Victoria and Albert Museum

Beyond the White Cube: The Rich Mosaic of Hayv Kahraman's Art and Life

Yasmine Mohseni | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Mona Hatoum, The Third Line, Hayv Kahraman, Victoria and Albert Museum, Shirin Neshat, Jameel Prize, Art Dubai, Iraq, Arts News

This desire to create beautiful work comes from her experience in graphic design, where symmetry and aesthetics are of utmost importance. Witnessing her country torn apart by war and violence, especially against women, has informed the subject matter in her work.

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Asian Art Museum's "Maharaja" Overlooks Crucial Cultural Questions in India (PHOTOS)

Larissa Archer | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: San Francisco, India, Art, Asian Art Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, Maharaja, Arts News

Any exhibition on the wealth of a nation's royal class is an exhibition of the inflated amour-propre of men with money. Add to the club the princes on display in Maharaja: The Splendor of India's Royal Courts.

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Your Guide To Frieze Week 2011

ARTINFO | Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Art, Frieze Art Fair, Artinfo, Frieze, Frieze London, Victoria and Albert Museum, Christie's, Grayson Perry, Hayward Gallery, Grace Jones, Anri Sala, Jeff Koons, John Martin, Andreas Gursky, Peter-Zumthor, Tate Britain, Damien Hirst, Serpentine Gallery, Arts News

LONDON--The circus is back in town. The Frieze Art Fair's big tent has once again been pitched in Regent's Park, and this year it's home to 173 contem...

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British POW Cursed Hitler With Secret Embroidered Messages

The Huffington Post | Tara Kelly | Posted 11.09.2011

Read More: Encrypted Cross-Stitching, Major Casdagli, Nazis, Power of Making Exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, Wwii Soldier Needlework, Adolf Hitler, Tony Casdagli, Cross Stitching World War Ii, Weird News News

Cross stitching is an unusual hobby for a father to pass on to a son these day. But needlework was the ultimate hobby for Tony Casdagli, whose fath...

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CultureZohn: Rebekah Brooks and the Cult of Power

Patricia Zohn | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Aubrey Beardsley, Oscar Wilde, Rebekah Brooks, Victoria and Albert Museum, Rupert Murdoch, James McNeil Whistler, The Cult of Beauty, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Pre-Raphaelites, Culture News

An exhibition about maverick artists in London draws uncanny parallels to the fallout from the British phone hacking scandal.

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WATCH: Lulu Guinness On The Fashion-Art Crossover

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 08.23.2011

Read More: Handbags, Fashion, Bags, Accessories, Victoria and Albert Museum, Design, Designers, crane.tv, London, Lulu Guinness, UK Arts, Guinness, Constantin Bjerke, Athina Kontonikolaki, Arts News

Crane.tv meets Lulu Guinness in her West London showroom. Guinness now counts twenty-two years since the launc...

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Matt Pyke & Friends: 'Super Computer Romantics' (VIDEO)

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Matt Pyke, Art, Design, Digital Design, crane.tv, Paris-France, Exhibitions, Universal Everything, Digital Art, Computers, Victoria and Albert Museum, Iphone, Aol, Apple, Technology, Forever, Arts News

Tracking down Matt Pyke is normally a hard task as he runs his multidisciplinary design collective Universal E...

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London Curator Discovers Rare Video Footage Of Ballet Russes

Posted 05.25.2011

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Ballet-nerds, rejoice! A video of what is strongly considered Sergei Diaghilev's Ballet Russes has been discovered by London-based curator Jane Pritch...

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MUSEUM EXHIBIT: Diaghilev And The Ballet Russes On Display In London

artdaily.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sergei Diaghilev, Museums, Ballet Russes, Art Exhibits, Victoria and Albert Museum, Picasso, Chanel, London, Igor Stravinsky, Henri Matisse, Arts News

LONDON.- The V&A's major autumn exhibition, "Diaghilev and the Golden Age of the Ballets Russes 1909--1929", will explore the world of the influential...

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WATCH: DANCE IN THE MUSEUM: Diaghilev And The Golden Age of Ballets Russes

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Diaghilev, Serge, CoCo Chanel, Victoria and Albert Museum, Pablo Picasso, Geoffrey Marsh, Ballet, Leonard Blavatnik, Picasso, Chanel, Igor Stravinsky, Henri Matisse, Arts News

Crane.tv's video leads us through the impressive journey that is Serge Diaghilev's creative career as the mastermind behind Les Ballets Russes, his cr...

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WATCH: DEAD ARTIST NEWS: Raphael's 'Cartoons' Meet Tapestries Woven After Them

Constantin Bjerke | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arnold Nesselrath, Britain, Raphael, Museums, Royal Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Elizabeth II, Arts News

The only four surviving tapestries designed by Raphael will soon be exhibited at London's Victoria and Albert Museum for a unique exhibition granting the audience a privilege Raphael himself never had.

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Amazing Grace: Grace Kelly's Classic Style comes to the Victoria & Albert Museum

Mary Hall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Grace Kelly Style Icon, Grace Kelly Exhibit, Grace Kelly, Fashion, Style News, Grace Kelly Style, Victoria and Albert Museum, Style News

It's amazing that a movie star from the 1950s had a wardrobe that looks as fresh and stylish in 2010 as it did over 40 years ago.

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'Grace Kelly: Style Icon' Exhibit Draws Royals, Joan Collins, Ringo Starr (PHOTOS, POLL)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Fashion and British royalty attended the Victoria and Albert Museum in London for the opening of its "Grace Kelly: Style Icon" exhibit. On display are...

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Celebrating The Young Victoria

Sarah, Duchess of York | Posted 11.17.2011

The world had to know of this, the greatest untold love story in history. It had to be made into a movie for Hollywood. The world had to know The Young Victoria.

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Letter From Paris: Art Market Buzz

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Art-History, Hotel Drouot, Auction-Houses, Style, Decorative-Arts, The Getty, Paris, Victoria and Albert Museum, Style News

At the scene of an unusual auction of a Louis XV commode decorated with Japanese lacquer.

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