V&A

Name: V&A
Address: South Kensington, London

South Kensington, London 🇬🇧

Founded in 1852 after the Great Exhibition, the V&A's flagship spans 5,000 years of art, design and performance, from the Raphael Cartoons and medieval treasures to fashion, jewellery and photography, in Aston Webb's grand South Kensington building.

Showing 12 exhibitions on now and coming soon at V&A.

Ends in 3 days

V&A

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art

Until Nov 15

TextilesDesign

The UK's first exhibition on the surrealist couturier and her fashion house

V&A

The Burberry Trench: Crafting an Icon

Until Jan 3, 2027

FreeTextilesDesign

How a practical military coat became a global fashion icon

V&A

Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Until Jan 10, 2027

Mixed MediaContemporary Art

Over 40 Asia Pacific creatives, foregrounding First Nations perspectives

V&A

Bharti Kher at the V&A

Until Jan 24, 2027

FreeSculptureContemporary Art

Kher's sculptures of body, myth and identity among the historic collections

V&A

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

Until Apr 30, 2027

FreeDesignSculptureContemporary Art

Japan's 7,000-year-old lacquer tradition in 21st-century hands

V&A

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires

Until May 9, 2027

TextilesDesignPainting

1,600 years of Byzantine and Ottoman art and design from one great city

4.3/5 from 3 ratings

"This is a sumptuous voyage to Byzantium via Istanbul. Linger in the baths, in your tall wooden shoes and silk towel, and enjoy the artifice of eternity. I spent two hours here, but I wanted to do the whole thing again immediately, in reverse."