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...June 20 to September 8; further information and tickets here ‘Naomi’, V&A South Kensington An ode to the life and work of supermodel Naomi Campbell....
...Each has original artwork, fonts, bindings and introductions, and is encased in a bespoke slipcase or clamshell box....
...Black accumulated artworks by Pablo Picasso and Edvard Munch. Rowan bought upscale restaurants in the Hamptons. Harris collected sports teams....
...“Every single artwork”, she points out, “has its own carbon footprint. So it’s about finding a different practical path.”...
...Former student Sarah Burton, creative director of Alexander McQueen, chose to showcase Tangye’s drawing process in a film last year – and the V&A has 56 of his artworks – but outside of the fashion world...
...Part exquisite artwork, immovable monument and racist mural, there are no easy answers to the Whistler....
...Moises Saman’s 2016 art book Discordia, a personal archive of the Arab Spring, was supported by private patronage....
..., delves into Walker’s career and the themes of her artworks, from her “newly famous – and soon to be notorious” paper cutouts, to more recent sculptures and shadow puppets....
...There is also input from the visual effects company Rodeo FX, which has created artworks for Game of Thrones and Blade Runner 2049....
...Theresa Sackler, the widow of Mortimer Sackler, is on the V&A’s board of trustees until the end of the month....
...Nearly 500,000 people saw the Alexander McQueen spectacle Savage Beauty during its 21-week run at London’s V&A in 2015: 661,509 saw it at the Met....
...Unlike architects’ self-consciously curated archives, engineers’ documents are seen as paperwork rather than art....
...Astor v Vanderbilt: battle of the belles Even prominent society figures of New York’s Gilded Age were not above displays of petty one-upmanship, writes Georgina Varley....
...Alongside these seemingly banal but actually fascinating exhibits, the commissioned artworks sit a little uneasily....
...The library also revealed that it had acquired the personal archive of Hanif Kureishi, the novelist, playwright and screenwriter, including 50 personal diaries and notebooks....
...“In fact there’s an awful lot of concept-driven imagery in the V&A’s work....
...Henry V (including his roles in Henry IV parts I and II) 32. Stagehands’ strike 33. Writers’ strike 34. Made an artwork, “Take Care of Yourself”, involving 102 women commenting on the letter....
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