 2018
V&A Museum of Childhood
From BRIO to LEGO, Marimekko and the Moomins, this
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams exhibition gathered the best and most progressive Nordic
2 February-1 September 2019 designs, architecture and art for children.
Supported by Swarovski Created by Museum Vandalorum, Sweden, in collaboration with
Designmuseum Danmark and Design Museum Helsinki
Spanning 1947 to the present day, this exhibition
traced the history and impact of one of the 20th
century’s most influential couturiers, and explored
the enduring influence of the fashion house and
Dior’s relationship with Britain.
Curator: Oriole Cullen
Installation view of Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today.
Installation view of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
With further support from American Express © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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Fashioned From Nature The Jameel Prize 5
21 April 2018-27 January 2019 30 June-25 November 2018
Supported by the European Confederation of In partnership with Art Jameel
Flax and Hemp - CELC
The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary
Highlighting fashion’s reliance on nature for raw materials art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. Its aim is to
and inspiration, the exhibition explored the relationship explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art,
between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day. craft and design and contemporary work as part of a wider
Curator: Edwina Ehrman debate about Islamic culture and its role today.
Curators: Tim Stanley and Salma Tuqan
Additional support form G-Star RAW
Installation view of Fashioned From Nature. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London Installation view of The Jameel Prize 5. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The Future Starts Here Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt
12 May-4 November 2018 8 September 2018-24 February 2019
Supported by Volkswagen Group
This exhibition gave a unique insight into the design
From smart appliances to satellites, artificial intelligence process behind videogames – one of the most important
to internet culture, this exhibition brought together more and far-reaching design mediums of our time. Design work,
than 100 objects, presenting a landscape of possibilities including concept art and prototypes, featured alongside
for the near future. large-scale immersive installations.
Curators: Mariana Pestana and Rory Hyde Curators: Marie Foulston and Kristian Volsing
Generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation
Installation view of The Future Starts Here. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up “This is the first
16 June-18 November 2018
Sponsored by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland major exhibition to
This exhibition presented an extraordinary collection of treat games as a modern
personal artefacts and clothing belonging to the iconic
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, based on the remarkable discovery cultural force… for
in 2004 of her personal possessions in her life-long home.
Curators: Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa anyone interested in
With support from Aeromexico, Art Mentor Foundation the artistic, emotional
Lucerne and GRoW @ Annenberg
and radical potential
of video games”
Installation view of Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up. — The Guardian Installation view of Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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DISPLAYS
A Pirate’s Life for Me Eclectic: The Julie and Robert Breckman Myth And Mortality: The Fairytale World The Shakespeare of English Furniture:
20 October 2018-22 April 2019 Collections at the V&A of Carolein Smit Designs by Thomas Chippendale
V&A Museum of Childhood 11 September 2017-29 April 2018 20 March-30 September 2018 28 August 2018-24 March 2019
Sponsored by Playmobil Supported by the Mondriaan Fund; the Royal
Lustrous Surfaces: Lacquer in Asia and Beyond Netherlands Embassy; Dinko Valerio and Artificially Intelligent
Developed in collaboration with children, this exhibition’s 14 October 2017-16 September 2018 Hester Eriks 1 September-31 December 2018
immersive and playful set design took its young visitors into With thanks to the Overseas Korean Supported using public funding by
an imaginary swashbuckling world of adventure and Cultural Heritage Foundation and Toshiba Maqdala 1868 the National Lottery through Arts
exploration where they travelled from a moody coastal inn International Foundation 5 April 2018-30 June 2019 Council England
to a tropical treasure island in search of sparkling riches.
At its heart, a large-scale pirate ship inspired learning Poppies The Old Vic at 200 Portmeirion: Pottery Trendsetter
through active play. 1 November 2017-21 November 2018 20 April-20 November 2018 31 October 2018-28 July 2019
Curator: William Newton Supported by Portmeirion
Chinese Snuff Bottles in the V&A Beano: A Manual for Mischief
1 November 2017-31 May 2018 15 May-12 August 2018 A Home for All: Six Experiments
in Social Housing
Into the Woods: Trees in Photography Windswept Baby: Ceramics, Writing and Craft 24 November 2018-30 June 2019
18 November 2017-22 April 2018 18 May-12 August 2018 Presented by the V&A+RIBA Architecture
Supported using public funding from Partnership
Anthony Crickmay: Photographing People Arts Council England
and Performance Painting in Miniature, Pastel and Watercolour
21 November 2017-10 June 2018 V&A Illustration Awards at the Royal Academy, 1768-1810
15 May-25 June 2018 1 December 2018-28 April 2019
Sister Brother Generously supported by the Enid Linder
25 November 2017-20 May 2018 Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Beatrix Potter’s Art: ‘Drawn with Design’
V&A Museum of Childhood Memorial Fund 18 February-17 November 2019
The Artful Book: 70 Years of the Folio Society Door to Design Exquisite Artistry: Victorian Jewellery Designs
22 December 2017-1 May 2018 26 May-23 September 2018 by the Firm of John Brogden
Supported by John Lyon’s Charity and the 19 February-1 September 2019
Printing a Modern World: Commercial National Lottery Heritage Fund
Graphics in the 1930s Ivan Kyncl: In The Minute
3 February-19 August 2018 Perched 19 February-7 July 2019
16 June 2018-21 April 2019
Testimonial: The Life Story of a Pietre Dure: Highlights from the Rosalinde and
Monumental Vase Chance and Control: Art in the Arthur Gilbert Collection
Installation shot of A Pirate’s Life for Me. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
9 February 2017-31 July 2018 Age of Computers 22 March 2019-20 March 2020
7 July-18 November 2018
Dream On Cairo Streets
10 February 2018-20 January 2019 Visual Feast: Silvia Weidenbach in the 26 April 2019-26 April 2020
V&A Museum of Childhood Gilbert Galleries
9 July 2018-7 January 2019
Without Walls: Disability and Innovation in Supported by the Gilbert Trust for the Arts
Building Design
10 February-21 October 2018 Censored! Stage, Screen, Society at 50
In collaboration with Accentuate History 10 July 2018-27 January 2019
of Place, supported by the National Lottery
Heritage Fund ‘Chippendale in the Drawing Room’: Beatrix
Potter’s Fascination with Furniture
28 August 2018-17 February 2019
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east London
Internal render view of a flexible display space in the new V&A collection
and research centre at Here East, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro
© Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2018
External render view of the new V&A museum at East Bank, designed by
O’Donnell + Tuomey. © O’Donnell + Tuomey/ Ninety90, 2018
V&A East vision revealed The V&A East move includes:
250,000 objects
Since its founding more than 150 years ago, the V&A has
made an irrefutable and consistent case for “art for all”.
This defining purpose remains central to our mission as we “V&A East is one of the most significant moments in the history of the V&A,
1,000 archives giving us the opportunity to make a step change in our museological practice and
renew our commitment to promote access and education in a
fast-changing world.
The V&A East project will create two sites in Queen thinking, and allowing us to revolutionise both access to our collections and the
Elizabeth Olympic Park, London – a brand-new museum
at East Bank, and a new collection and research centre at
Here East. Opening in 2023, V&A East will also host a unique
350,000 library books breadth of experiences we can offer visitors.
Two of the most exciting contemporary architecture practices – O’Donnell + Tuomey
and unprecedented partnership between the V&A and the and Diller Scofido + Renfro – have responded to the challenge with great skill and
Smithsonian Institution – the largest museum and research
complex in the world.
imagination, helping us to open our doors, our minds and our archives, to create a world
V&A East brings a compelling new opportunity to of future possibility for the communities living in the Olympic boroughs and beyond.
revolutionise access to the world’s greatest collection of
In addition, our pioneering partnership with the Smithsonian Institution will bring
art, design and performance. Around 250,000 objects and
1,000 archives will be moved to east London, including together the collections and expertise of two extraordinary cultural institutions,
Frank Lloyd Wright’s plywood-panelled 1930s office for spanning the arts, humanities, science and nature, enabling us to tell relevant,
Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J Kaufmann,
and the 15th-century marquetry ceiling from the topical and powerful stories responding to the world in which we live”
now-destroyed Altamira Palace near Toledo, Spain.
Internal render view showing the Altamira Ceiling in the new — Tim Reeve, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, V&A
V&A collection and research centre at Here East, designed by
Diller Scofidio + Renfro. © Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2018
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“The new V&A
Museum of
of Childhood
Childhood will ignite
the imagination,
inspire curiosity
and build creative
reimagined confidence through
our collections”
— Gina Koutsika, Creative &
Skills Director, V&A Museum
of Childhood
Local children with lead architects AOC in the V&A Museum
of Childhood Open Studio. © Jeff Spicer
Transforming the V&A Museum of Childhood
The V&A Museum of Childhood is beloved by its local community with The Kaleidoscope, a feature staircase for the Main Hall inspired by
a unique and wonderful story to tell as east London’s first museum. optical toys, and a new lower ground entrance to improve access for
In October 2018, V&A Director Tristram Hunt announced a major school groups and families with buggies.
redevelopment project that will enable it to become a museum of AOC Architecture is leading on the overall redesign of the
design and creativity for children, families and young people and museum and three new galleries. In preparation, the exhibition
unlock its huge potential to fire imagination and spark ingenuity. space has been transformed into a working design studio.
The V&A’s world-class collections are at the heart of this new In Open Studio, visitors are encouraged to physically hold and
mission. The redevelopment will draw on the full scope of the V&A’s interact with objects, test out display ideas and feedback on
collections of art, design and performance. work in progress.
With a mandate set by local school children to become Open Studio builds on the museum’s commitment towards
the world’s “most joyful” museum, De Matos Ryan and AOC co-design – the practice by which visitors become active, creative
Architecture have been appointed to lead the transformation of the participants. Children, teachers, families and community groups are all
museum’s building and galleries. De Matos Ryan’s proposals include central to the transformation of the new V&A Museum of Childhood.
Visualisation of the new landscape and reimagined
entrance to the Museum, including a new entrance at
lower ground level. © Pillar Visuals
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V&A Dundee opened on 15 September 2018 as Scotland’s first
design museum and an international centre for inspiration,
discovery and learning. In its first year, visitors to V&A Dundee
have experienced the remarkable story of Scottish design past,
to Dundee
present and future, and the vital contribution design makes to
all our lives.
Designed by internationally acclaimed Japanese architect
Kengo Kuma, V&A Dundee stands at the centre of the £1 billion
transformation of the Dundee waterfront, once part of the
city’s docklands. With its complex geometry, inspired by the
dramatic cliffs along the east coast of Scotland, it stretches out
into the River Tay – a new landmark reconnecting the city with
its historic waterfront, and a major new cultural development
for Scotland and the UK.
Boost for Dundee “V&A Dundee is the
“A coastal college town, Dundee has first international design
emerged as Scotland's coolest city”
– The Wall Street Journal
museum in Scotland
and a vital new creative
£16 million hub for the city”
– Philip Long, Director, V&A Dundee
was the increase in the value of Dundee
tourism in the space of a year, bolstered
by the “V&A effect”
443,000 Visitor numbers
people travelled to Dundee by train
between the museum opening and March
2019 – a 14% increase compared to the
500,000
previous year people visited in the first six months –
double pre-opening estimates
42%
more visitors went to Discovery Point, the
22,600
waterfront home of RRS Discovery and people attended the two-day 3D Festival
neighbour of the V&A Dundee, in 2018 that launched V&A Dundee
V&A Dundee © Hufton Crow
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The national
1 Blackburn
2 Coventry
3 Sheffield
4 Stoke-on-Trent
Supporting regional museums
picture
5 Sunderland
Highly valued by regional organisations in England and
Wales, the Arts Council England/V&A Purchase Grant Fund
has been administered by the V&A since 1881. This year, Arts
Council England confirmed a grant of £3 million to support
the work of the Fund for a further four years until 2022. The
Fund reopened to applications on 12 September 2018 and
received 92 applications from 66 different organisations
across England and Wales during the year. It awarded 65
grants totalling £528,084. The Fund enables everyone to
engage with the best of what has been and what is being
created in the UK, and elsewhere, through their local
museums, galleries and libraries.
With support from the fund, Touchstones Rochdale,
which is home to an art gallery, museum and local studies
centre, bought Rachel Kneebone’s 2017 artwork What is
remembered in the body is well remembered. The work was
part of a series of new sculptures made for a solo exhibition at
the gallery at the end of 2018. The exhibition was accompanied
by a specially commissioned piece of contemporary dance
5 choreographed by the critically acclaimed TC Howard in
collaboration with women from Rochdale and the Greater
Manchester area.
The Young Gallery in Salisbury acquired a group of
works by Ian McKeever to represent the artist’s career
in printmaking. The purchase consolidates a long-term
1 collaboration with the artist, who lives close to the gallery.
3 In addition to managing the Purchase Grant Fund,
staff at the V&A support regional acquisitions by advising
4 external funding bodies on the importance of objects and
formally objecting to the export of nationally significant
objects. We gave formal advice on 6,069 objects across the
2
government indemnity scheme, conditional exemption,
export licences and acceptance-in-lieu, and the National
Lottery Heritage Fund.
65 grants
Map Key: totalling over £528,084 have
DesignLab Nation cities been awarded by the Purchase
Rachel Kneebone, What is remembered in the body is
well remembered, 2017 (porcelain, corian and adhesive), Purchase Grant Fund awards Grant Fund in 2018-19
at Touchstones, Rochdale. © Len Grant. Courtesy of the
artist and White Cube.
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DesignLab Nation expands UK touring exhibitions 2,051
The V&A’s three-year flagship national secondary schools Four exhibitions (Clangers, Bagpuss & Co, Woman’s Hour Craft V&A objects went on loan to
programme aims to inspire the next generation of designers, Prize, Game Plan and Pop Art in Print) toured to 12 different 231 venues across the UK
makers and innovators across the country, and to help young venues and were seen by more than 190,000 people.
people develop the essential skills for the workplace of the
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future: critical thinking, creativity and collaboration.
After a successful pilot year (2017-18) working with
museums, designers and schools in two areas of the UK
(Blackburn and Coventry), we have expanded our reach and students across the country
this year have delivered the programme in an additional took part in DesignLab Nation
three regions: Sheffield, Stoke-on-Trent and Sunderland. In
each participating region, we partner with a museum and a
professional designer. Together, we deliver in-depth design
projects to local secondary school groups and continuing 68
professional development sessions for regional networks
teachers took part in
of teachers. These activities are supported by the loan of
relevant objects from the V&A’s collections for public display DesignLab Nation
in the regional museums. All participating students visit
both their local museum and the V&A during their project,
as well as engaging with other local design industries,
colleges and universities. This programme supports the
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teaching of the new Design and Technology (D&T) GCSE. objects from the V&A’s
collection were loaned to
DesignLab Nation is generously supported by
Art Fund, The Foyle Foundation, Sarah Nichols,
partner museums
The Staples Trust, The Zochonis Charitable Trust,
Outset Contemporary Art Fund and other kind supporters.
The Strawberry Hill Chair, Richard Bentley, 1755. Loaned to
Strawberry Hill’s exhibition Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill:
Masterpieces from Horace Walpole’s Collection. Purchased with
Marie-Kathrin Blanck worked as Assistant Curator
for Photographs during her traineeship at the V&A.
© Victoria and Albert Museum, London
190,409
the assistance of the Brigadier Clark Fund through Art Fund people visited V&A national
touring exhibitions
Training and development
Loans The Victoria and Albert Museum Photography Curators’
Training Programme, supported by Art Fund, is in partnership
231 venues across the UK received 2,051 V&A objects on loan: with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter for 2018-19. Knowledge networks
557 objects went on short-term loan while 1,494 objects Marie-Kathrin Blanck spent six months working as an Assistant
went on long-term loan. Highlights include eight objects to Photography Curator at the V&A, moving to the Royal Albert Knowledge networks are a means for museum staff to share
Strawberry Hill’s exhibition Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter, in April 2019. research and expertise with institutions around the country.
Masterpieces from Horace Walpole’s Collection (20 October Learning Academy Courses are attended by museum V&A staff are active in more than 10 different knowledge
2018-24 February 2019) which aimed to show some of the colleagues from across the UK. A recent Professional networks, from the Theatre and Performance Research
finest objects in Walpole’s famous collection in their original Development Course welcomed attendees from the Hatton Association to the Architectural Models Network.
locations, to celebrate the tercentenary of his birth. Gallery, Newcastle; Chiltern Way Academy; the National Trust; The V&A is a founding partner of Culture in Crisis,
Twenty-six objects were loaned from the Metalwork the Bank of England Museum; The North of England Zoological bringing together those with a shared interest in protecting
collections to Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum for its large-scale Society and the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences. cultural heritage, providing a forum for sharing information,
exhibition Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft The V&A/RCA History of Design Postgraduate programme, inspiring and supporting action and raising public
(31 August 2018-16 January 2019), which explored the delivered in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, is awareness. A conference, Planning for the Unthinkable,
concept of “magical thinking”. training approximately 90 students this year. was held at the V&A on 29 November 2018.
Blow Away by Front Design. Given by Moooi
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research
V&A Research Institute Postgraduate study
The V&A Research Institute (VARI) hosts a five-year Postgraduate programmes continue to be an important part
programme of projects and teaching partnerships that of the V&A’s research culture, involving collaborations with
aims to experiment with new ways of displaying, accessing a number of higher education institutions across the UK.
and interpreting objects. Since its launch in 2016, the This year we welcomed six new PhD students through the
programme, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. We
Foundation, has enabled collaborative research projects were also delighted that one of our recent students, Matthew
that are bringing new scholarship to bear on the V&A’s Wells (V&A/RCA), won the prestigious 2019 Theodor-Fischer-
collections. VARI seeks to foster collaboration among Preis, awarded by the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in
museum professionals, artists and different communities Munich for producing a PhD dissertation of outstanding quality
of knowledge, using these collaborations as a way to in the field of 19th-21st-century architectural history.
develop innovative approaches to access the collections In addition to collaborative doctorates, this year the V&A
and knowledge about them. has also welcomed doctoral students to undertake AHRC-
funded placements, working on the past, present and future
of creative industries in east London, the Anthropocene, and
Collaborative research diplomatic exchanges between the Ottoman Empire and
the Low Countries. And at MA level, our History of Design
and Material Culture course, co-taught by the V&A and the
The Opening the Cabinet of Curiosities research project came Royal College of Art, continues to train the next generation of
to fruition. Exploring the 19th-century legacy of the early collections-based researchers.
modern cabinet of curiosities, and its influence on 21st-century
modes of display and art practice, this project has brought
researchers and artists together to investigate some of the
histories of collecting represented in the V&A.
Such collaborations between researchers and practitioners
have been a continued and strong aspect of VARI’s work and
public engagement, leading to the creation of new work that
has been showcased and shared at events such as London
Design Festival and the Courtauld Institute of Art’s annual
RES|FEST.
Ongoing investment in digital
Research in the digital sphere has been a particular focus
this year, with VARI research projects piloting new ways in
which digital technologies can make the V&A’s research and
collections more widely available to a global audience. One
project that exemplifies this digital focus is Deciphering
Dickens, which is trialling crowd-sourced transcription as a
collaborative tool for transcribing our important collections of
manuscripts by Charles Dickens.
Cupboard painted with a trompe l'oeil cabinet of
curiosities, unknown maker, 1678-80. Given by Anna Participants at the Dickens Universe Conference 2018 in
Alma-Tadema in memory of Lady Alma-Tadema. San Diego decipher manuscript pages from Little Dorrit,
© Victoria and Albert Museum part of Deciphering Dickens. © Mira Rao
28 29A world-class
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25,000
learning
people visited the two-day
Digital Design Weekend
19,000
experience
people came to the V&A Mexican Day
of the Dead festival
The Mexican Day of the Dead Festival. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The V&A is committed to sharing knowledge and inspiring workshops. International engineering firm Arup co-designed
future generations. Our work over the past year has continued several workshops with the Learning Programmes team to
towards a larger vision of redefining museum learning for the reach over 23,000 people in the past five years. Programming
21st century to ensure it meets the needs of learners in a fast- was devised to engage audiences with the collections, and the
changing world. We have developed several innovative strands Families team worked with Waugh Thistleton Architects on
of programming, including festivals, pop-up performances and Imagination Station – a Christmas drop-in activity reaching
national initiatives, alongside our core work of delivering world- 1,279 participants.
class school, digital, family, young people, community, African- We collaborated with Sadler’s Wells on a new, playful,
heritage and continuing-education programmes. As a result intergenerational performance to mark the opening of the V&A
the museum’s visitor and learning experiences have reached an Photography Centre. Held in this new space, the performance
increasingly wide and diverse audience. was created by alumni and performers from two companies
Since 2014, the V&A Families programme has partnered hosted by Sadler’s Wells: National Youth Dance Company and
with world-class creative practitioners, such as artist Gayle Company of Elders, whose dancers range from 60 to 89 years
Chong Kwan and costume and set designer Ryan Dawson old. Dancing Memories ran from October 2018 to February 2019
Laight, to reach thousands of participants in practical and reached 935 people.
The Kids Takeover Day at the V&A Museum of Childhood. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
30 31Acquisitions
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351,936
Developing the V&A’s collections is essential to ensure the
ongoing evolution of the world’s leading museum of art, design
and performance. The museum’s new acquisitions represent
the best of historic and contemporary design and reflect items were added to
changing and diverse societies. the collection
The V&A’s collection stands at 2.7 million items, which
includes 1.5 million museum objects and works of art, and over
a million library items. This year, the museum increased its
archival collections to over 1,000 objects.
In 2018-19, a total of 351,936 items were added to the
collection, with a value of £6 million. Of this, the cost of objects
purchased was £2.2 million, made possible by funding largely
from external sources, including generous support from Art
Fund, V&A Members, the National Heritage Memorial Fund,
Samsung and many private donors. The value of objects
donated, either directly or via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme,
was £5.3 million.
The V&A continues to play a significant role in the fight
to save key heritage objects for the nation, safeguarding their
future in national public collections. The continued acquisition
of historical and contemporary design objects adds to the
overall understanding of the collections and challenges
established interpretations of particular periods, styles
or movements.
Casket, c.1650-1700 Copy of The Arch of Triumph, Palmyra,
Viceroyalty of Peru (Colombia), Wood with Syria, 2018
Portrait of James Adam with the Capital of barniz de Pasto decoration Egyptian marble, CNC milled, painted and acid
the Britannic Order, 1763 etched using photogrammetry
Purchased by the V&A
Antonio Zucchi (1726-1795), oil on canvas
Given by the Institute for Digital Archaeology
Purchased jointly with the National
Galleries of Scotland with support from Art
Fund and V&A Members
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Continuing to support photography
2018-19 has seen numerous photography acquisitions. Highlights include 63 works generously
donated to the museum by Sir Paul McCartney, including this iconic image of the Beatles.
Gold tea strainer, 1825
Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862)
Purchased using the Gilbert Collection Acquisition Fund
Dress from The Search for the Golden Fleece
Collection, Spring/Summer 1997
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) for Givenchy 63 photographs from the Linda McCartney
Given to the American Friends of the V&A Archive, 1966-97
by an anonymous donor in memory of Linda McCartney (1941-1998)
Geoffrey Squire A selection of lithograph prints, bromide
prints, cyanotype prints, platinum prints,
photogravures, hand painted prints,
contact sheets and Polaroids
Given by Sir Paul McCartney
Titles, 1997 Woman’s Outer Kimono (uchikake) 1770-1800
Tayo Quaye (b. 1954) Polychrome figured silk
Given by Dr & Mrs. E. Olutayo Delano Given by Yoshida Kojiro
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‘Charlie’ chair made from recycled plastic Beyoncé’s Papillon ring, 2014 Wardrobe, c.1876
toys, 2017-18 Glenn Spiro (b.1962), titanium, white Made for Bushloe House, designed by
ecoBirdy, rotationally-moulded ‘ecothylene’ gold, tsavorites, diamonds Christopher Dresser (1834-1904). Ebonised
(recycled plastic compound) softwood, probably pine, with painted and
Given by the Knowles-Carter family
gilded stencilled decoration
Purchased using the V&A Museum of
Childhood Acquisition Fund Given by the American Friends of the V&A
Pantomime Dame Brexit Dress, 2016 through the generosity of Joseph Holtzman
Lotte Collett for Sleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire
Given by Hackney Empire
Members’ acquisitions
V&A Members contributed towards vital acquisitions this year, including two of the most
important examples of British Surrealist furniture ever produced. The Mae West Lips sofa
and the Champagne standard lamps were the joint creation of artist Salvador Dalí and his
most important British patron, Edward James. The pair collaborated on the design for the
Ivan Kyncl Photographic Archive
sofa, which was based on Dalí’s gouache painting Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a
Alan Rickman in Tango at the End of Winter, Surrealist Apartment, 1934-35.
Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1991. © Ivan Kyncl
Purchased by the V&A
Plaque, Minton Art Pottery, Mae West Lips sofa, 1937-38 Champagne standard lamps, 1938-39
London, 1872 Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and Edward James Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and Edward James
Painted by W.S. Coleman (1907-1984), red felted wool with black wool (1907-1984), copper alloy stem and base
Given by Ian and Rita Smythe fringe on wooden base
Purchased with support from the National
as part of an important gift of Purchased with support from V&A Members, Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and
almost 300 objects Art Fund and a bequest from Derek Woodman V&A Members
36 37International
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39,731
visitors to Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion –
The V&A’s touring exhibition programme continues to go from strength to strength – 1,103,833 people enjoyed a V&A touring Textile Museum, Boras
exhibition this year, across 15 cities worldwide. Highlights are shown on the map.
59,131 20,319
96,667
visitors to You Say You Want a Revolution?
182,968
visitors to Small Stories: At Home
Records and Rebels 1966-1970 – ING, Brussels
In a Dolls' House – The Museum of
Decorative Arts, Prague
visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic –
Exploring a Classic – Museum Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo
of Fine Arts, Boston
73,372
275,550 visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain,
81,933
Swire Properties tour – Taikoo Li
visitors to David
Sanlitun, Beijing, China
Bowie Is – Brooklyn Museum,
New York City
visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a
Classic – The High, Atlanta
14,705 94,596
visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain,
visitors to Fabric of India – Swire Properties tour – Taikoo Hui,
91,767
Cincinnati Art Museum Guangzhou
visitors to Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion
– McCord Museum, Montreal
65,183
visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, Swire
Properties tour – Pacific Place, Hong Kong
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FINANCIAL REVIEW
SUPPORT • Peri Charitable Foundation • Ruddock Foundation for the Arts • Sigrid and Stephen Kirk
2018-19 2017-18 • The Porter Foundation • The Ruth Covo Foundation* • William Loschert
£m £m The V&A would like to pay special • Hans and Märit Rausing • The Salomon Oppenheimer • Helen Notley
tribute to the following past and present • Julia and Hans Rausing Philanthropic Foundation • Mrs. Mina Renton
major benefactors for their exceptional • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation • Shao Zhong Art Foundation • Bianca and Stuart Roden
support • The Ronald and Rita McAulay 邵忠艺术基金会 • Elaine Rowley and Tony Luckhurst
Grant in Aid • Total government funding was £40.7 million, an increase reflecting the drawdown of additional 40.7 37.8 Foundation • Jean Smith • Mr David I Solo
funds for our planned move from Blythe House in addition to the £37.2m core Grant in Aid. • The Al Thani Collection Foundation • Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock • Tavolozza Foundation • Mrs Lorraine Spencer
• American Express* • Simon Sainsbury • V&A Members • And others who wish to
• American Friends of the V&A • Samsung • Derek Woodman remain anonymous
• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • The Rt Hon Sir Timothy Sainsbury • And others who wish to
• Gregory and Regina Annenberg • The Sarikhani Family remain anonymous SILVER
Fundraising • During a successful period of fundraising, a total of £22.3 million was raised directly for the 22.3 22.8 Weingarten • Leslie, Judith and Gabrielle Schreyer* • Penny Aikens
museum, of which £6.7 million was generated by V&A Membership subscriptions.
• Art Fund • Sennheiser The V&A is very grateful to those • Tom Reid and Lindy Ambrose
• Of the overall income, £7.5 million was raised towards FuturePlan, the V&A’s ongoing major capital programme. • Arts and Humanities Research Council • Anonymous in memory of Melvin R. who have made a contribution to • Sheetal Ansal
October 2018 saw HRH The Duchess of Cambridge officially open Phase One of the new Photography Centre, • Celia and Edward Atkin CBE Seiden the museum’s work through the • Harriet Anstruther
while the second and final phase of the Cast Courts restoration project reopened to the public in December 2018. • Bank of America Merrill Lynch • The Selz Foundation* Director’s Circle • Hannah Armstrong
• Fundraising began towards the visionary reimagining of the V&A’s Museum of Childhood and pledges totalling • The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation* • N. Sethia Foundation • Mrs J.E.M. Arnold & Family
£2.25 million were secured in 2018-19. Good progress was also made towards the £2 million fundraising target • Blavatnik Family Foundation* • Shao Zhong Art Foundation PLATINUM • The Hon Mrs Nicholas Assheton
for the redevelopment of the Raphael Court with £1.6 million secured from individuals, trusts and foundations. • William and Judith Bollinger 邵忠艺术基金会 • The Arah Foundation • Sirdar Aly Aziz
• The past 12 months at the V&A have been exceptional for the growth of V&A Membership, • Julie and Robert Breckman • Robert H. Smith* • The BAND Trust • Mrs Enfys Bagguley
highlighting its importance as one of the main contributors of unrestricted funds for the V&A. With • Canadian Friends of the V&A • Nicholas Snowman OBE • Stephen and Anne Curran • James Bartos
over 83,000 active memberships, 75% of which include a guest facility, £6.7 million was generated • Vladimir Caruana and Ivan Booth • Societe Generale • Dr Genevieve Davies • Diane and Tom Berger
by V&A Membership subscriptions in 2018-19. The income helped fund exhibitions, acquire objects, • Clore Duffield Foundation • Swarovski London • Tove Goddard • Jean and John Botts
improve facilities and conserve our collections, as well as contribute to FuturePlan projects.
• The Clothworkers' Foundation • Toshiba Corporation • Claire and Simon Godwin • Elena Bowes
• The Curtain Foundation • Mr T. T. Tsui • Judy and Frank Grace • Mikael and Leonie Brantberg
• Membership of the Director’s Circle and Young Patrons’ Circle continued to
• Dr and Mrs Edwin Davies CBE • V&A Members • Mrs Olivia Harrison • Mr Richard Briggs OBE &
grow and provided vital unrestricted income for the museum.
• Dr Genevieve Davies • Volkswagen Group • Andrew Hochhauser QC Mrs Basia Briggs
• The exhibitions programme attracted significant sponsorship funding from both
• DCMS/Wolfson Museums and • Wartski • Mr and Mrs Jerker Johansson • Kate and Matt Brittin
returning and new supporters. The museum was granted a marriage license in late 2018, Galleries Improvement Fund • Dr Susan Weber* • Diala and Tarek Khlat • Helen Bromovsky
and the museum’s venue hire business generated £1.5 million in turnover. • Department for Digital, Culture, • The A. H. Whiteley Family • Anthony and Sophie Kingsley • Patricia and David Buck
Media and Sport • Peter Williams and Heather Acton • Mr and Mrs Murtaza Lakhani • Nicola Burns
• Dior • The Wolfson Foundation • Maurice and Rosemary Lambert • David and Jane Butter
• Sir Harry Djanogly CBE • Würth Group • The Lord and Lady Londesborough • Russ and Linda Carr
Trading • In its most successful year to date, the V&A’s main shop grossed £7.3 million, a 30% 21.1 21.7 • The Dr Mortimer and Theresa • And others who wish to remain • Sir Harvey McGrath and Lady McGrath • Ms Sheila Clarke
increase on 2017-18. The success of the main shop was reflected in a very strong Sackler Foundation** anonymous • Sarah Nichols • Mr and Mrs Anthony Coleridge
year across the whole of V&A Retail, with gross sales at £15 million. • The Enid Linder Foundation • Mr and Mrs William Salomon • Mr and Mrs Nicholas Coleridge
• Retail activity associated with Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up was exceptionally successful. For this • EY The V&A would like to thank the • The Sarikhani Family • Ms Susan Cook
exhibition, V&A Retail worked with Mexican artisans to bring their work to a new UK audience. • The Foyle Foundation following for generously supporting the • Jake and Hélène Marie Shafran • Cynthia Corbett
• Away from the museum, we had an exceptional year for V&A books, with co-editions of our catalogues
• Garfield Weston Foundation museum’s ongoing redevelopment in • Mrs Virginia Shepherd and • Helen & Andrew Cormack
published in Japan, Korea, the US and most major European markets. Our Licensing business continues to build
• Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner 2018-19 Dr Paul Shepherd • Michael and Angela Cronk
• Sir Paul Getty KBE • Margaret and Jeremy Strachan • Regula and Beat Curti
internationally, with a strategic focus on China, where demand for and interest in cultural brands is rising fast.
• The Getty Foundation • American Express* • Mr Francis Sultana and Mr David Gill • Mr and Mrs Christopher Dale
• Gilbert Public Arts Foundation • American Friends of the V&A • Kathryn Uhde • Amanda Denny
• Gilbert Trust for the Arts • Gregory and Regina Annenberg • Peter Williams and Heather Acton • Stuart Donachie and Chris Carter
• Lydia and Manfred Gorvy* Weingarten • Peter and Jan Winslow • Mrs Sheila Duff Earles
Admissions & • 2018-19 saw a varied public programme that drew in over four million visitors for the second year in a row. 9.5 6.0 • Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin • The Arah Foundation • Lady Estelle Wolfson of Marylebone • Lord and Lady Egremont
exhibition fees • A series of blockbuster exhibitions alongside two major FuturePlan projects – the Photography • GRoW @ Annenberg • Celia and Edward Atkin CBE • And others who wish to • Jeff and Emily Fergus
Centre and The Ruddock Family Cast Court – drew large audiences to the V&A. Highlights this • Harrods • The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation* remain anonymous • Nicholas and Jane Ferguson
year included Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up and Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. • The Headley Trust • Blavatnik Family Foundation* • Mrs Ailsa Feroze
• The Hintze Family Charitable • Camalotte Foundation* GOLD • Lt Cdr Paul Fletcher
Foundation • The Chadwyck-Healey Charitable Trust • Mr and Mrs Aarons • Joachim Fleury and Vita Gottlieb
• Andrew Hochhauser QC • The Charles Hayward Foundation • Eric Abraham and Sigrid Rausing • Joscelyn Fox
• The Iris Foundation* • The Eranda Rothschild Foundation • Steve and Claire Almond • Robert Freeman
Donated objects • The V&A is grateful for the many objects donated to the museum in 2018-19. In addition 6.0 0.8
• J. Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust • Mrs Susan Fasken • Mr and Mrs Graham Child • Ms Sabrina Franzheim
to a number of Mary Quant pieces donated following a public call-out for lost designs, and
• Sir Elton John and David Furnish • The Gladys Krieble Delmas • Lady Susan Chinn • Gander & White Shipping Ltd
costumes and memorabilia donated by Madness, the Royal Photographic Society collection Modern Media 现代传播
• Foundation* • Mr Jim Daley and Ms Alix Robson • Alina Garcia-Lapuerta
was transferred at the start of the year from the Science Museum Group to the V&A.
• Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE • Lydia and Manfred Gorvy* • The Lord and Lady Davies of Abersoch • Liz Gee
• Pauline Johnstone • GRoW @ Annenberg • Noel De Keyzer • Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner
• John Lyon’s Charity • The Hintze Family Charitable • John and Hilary Everett • The Hon Piers and Mrs Melanie Gibson
• William Loschert Foundation • Prof and Mrs Mallory Factor • Mary Godwin
Other 4.1 3.9 • Sir John Madejski OBE DL • Sir Elton John and David Furnish • Sam Fogg • Sam and Jane Gordon Clark
• The Monument Trust • Elizabeth Mary McArthur • Charles and Kaaren Hale • Emma Hawkins
Total 103.7 93.0 • National Heritage Memorial Fund • Modern Media 现代传播 • Lady Hamlyn • Janet Gough and Jim Lloyd
• National Lottery Heritage Fund • N. Sethia Foundation • Gretchyn Hise and Mark Lubkeman • GP & J Baker Limited
• Nicholas and Judith Goodison's • National Lottery Heritage Fund • Nick Hoffman and Amanda Cupples • Dr Steve and Mrs Lorraine Groves
Charitable Settlement • The Pilgrim Trust • Janice Hughes CBE and Stephen Taylor • Clifford and Sooozee Gundle
• Oliver Ford Foundation • Julia and Hans Rausing • Roderick and Elizabeth Jack • Annika Hall
• Parasol Foundation Trust • Mrs. Mina Renton • Sir Henry and The Hon Lady Keswick • Mr and Mrs Rupert Hambro
40 41SUPPORT V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19
• Elizabeth Hamilton MBE • Alexandra Taylor MEMBERS • The Future Starts Here • David Bowie Is The V&A is indebted to those who • Masako Mikasa
• Mary and Douglas Hampson • Ian and Cristina Taylor • Marsha Abegg and Maximiliana Arco • Petra Palumbo 12 May-4 November 2018 International Touring Exhibition have made generous gifts to support • Garry Fabian Miller
• Mr John Hampson and • Dale and Roy Thomas • Adriana Alhizami • Sydney Rogers Supported by Volkswagen Group Sound experience by Sennheiser acquisitions, conservation, learning and • Susan Rogers Moehlmann
Ms Ananya Chandra • Tricia Topping • Tameem Antoniades • Elena Rowland • V&A Illustration Awards 2018 • You Say You Want a Revolution: other projects • Dr. Kamal Monnoo
• Joan and Christopher Hampson • Maria Clara Tucci and Reid S. Perper • Lucy Attwood, Studio Pottery London • Annya Sand 15 May-24 June 2018 Records and Rebels, 1966-70 • National Heritage Memorial Fund
• Mr and Mrs John Hardy • Brahmal Vasudevan and Shanthi • Dayna Bahig • Ziba Sarikhani Supported by the Enid Linder International Touring Exhibition ACQUISITIONS AND • Floris Neusüss
• Mrs Shevanne Helmer Kandiah • Sarah Beament • L. A. Sednaoui Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Sound experience by Sennheiser CONSERVATION • New Carlsberg Foundation
• Mrs Katrin Henkel • Alex V • Cy & Sandra Bernheim • Elena Shchukina Memorial Fund • Art Fund • Sonya Newell-Smith
• Mrs Gundula Hoban • Julian Vogel • Ema Betts • Jeffrey Simpson and Beau Neilson • Windswept Baby: Ceramics, Writing The V&A would like to thank the • Barjeel Art Foundation • Judith S. Novak*
• Mary and Alan Hobart • Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen • Camille Birabi • Justyna Sowa and Art following Corporate Members • David Bindman • Gillian O'Connor and Liselotte
• Anne Holmes-Drewry • Margaret and David Walker • Astrid Brandt • Claudia Suess 18 May-12 August 2018 • Polly Binns Siegfried
• Kelly Hoppen MBE • Professor Evelyn Welch MBE • Jessie Bridgett • Arron and Salma Suleyman Supported using public funding by CORPORATE PATRONS • Diane Boucher née Radley • Felekşan Onar
• Jasmine Horowitz • Ann and Philip White • Amanda S.Brill, TL Brill Parisi • The Hon Clarence James Tan Arts Council England • Bank of America Merrill Lynch • The British Museum • Lilla Pennant
• Fedellma Howard • Stephen White • Dominic Burford • Marine Tanguy • Door to Design: Year Two • Bloomberg • Lez Brotheston • Brian Peters
• Simone Hyman • Mrs Jane Ylvisaker • Omar M. Butt • Tatiana Taypina 26 May-16 September 2018 • BNP Paribas • Elizabeth Butterfield • Professor Richard Portes CBE FBA
• Mr James Joll • Alex Zadah • The Hon Philippa Cadogan • Katherine Thomas Supported by John Lyon’s Charity • Bonhams 1793 Limited • Bruce Chatwin • Portmeirion
• Dr. Elisabeth Kehoe • Mr and Mrs Rainer Zietz • Anabela Chan and Jimmy Hung • Alina Uspenskaya • Robin Hood Gardens: A Ruin in • Brown Shipley • Deborah Cherry • Thane Prince
• Rebecca Kemsley • And others who wish to • Ivy Chan • Yann Vincent-Genod Reverse • Cathay Pacific • Oona Connell and Duibhne Gough • Mandakini Puri*
• Princess Jeet Nabha Khemka remain anonymous • Ismail Chaudhry • Gigi and Ian Wason 26 May-25 November 2018 • Dow Jones • The Estate of Emmanuel Cooper • Thomas C. Quick*
and Mr N. and L. Khemka • Karina Choudhrie • Pamela Weinstock-Perry and Supported by donors to the Venice • EY • Claire Curneen • David and Jean Richardson
• Prof Rodney Kinsman The V&A is particularly grateful to • Lizzy Vartanian Collier Matthew Perry Biennale Architecture Fund in memory • Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP • The estate of David Dean • Sue Robertson
• James and Clare Kirkman those whose support has contributed • Caroline Costin Wright • Laura White of Dr Martin Roth and Volkswagen • Harrods • Dr & Mrs. E. Olutayo Delano • Simon Roberts
• Koopman Rare Art to the work of the Photographs • Quentin Cregan and Harriet Ter-Berg • Katy Anusha Wickremesinghe Group • Hogan Lovells • Tiffany Dubin* • Mrs Sarah E. Robinson
• Sybil and Herbert Kretzmer OBE Section through the Photographs • Milo Dickinson • Luke Williams • V&A Summer Party • Linklaters • The Duffy Archive • Sir Victor Sassoon Ivories Trust
• Priya Kurien Acquisition Group • Tom and Lisa Dupernex • Simeon Williams 20 June 2018 • Mishcon de Reya • The Embassy of the Kingdom of The • Richard Slee
• Pierre Lagrange and Ebs Burnough • David Elia • India Williamson In partnership with Harrods • Mizuho Bank Netherlands • Ian and Rita Smythe
• Oz Lancaster • Ruth and Jim Grover (Chair) • Henry Fletcher • Nicholas Wingfield Digby • Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up • Net-a-Porter • Phoebe English • David Solo*
• Steven Larcombe and Sonya Leydecker • Banque Pictet & Cie SA • Blaise Guerrand-Hermès • Libby Woolcock 16 June-18 November 2018 • Palantir • Deborah A. Farrington* • Anonymous in memory of Geoffrey
• Geraldine Larkin • The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation* • Dicle Guntas and Can Girman • And others who wish to remain Sponsored by Grosvenor Britain • PwC • Lyn Gilbert née Leech Squire
• Tuan Lee • Rafaël Biosse Duplan • John Gusman anonymous & Ireland • Robert Walters plc • Goethe-Institut • Mark Storey and Carey Adina Karmel in
• Miss Laura Lindsay • Mr and Mrs Pierre Brahm • Emily Henderson With support from Aeromexico, Art • Rothschild & Co • Christopher Gorman-Evans memory of George Sassower
• The Loveday Charitable Trust • Richard and Alison Chenevix-Trench • Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng The V&A would like to record its Mentor Foundation Lucerne and GRoW • Slaughter & May • Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin • Mildred Tao
• Sarah Mackey and Marc Teasdale • Maxine Davidson • Mary Jeffers gratitude to the following sponsors @ Annenberg • Societe Generale • Dr Steve and Mrs Lorraine Groves • Curtis Tappenden
• Richard Mansell-Jones • Gert and Ursula Elfering* • Tej Johar and Alexandra Edmonds and supporters of exhibitions, • Visual Feast: Silvia Weidenbach • Sotheby's • Audrey Gruss* • Cherine Magrabi Tayeb
• Janet Martin • Basil Hyman • Richard Jones displays and events 9 July 2018-7 January 2019 • Weil, Gotshal & Manges • Nadine Hauser • Chris Thom*
• Frederick J G Mather • Mr Scott Mead • Magda Joshi Supported by the Gilbert Trust for • The Headley Trust • Marit Tingleff
• Mrs Bridget Maynard • Claus and Susan Moehlmann • Tiffany Kaba • Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic the Arts CORPORATE MEMBERS • Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in • Toshiba International Foundation
• Ms C. McIlvenny • Andy Simpkin • Sophia Robert Kapacinskas 9 December 2017-8 April 2018 • Artificially Intelligent • Access Industries memory of Sam Wagstaff • Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis
• Helle and Hardy McLain • Nicholas Stanley • Shari Kashani and Edward Wilby Supported by Unwin Charitable Trust 7 September 2018-31 December 2018 • American Express • Nicky Hessenberg • V&A Members
• Martin Mellish • Kate Stevens • Robin Katz With additional support from the Old Supported using public funding by the • Christie's • Robert A. Hiller • Hind Wassef
• Patrick and Susan Mocatta • Michael Warshaw • Marika Kielland Possum's Practical Trust National Lottery through Arts Council • Citadel • Raymond K.P. Ho & Family • Nadia Wassef
• Eli Muraidekh • Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson* • Rachel Koffsky • Lustrous Surfaces: Lacquer in Asia England • Imperial Health Charity • Joseph Holtzman* • William Brake Charitable Trust
• Peter & Maggie Murray-Smith • Casey Kohlberg and Beyond • Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt • JATO Dynamics • Ermenegildo Zegna Holditalia S. p. A. • Derek Woodman
• Nigel and Joanna Newton The V&A is especially grateful for the • Alon Kuperman 14 October 2017-16 September 2018 8 September 2018-24 February 2019 • Mercer Ltd • David Horbury • Robert Worley
• Christina Norvell support of the members of the Young • Nattasja Kusuma With thanks to the Overseas Korean Generously supported by the Blavatnik • Partners Capital • Louisa Hutton and Matthias • Mr Chen Xu
• Dr Pavlova-Harris Patrons' Circle • Rahim Lalji Cultural Heritage Foundation and Family Foundation Sauerbruch • Carola Zogolovitch
• Trevor Pickett • Dami and Jide Lalude Toshiba International Foundation • Tonotopia: Listening through ASSOCIATE MEMBERS • The Institute for Digital Archaeology • And others who wish to remain
• Jolanta Piekos FOUNDING MEMBERS • Nataliya Langhorne • Ocean Liners: Speed and Style Cochlear Implants • Christie’s Education • Jennifer Jankel anonymous
• Mariela Pissioti • Noor Al-Rahim • Sybil Lau 3 February-17 June 2018 8 October-8 March 2019 • Pearlfisher • Clive Kandel in memory of James
• S J Phillips Limited • Katie Alexander • Lucas Lawrence & Allison Phien, Sponsored by Viking Cruises Supported by the National Lottery • Toshiba Doherty LEARNING
• Lady Purves • The Hon Wentworth Beaumont Studio Egret West • Without Walls: Disability and Heritage Fund and in collaboration • Mrs Lina Kanafani • Art Fund
• Mrs Yosmarvi Rivas (Co-Chair) • Marissa Elizabeth Lee Innovation in Building Design with Action on Hearing Loss HOTEL MEMBERS • Christopher Kane • ArtSocial Foundation
• Mrs Sumru Ramsey • Bindu and Drew Besser • Sarah and Thomas Lingard 10 February-21 October 2018 • A Pirate’s Life for Me • Baglioni Hotel London • Noriaki Kaneko • The Barbour Foundation
• Sasha and Nicolae Ratiu • Henriëtte Blickman • Aarti Lohia In collaboration with Accentuate 20 October 2018-22 April 2019 • The Doyle Collection • Stella Kateb • The Brian Mercer Charitable Trust
• Graham and Jane Reddish • Rosanna Bossom • Lucy Loveday and Max Kuenssberg History of Place, supported by the Sponsored by Playmobil • Edwardian Hotels London • Averill Alison Kelly • The Daniel Howard Foundation
• Jamie and Joey Ritblat • Pandora Cooper-Key • Nicole Lucocq National Lottery Heritage Fund • Portmeirion: Pottery Trendsetter • The Egerton House Hotel • Lady Kewsick • The Fondation d'entreprise Hermès
• Mrs Alicia Salter and • Samantha Cortes • Marwa Majali • Myth and Morality: The Fairy-Tale 31 October 2018-28 July 2019 • Jumeirah Carlton Tower • Hyunju Kim • The Fort Foundation
Ms Emma Louise Salter • Jessica B. Dickinson and Ori Ben-Akiva* • Daniel Malarkey World of Carolein Smit Supported by Portmeirion • Maybourne Hotel Group • Dice Kayek and Rachid Koraïchi • The Foyle Foundation
• Adrian Sassoon • Amy Gardner • Jennifer Marques and Jack Wills 20 March-30 September 2018 • Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams • The Savoy Hotel • Hakata Takumi Kougei, Inc. • John Lyon's Charity
• Edwina Sassoon • Catherine Hunt • Princess Alexandra Massimo Supported by the Mondriaan Fund; 2 February-1 September 2019 • Starhotels UK • Shaun Leane and Chris Brammall Ltd • Maurice and Rosemary Lambert
• Ms Sofia Sayn-Wittgenstein, Phillips • Ethan Koh di Roccasecca the Royal Netherlands Embassy; Supported by Swarovski • Christian and Florence Levett • The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle
• Mrs Lucie Seaton • Faaiza Lalji (Co-Chair) and Ameel Somani • Peter McNally Dinko Valerio and Hester Eriks With further support from American • The Loewe Foundation Wolfson Foundation
• Miss Arabella Slinger • Florence Mather • Laura Valentina Millar • Fashioned from Nature Express • Tom Lovelace • The Michael Marsh Charitable Trust
• Ms Ginder Sohal • Cora Sheibani (Co-Chair) and • Supreet Nibber 21 April 2018-27 January 2019 • Mary Quant • Annabel Mackay • Sarah Nichols
• Mrs Jackie St. Clair Kaveh Sheibani • Salar Nouri Supported by the European 6 April 2019-16 February 2020 • MADNESS • Outset Contemporary Art Fund
• Paul Stanley QC and Daniel Slater • Ayako Yoshida • Jacqueline Nowikovsky Confederation of Flax and Hemp- CELC Sponsored by The Kings Road • Aaron Marcus • Samsung
• Sonnet Stanfill and Jeff Orenstein • Wendy Yu • Chandni Odedra Additional support from G-Star RAW With support from GRoW @ Annenberg • John and Judy Maus • Sir James Knott Trust
• The Staples Trust • And others who wish to • Edward Olver • Jameel Prize • Mary McCartney • The Staples Trust
• Mrs Elizabeth Strachan remain anonymous • Alice-Claire Painting In partnership with Art Jameel • Sir Paul McCartney • Swarovski
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