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£20 million of art received in death deals

05.11.09
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Treasures of the maharajas unveiled at V&A

06.10.09
Treasures belonging to the great royal families of India which have never been seen in Britain go on show in London this week... more

Chair archway reborn at seat of British design

17.09.09
Tradition of giant arches made of chairs that was popular in Victorian times is being revived to celebrate the best of British design... more

Look but don’t touch at V&A’s ceramics rooms

16.09.09
It's enough to test the nerve of any curator: setting up 3,300 of the world’s most precious but supremely breakable works of art and craft... more

The V&A unveils the first Buddhist gallery in Britain

27.04.09
The first gallery in Britain dedicated to Buddhist sculpture opens in London this week at the Victoria and Albert Museum... more

What to see over Easter

09.04.09
We pick the top five exhibitions, films, shows and egg hunts in London for the Easter weekend.... more

Baroque was first age of bling

03.04.09
A new survey of the Baroque is full of the ludicrous and extravagant but where is emotion, magnificence and spirit?.... more

Historic gems threatened by halving of Lottery funds

24.03.09
Britain's historic landscapes and buildings are under threat after severe funding cuts, the new chairman of the Heritage Lottery Fund warns... more

This is no time to scrimp on the fizz

25.02.09
Recession - what recession? Last week I went to two of the most lavish parties I've been to for many a moon (and believe me, I go to a lot of parties)... more

V&A donor’s £25,000 prize for Islamic art

26.01.09
An award with a cheque as big as the Turner Prize has been announced for contemporary artists influenced by Islamic craft and design... more

Science Museum starts night for adults

07.01.09
The Science Museum is throwing open its children's play areas to grown-ups at "adults-only" nights complete with live music and alcohol... more

£245,000 Lottery boost for Museum of Childhood

22.12.08
The archives of the toy manufacturers who made Corgi cars, the Spacehopper and Action Man are to be preserved for future generations... more

Kemp brothers in new movie

18.11.08
Brothers Martin and Gary Kemp are reunited on screen for the first time in 18 years in a new movie being shot in London... more

V&A leads celebration of 'dazzling' age

20.10.08
London is set to go Baroque next year when the Victoria and Albert Museum heads a cavalcade of events celebrating the style epitomised by Louis XIV's palace at Versailles... more

V&A brings art in from the cold

18.09.08
A Sputnik satellite that survived because it was never launched is the dramatic introduction to a new exhibition on design in the Cold War era... more

Linda Grant leads charge as the old guard are left off Booker list

09.09.08
The latest epic from Salman Rushdie and the hotly tipped story of post-9/11 America by Joseph O'Neill have failed to make the Man Booker shortlist... more

Now Supremes get the V&A treatment

12.05.08
Costumes worn by The Supremes are to go on show in a V&A exhibition set against the backdrop of black rights in America.... more

Museum chiefs want tax deals to boost donations by public

25.04.08
A campaign by leading museum and gallery directors for greater charitable giving is being backed by the Tories... more

V&A's paintings catalogued

07.03.08
The glories of the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection of paintings are revealed... more

It's out with the old and in with the even older

21.08.07
The 31 statues by Antony Gormley are being packed away while British Museum curators have begun the unloading of China's Terracotta Warriors.... more

Golden era of fashion

01.08.07
A golden era of fashion is celebrated with designs from Christian Dior and Givenchy at the Victoria and Albert Museum from 22 September. ... more

V&A marks 150 years of inspiration

26.06.07
The Victoria and Albert Museum is as great an inspiration to Britain's artists and designers as it was when Henry Cole founded it 150 years ago...... more

Students in the spotlight

01.06.07
It's always great to spot an art bargain but there's an abundance of graduate shows in London righ now - and you have only one pair of legs. That's where Free Range might help. ... more

A late line-up at the museum

01.05.07
Special after-dark events are to be held during Museums and Galleries Month, including a debate on class and a "surrealist ball".... more

'Uncomfortable truth' about slavery on display

20.02.07
A new contemporary art exhibition marking the bicentenary of the outlawing of the British slave trade opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum.... more

Final curtain for the Theatre Museum

08.01.07
Despite attempts to save London's Theatre Museum by Dame Judi Dench and Vanessa Redgrave, it has closed its doors to the public after 20 years. ... more

Take me out: Best weekend events

26.10.06
The V&A hosts a free art party with DJ Spoony providing the tunes, Night of the Vaguely Dead offers the usual burlesquery and Buttoned Down Disco celebrates its fourth birthday.... more

Critic's choice: Top 5 exhibitions

26.10.06
Over 150 David Hockney portraits are on show, the V&A peers beyond Italy's lavish Renaissance edifices and Velazquez is revealed to have had a very modern appetite for naturalism.... more

Kylie the museum star

25.10.06
Kylie Minogue is to be immortalised as an artistic icon with an exhibition at the V&A of outfits, photographs and accessories that have defined her career.... more

Jam and Jerusalem in Renaissance Italy

09.10.06
Women's Institute stalwarts and devotees of car-boot sales will flock to the V&A's new exhibition of Renaissance home life. The sane man, sceptical, may be less enchanted, says Brian Sewell.... more

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