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ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19RUNNING HEAD

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

28 Cutting-edge research

30 A world-class learning experience

32 Acquisitions

38 International

40 Financial Review

41 Support

Right: The Ruddock Family Cast Court, Room 46a. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Cover: V&A Dundee. © Hufton+Crow

Page 5: HRH the Duchess of Cambridge opening the V&A Photography Centre, 2018. © Jack Hill/Pool via Reuters

Page 6: Dan Vo. © Theo Cottle

Page 7: David Bowie Is installation view. © Jonathan Dorado, Brooklyn Museum

All images © Victoria and Albert Museum, London, unless 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

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HRH The Duchess of Cambridge becomes Royal Patron to the V&A

A YEAR IN SNAPSHOT

First phase of the Photography Centre opensDisplay space dedicated to photography doubles – the new suite of galleries features over 600 objects telling the story of the medium, from daguerreotype to digital. The V&A continued to acquire landmark photographs for its collection including its first digital-born commission by Penelope Umbrico and a major series Off-Pointe by Mary McCartney

V&A Dundee opensScotland’s first design museum exceeds its first-year visitor predictions in just six months, welcoming over 500,000 people

Vision for V&A East revealedA collection and research centre offering unprecedented behind the scenes access to V&A collections and a new museum featuring a world-first partnership with the Smithsonian Institution are announced, set to open 2023

Transformational plans for V&A Museum of Childhood unveiledAmbitious plans to transform the much-loved Bethnal Green institution into a world-leading design museum for children, families and young people are unveiled

Frida Kahlo: Making Herself Up is extended due to popular demandThe exhibition offers new insight into the life and work of the celebrated Mexican artist, featuring over 200 objects from Kahlo’s personal archive exhibited outside Mexico for the first time

V&A display commemorates Maqdala 1868The display prompts a timely conversation about objects with contested heritage

Cast Courts reopen with new access into Trajan’s ColumnThe V&A’s full-scale replica of Trajan’s Column opens permanently to the public, the final part of a five-year FuturePlan project to restore the iconic galleries to their Victorian glory

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19A YEAR IN SNAPSHOT

#WeWantQuant campaign prompts 35 acquisitionsOver 1,000 people respond to a public call-out to track down rare garments by Mary Quant, resulting in a section of the exhibition dedicated to personal stories, and 35 acquisitions

Tickets sell out in 19 daysChristian Dior: Designer of Dreams joins the V&A’s most popular exhibitions

Two million visit David Bowie IsA record for a V&A touring exhibition, achieved during the 12th stop on its world tour

Jameel Prize celebrates 10th yearThe exhibition, which celebrates contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition, tours to the Jameel Art Centre in Dubai

Videogames: Design/ Play/ Disrupt achieves critical acclaimThe V&A held the first exhibition celebrating videogames as one of the most important design fields of our time

Recognition for V&A StaffDan Vo wins the Museums Change Lives Radical Changemaker Award for establishing tours exploring LGBTQ-related objects in the V&A’s collection

Sustainability awards for Fashioned from NatureThe V&A won both the Creative Green’s Creative Programming Award and the Walpole Group’s Luxury with a Heart Award, awarded to an “institution or individual that has consistently dedicated themselves to making the world a better place”

Busiest day on record at V&A Museum of ChildhoodAn event celebrating Chinese New Year welcomes 5,195 people

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Chairman’s forewordThis 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 CBECHAIRMAN, V&A

The V&A Exhibition Road Quarter. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Director’s forewordThis 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 HUNTDIRECTOR, V&A

The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery, Room 100, V&A Photography Centre. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams2 February-1 September 2019Supported by Swarovski

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

With further support from American Express

2018-19 exhibitions and displays

EXHIBITIONS

Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic9 December 2017-8 April 2018Supported by the Unwin Charitable Trust

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

Ocean Liners: Speed & Style3 February-17 June 2018Sponsored 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

Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today30 March-2 September 2018V&A Museum of Childhood

From BRIO to LEGO, Marimekko and the Moomins, this exhibition gathered the best and most progressive Nordic designs, architecture and art for children.Created by Museum Vandalorum, Sweden, in collaboration with Designmuseum Danmark and Design Museum Helsinki

Installation view of Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of Ocean Liners: Speed & Style. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of Century of the Child: Nordic Design for Children 1900 to Today. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS

Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up16 June-18 November 2018Sponsored by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland

This exhibition presented an extraordinary collection of personal artefacts and clothing belonging to the iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, based on the remarkable discovery in 2004 of her personal possessions in her life-long home.Curators: Claire Wilcox and Circe Henestrosa

With support from Aeromexico, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne and GRoW @ Annenberg

The Jameel Prize 530 June-25 November 2018In partnership with Art Jameel

The Jameel Prize is an international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. Its aim is to explore the relationship between Islamic traditions of art, craft and design and contemporary work as part of a wider debate about Islamic culture and its role today.Curators: Tim Stanley and Salma Tuqan

Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt8 September 2018-24 February 2019

This exhibition gave a unique insight into the design process behind videogames – one of the most important and far-reaching design mediums of our time. Design work, including concept art and prototypes, featured alongside large-scale immersive installations.Curators: Marie Foulston and Kristian Volsing

Generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation

Fashioned From Nature21 April 2018-27 January 2019Supported by the European Confederation of Flax and Hemp - CELC

Highlighting fashion’s reliance on nature for raw materials and inspiration, the exhibition explored the relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day.Curator: Edwina Ehrman

Additional support form G-Star RAW

The Future Starts Here12 May-4 November 2018Supported by Volkswagen Group

From smart appliances to satellites, artificial intelligence to internet culture, this exhibition brought together more than 100 objects, presenting a landscape of possibilities for the near future.Curators: Mariana Pestana and Rory Hyde

“This is the first major exhibition to treat games as a modern cultural force… for anyone interested in the artistic, emotional and radical potential of video games”— The Guardian

Installation view of Fashioned From Nature. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of The Future Starts Here. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of The Jameel Prize 5. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Installation view of Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19EXHIBITIONS AND DISPLAYS

DISPLAYS

Eclectic: The Julie and Robert Breckman Collections at the V&A11 September 2017-29 April 2018

Lustrous Surfaces: Lacquer in Asia and Beyond14 October 2017-16 September 2018With thanks to the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation and Toshiba International Foundation

Poppies1 November 2017-21 November 2018

Chinese Snuff Bottles in the V&A1 November 2017-31 May 2018

Into the Woods: Trees in Photography18 November 2017-22 April 2018

Anthony Crickmay: Photographing People and Performance21 November 2017-10 June 2018

Sister Brother25 November 2017-20 May 2018V&A Museum of Childhood

The Artful Book: 70 Years of the Folio Society22 December 2017-1 May 2018

Printing a Modern World: Commercial Graphics in the 1930s3 February-19 August 2018

Testimonial: The Life Story of a Monumental Vase9 February 2017-31 July 2018

Dream On10 February 2018-20 January 2019V&A Museum of Childhood

Without Walls: Disability and Innovation in Building Design10 February-21 October 2018In collaboration with Accentuate History of Place, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

Myth And Mortality: The Fairytale World of Carolein Smit20 March-30 September 2018Supported by the Mondriaan Fund; the Royal Netherlands Embassy; Dinko Valerio and Hester Eriks

Maqdala 18685 April 2018-30 June 2019

The Old Vic at 20020 April-20 November 2018

Beano: A Manual for Mischief15 May-12 August 2018

Windswept Baby: Ceramics, Writing and Craft18 May-12 August 2018Supported using public funding from Arts Council England

V&A Illustration Awards15 May-25 June 2018Generously supported by the Enid Linder Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Memorial Fund

Door to Design26 May-23 September 2018Supported by John Lyon’s Charity and the National Lottery Heritage Fund

Perched16 June 2018-21 April 2019

Chance and Control: Art in the Age of Computers7 July-18 November 2018

Visual Feast: Silvia Weidenbach in the Gilbert Galleries9 July 2018-7 January 2019Supported by the Gilbert Trust for the Arts

Censored! Stage, Screen, Society at 5010 July 2018-27 January 2019

‘Chippendale in the Drawing Room’: Beatrix Potter’s Fascination with Furniture28 August 2018-17 February 2019

The Shakespeare of English Furniture: Designs by Thomas Chippendale28 August 2018-24 March 2019

Artificially Intelligent1 September-31 December 2018Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

Portmeirion: Pottery Trendsetter31 October 2018-28 July 2019Supported by Portmeirion

A Home for All: Six Experiments in Social Housing24 November 2018-30 June 2019Presented by the V&A+RIBA Architecture Partnership

Painting in Miniature, Pastel and Watercolour at the Royal Academy, 1768-18101 December 2018-28 April 2019

Beatrix Potter’s Art: ‘Drawn with Design’18 February-17 November 2019

Exquisite Artistry: Victorian Jewellery Designs by the Firm of John Brogden19 February-1 September 2019

Ivan Kyncl: In The Minute19 February-7 July 2019

Pietre Dure: Highlights from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection22 March 2019-20 March 2020

Cairo Streets26 April 2019-26 April 2020

A Pirate’s Life for Me20 October 2018-22 April 2019V&A Museum of ChildhoodSponsored by Playmobil

Developed in collaboration with children, this exhibition’s immersive and playful set design took its young visitors into an imaginary swashbuckling world of adventure and exploration where they travelled from a moody coastal inn to a tropical treasure island in search of sparkling riches. At its heart, a large-scale pirate ship inspired learning through active play.Curator: William Newton

Installation shot of A Pirate’s Life for Me. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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A new future in east London

V&A East vision revealedSince 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 renew our commitment to promote access and education in a fast-changing world.

The V&A East project will create two sites in Queen 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 and unprecedented partnership between the V&A and the Smithsonian Institution – the largest museum and research complex in the world.

V&A East brings a compelling new opportunity to revolutionise access to the world’s greatest collection of art, design and performance. Around 250,000 objects and 1,000 archives will be moved to east London, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s plywood-panelled 1930s office for Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J Kaufmann, and the 15th-century marquetry ceiling from the now-destroyed Altamira Palace near Toledo, Spain.

“V&A East is one of the most significant moments in the history of the V&A, giving us the opportunity to make a step change in our museological practice and thinking, and allowing us to revolutionise both access to our collections and the breadth of experiences we can offer visitors.

Two of the most exciting contemporary architecture practices – O’Donnell + Tuomey and Diller Scofido + Renfro – have responded to the challenge with great skill and imagination, helping us to open our doors, our minds and our archives, to create a world of future possibility for the communities living in the Olympic boroughs and beyond.

In addition, our pioneering partnership with the Smithsonian Institution will bring together the collections and expertise of two extraordinary cultural institutions, spanning the arts, humanities, science and nature, enabling us to tell relevant, topical and powerful stories responding to the world in which we live”— Tim Reeve, Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer, V&A

The V&A East move includes:

250,000 objects1,000 archives350,000 library books

Internal render view showing the Altamira Ceiling 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

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

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V&A Museum of Childhood reimagined

Transforming the V&A Museum of Childhood

The V&A Museum of Childhood is beloved by its local community with a unique and wonderful story to tell as east London’s first museum. In October 2018, V&A Director Tristram Hunt announced a major redevelopment project that will enable it to become a museum of design and creativity for children, families and young people and unlock its huge potential to fire imagination and spark ingenuity.

The V&A’s world-class collections are at the heart of this new mission. The redevelopment will draw on the full scope of the V&A’s collections of art, design and performance.

With a mandate set by local school children to become the world’s “most joyful” museum, De Matos Ryan and AOC Architecture have been appointed to lead the transformation of the museum’s building and galleries. De Matos Ryan’s proposals include

The Kaleidoscope, a feature staircase for the Main Hall inspired by optical toys, and a new lower ground entrance to improve access for school groups and families with buggies.

AOC Architecture is leading on the overall redesign of the museum and three new galleries. In preparation, the exhibition space has been transformed into a working design studio. In Open Studio, visitors are encouraged to physically hold and interact with objects, test out display ideas and feedback on work in progress.

Open Studio builds on the museum’s commitment towards co-design – the practice by which visitors become active, creative participants. Children, teachers, families and community groups are all central to the transformation of the new V&A Museum of Childhood.

“The new V&A Museum of Childhood will ignite the imagination, inspire curiosity and build creative confidence through our collections”— Gina Koutsika, Creative & Skills Director, 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

Local children with lead architects AOC in the V&A Museum of Childhood Open Studio. © Jeff Spicer

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Welcome to Dundee

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, 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

“A coastal college town, Dundee has emerged as Scotland's coolest city” – The Wall Street Journal

£16 millionwas the increase in the value of Dundee tourism in the space of a year, bolstered by the “V&A effect”

443,000people travelled to Dundee by train between the museum opening and March 2019 – a 14% increase compared to the previous year

42%more visitors went to Discovery Point, the waterfront home of RRS Discovery and neighbour of the V&A Dundee, in 2018

Visitor numbers

500,000people visited in the first six months – double pre-opening estimates

22,600people attended the two-day 3D Festival that launched V&A Dundee

V&A Dundee © Hufton Crow

“V&A Dundee is the first international design museum in Scotland and a vital new creative hub for the city”– Philip Long, Director, V&A Dundee

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The national picture

Supporting regional museumsHighly 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 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 collaboration with the artist, who lives close to the gallery.

In addition to managing the Purchase Grant Fund, staff at the V&A support regional acquisitions by advising 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 government indemnity scheme, conditional exemption, export licences and acceptance-in-lieu, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Rachel Kneebone, What is remembered in the body is well remembered, 2017 (porcelain, corian and adhesive), at Touchstones, Rochdale. © Len Grant. Courtesy of the artist and White Cube.

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65 grantstotalling over £528,084 have been awarded by the Purchase Grant Fund in 2018-19

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19THE NATIONAL PICTURE

Loans231 venues across the UK received 2,051 V&A objects on loan: 557 objects went on short-term loan while 1,494 objects went on long-term loan. Highlights include eight objects to Strawberry Hill’s exhibition Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole’s Collection (20 October 2018-24 February 2019) which aimed to show some of the finest objects in Walpole’s famous collection in their original locations, to celebrate the tercentenary of his birth.

Twenty-six objects were loaned from the Metalwork collections to Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum for its large-scale exhibition Spellbound: Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft (31 August 2018-16 January 2019), which explored the concept of “magical thinking”.

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 the assistance of the Brigadier Clark Fund through Art Fund

Blow Away by Front Design. Given by Moooi

DesignLab Nation expandsThe V&A’s three-year flagship national secondary schools programme aims to inspire the next generation of designers, makers and innovators across the country, and to help young people develop the essential skills for the workplace of the 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 this year have delivered the programme in an additional 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 professional development sessions for regional networks of teachers. These activities are supported by the loan of relevant objects from the V&A’s collections for public display 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 teaching of the new Design and Technology (D&T) GCSE.

DesignLab Nation is generously supported by Art Fund, The Foyle Foundation, Sarah Nichols, The Staples Trust, The Zochonis Charitable Trust, Outset Contemporary Art Fund and other kind supporters.

2,051V&A objects went on loan to 231 venues across the UK

251students across the country took part in DesignLab Nation

68teachers took part in DesignLab Nation

60objects from the V&A’s collection were loaned to partner museums

190,409people visited V&A national touring exhibitions

UK touring exhibitionsFour exhibitions (Clangers, Bagpuss & Co, Woman’s Hour Craft Prize, Game Plan and Pop Art in Print) toured to 12 different venues and were seen by more than 190,000 people.

Training and developmentThe Victoria and Albert Museum Photography Curators’ Training Programme, supported by Art Fund, is in partnership with the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter for 2018-19. Marie-Kathrin Blanck spent six months working as an Assistant Photography Curator at the V&A, moving to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), Exeter, in April 2019.

Learning Academy Courses are attended by museum colleagues from across the UK. A recent Professional Development Course welcomed attendees from the Hatton Gallery, Newcastle; Chiltern Way Academy; the National Trust; the Bank of England Museum; The North of England Zoological Society and the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences.

The V&A/RCA History of Design Postgraduate programme, delivered in collaboration with the Royal College of Art, is training approximately 90 students this year.

Knowledge networksKnowledge networks are a means for museum staff to share research and expertise with institutions around the country. V&A staff are active in more than 10 different knowledge networks, from the Theatre and Performance Research Association to the Architectural Models Network.

The V&A is a founding partner of Culture in Crisis, bringing together those with a shared interest in protecting cultural heritage, providing a forum for sharing information, inspiring and supporting action and raising public awareness. A conference, Planning for the Unthinkable, was held at the V&A on 29 November 2018.

Marie-Kathrin Blanck worked as Assistant Curator for Photographs during her traineeship at the V&A. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Cutting-edge research

V&A Research InstituteThe V&A Research Institute (VARI) hosts a five-year programme of projects and teaching partnerships that aims to experiment with new ways of displaying, accessing and interpreting objects. Since its launch in 2016, the programme, which is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, has enabled collaborative research projects that are bringing new scholarship to bear on the V&A’s collections. VARI seeks to foster collaboration among museum professionals, artists and different communities of knowledge, using these collaborations as a way to develop innovative approaches to access the collections and knowledge about them.

Collaborative research

The Opening the Cabinet of Curiosities research project came to fruition. Exploring the 19th-century legacy of the early 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.

Postgraduate studyPostgraduate programmes continue to be an important part of the V&A’s research culture, involving collaborations with a number of higher education institutions across the UK. This year we welcomed six new PhD students through the AHRC-funded Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. We were also delighted that one of our recent students, Matthew Wells (V&A/RCA), won the prestigious 2019 Theodor-Fischer-Preis, awarded by the Zentralinstitut für Kunstgeschichte in Munich for producing a PhD dissertation of outstanding quality in the field of 19th-21st-century architectural history.

In addition to collaborative doctorates, this year the V&A 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 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 Royal College of Art, continues to train the next generation of collections-based researchers.

Cupboard painted with a trompe l'oeil cabinet of curiosities, unknown maker, 1678-80. Given by Anna Alma-Tadema in memory of Lady Alma-Tadema. © Victoria and Albert Museum

Participants at the Dickens Universe Conference 2018 in San Diego decipher manuscript pages from Little Dorrit, part of Deciphering Dickens. © Mira Rao

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The V&A is committed to sharing knowledge and inspiring future generations. Our work over the past year has continued towards a larger vision of redefining museum learning for the 21st century to ensure it meets the needs of learners in a fast-changing world. We have developed several innovative strands of programming, including festivals, pop-up performances and national initiatives, alongside our core work of delivering world-class school, digital, family, young people, community, African-heritage and continuing-education programmes. As a result the museum’s visitor and learning experiences have reached an increasingly wide and diverse audience.

Since 2014, the V&A Families programme has partnered with world-class creative practitioners, such as artist Gayle Chong Kwan and costume and set designer Ryan Dawson Laight, to reach thousands of participants in practical

workshops. International engineering firm Arup co-designed several workshops with the Learning Programmes team to reach over 23,000 people in the past five years. Programming was devised to engage audiences with the collections, and the Families team worked with Waugh Thistleton Architects on Imagination Station – a Christmas drop-in activity reaching 1,279 participants.

We collaborated with Sadler’s Wells on a new, playful, intergenerational performance to mark the opening of the V&A Photography Centre. Held in this new space, the performance was created by alumni and performers from two companies hosted by Sadler’s Wells: National Youth Dance Company and Company of Elders, whose dancers range from 60 to 89 years old. Dancing Memories ran from October 2018 to February 2019 and reached 935 people.

A world-class learning experience

25,000people visited the two-day Digital Design Weekend

19,000people came to the V&A Mexican Day of the Dead festival

The Kids Takeover Day at the V&A Museum of Childhood. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

The Mexican Day of the Dead Festival. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

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Acquisitions 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 changing and diverse societies.

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.

Portrait of James Adam with the Capital of the Britannic Order, 1763

Antonio Zucchi (1726-1795), oil on canvas

Purchased jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland with support from Art Fund and V&A Members

Casket, c.1650-1700

Viceroyalty of Peru (Colombia), Wood with barniz de Pasto decoration

Purchased by the V&A

Copy of The Arch of Triumph, Palmyra, Syria, 2018

Egyptian marble, CNC milled, painted and acid etched using photogrammetry

Given by the Institute for Digital Archaeology

351,936items were added to the collection

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Dress from The Search for the Golden Fleece Collection, Spring/Summer 1997

Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) for Givenchy

Given to the American Friends of the V&A by an anonymous donor in memory of Geoffrey Squire

Gold tea strainer, 1825

Johann Wilhelm Keibel (1788-1862)

Purchased using the Gilbert Collection Acquisition Fund

Titles, 1997

Tayo Quaye (b. 1954)

Given by Dr & Mrs. E. Olutayo Delano

63 photographs from the Linda McCartney Archive, 1966-97

Linda McCartney (1941-1998) A selection of lithograph prints, bromide prints, cyanotype prints, platinum prints, photogravures, hand painted prints, contact sheets and Polaroids

Given by Sir Paul McCartney

Woman’s Outer Kimono (uchikake) 1770-1800

Polychrome figured silk

Given by Yoshida Kojiro

Continuing to support photography2018-19 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.

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Plaque, Minton Art Pottery, London, 1872

Painted by W.S. Coleman

Given by Ian and Rita Smythe as part of an important gift of almost 300 objects

Ivan Kyncl Photographic Archive

Alan Rickman in Tango at the End of Winter, Piccadilly Theatre, London, 1991. © Ivan Kyncl

Purchased by the V&A

Members’ acquisitionsV&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 sofa, which was based on Dalí’s gouache painting Mae West’s Face which May be Used as a Surrealist Apartment, 1934-35.

Champagne standard lamps, 1938-39

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and Edward James (1907-1984), copper alloy stem and base

Purchased with support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and V&A Members

Beyoncé’s Papillon ring, 2014

Glenn Spiro (b.1962), titanium, white gold, tsavorites, diamonds

Given by the Knowles-Carter family

Mae West Lips sofa, 1937-38

Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and Edward James (1907-1984), red felted wool with black wool fringe on wooden base

Purchased with support from V&A Members, Art Fund and a bequest from Derek Woodman

‘Charlie’ chair made from recycled plastic toys, 2017-18

ecoBirdy, rotationally-moulded ‘ecothylene’ (recycled plastic compound)

Purchased using the V&A Museum of Childhood Acquisition Fund

Wardrobe, c.1876

Made for Bushloe House, designed by Christopher Dresser (1834-1904). Ebonised softwood, probably pine, with painted and gilded stencilled decoration

Given by the American Friends of the V&A through the generosity of Joseph HoltzmanPantomime Dame Brexit Dress, 2016

Lotte Collett for Sleeping Beauty, Hackney Empire

Given by Hackney Empire

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20,319visitors to Small Stories: At Home In a Dolls' House – The Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague

94,596visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, Swire Properties tour – Taikoo Hui, Guangzhou

73,372visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, Swire Properties tour – Taikoo Li Sanlitun, Beijing, China

65,183visitors to Shoes: Pleasure and Pain, Swire

Properties tour – Pacific Place, Hong Kong

275,550visitors to David Bowie Is – Brooklyn Museum, New York City

91,767visitors to Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion

– McCord Museum, Montreal

81,933visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a

Classic – The High, Atlanta

96,667visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic – Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

59,131visitors to You Say You Want a Revolution?

Records and Rebels 1966-1970 – ING, Brussels

InternationalThe V&A’s touring exhibition programme continues to go from strength to strength – 1,103,833 people enjoyed a V&A touring exhibition this year, across 15 cities worldwide. Highlights are shown on the map.

39,731visitors to Balenciaga: Shaping Fashion – Textile Museum, Boras

182,968visitors to Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic – Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo

14,705visitors to Fabric of India – Cincinnati Art Museum

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

2018-19£m

2017-18£m

Grant in Aid • Total government funding was £40.7 million, an increase reflecting the drawdown of additional funds for our planned move from Blythe House in addition to the £37.2m core Grant in Aid.

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Fundraising • During a successful period of fundraising, a total of £22.3 million was raised directly for the museum, of which £6.7 million was generated by V&A Membership subscriptions.

• Of the overall income, £7.5 million was raised towards FuturePlan, the V&A’s ongoing major capital programme. October 2018 saw HRH The Duchess of Cambridge officially open Phase One of the new Photography Centre, while the second and final phase of the Cast Courts restoration project reopened to the public in December 2018.

• Fundraising began towards the visionary reimagining of the V&A’s Museum of Childhood and pledges totalling £2.25 million were secured in 2018-19. Good progress was also made towards the £2 million fundraising target for the redevelopment of the Raphael Court with £1.6 million secured from individuals, trusts and foundations.

• The past 12 months at the V&A have been exceptional for the growth of V&A Membership, highlighting its importance as one of the main contributors of unrestricted funds for the V&A. With over 83,000 active memberships, 75% of which include a guest facility, £6.7 million was generated by V&A Membership subscriptions in 2018-19. The income helped fund exhibitions, acquire objects, improve facilities and conserve our collections, as well as contribute to FuturePlan projects.

• Membership of the Director’s Circle and Young Patrons’ Circle continued to grow and provided vital unrestricted income for the museum.

• The exhibitions programme attracted significant sponsorship funding from both returning and new supporters. The museum was granted a marriage license in late 2018, and the museum’s venue hire business generated £1.5 million in turnover.

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Trading • In its most successful year to date, the V&A’s main shop grossed £7.3 million, a 30% increase on 2017-18. The success of the main shop was reflected in a very strong year across the whole of V&A Retail, with gross sales at £15 million.

• Retail activity associated with Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up was exceptionally successful. For this exhibition, V&A Retail worked with Mexican artisans to bring their work to a new UK audience.

• Away from the museum, we had an exceptional year for V&A books, with co-editions of our catalogues published in Japan, Korea, the US and most major European markets. Our Licensing business continues to build internationally, with a strategic focus on China, where demand for and interest in cultural brands is rising fast.

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Admissions & exhibition fees

• 2018-19 saw a varied public programme that drew in over four million visitors for the second year in a row.

• A series of blockbuster exhibitions alongside two major FuturePlan projects – the Photography Centre and The Ruddock Family Cast Court – drew large audiences to the V&A. Highlights this year included Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up and Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams.

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Donated objects • The V&A is grateful for the many objects donated to the museum in 2018-19. In addition to a number of Mary Quant pieces donated following a public call-out for lost designs, and costumes and memorabilia donated by Madness, the Royal Photographic Society collection was transferred at the start of the year from the Science Museum Group to the V&A.

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Other 4.1 3.9

Total 103.7 93.0

SUPPORTThe V&A would like to pay special tribute to the following past and present major benefactors for their exceptional support

• The Al Thani Collection Foundation• American Express*• American Friends of the V&A• The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation• Gregory and Regina Annenberg

Weingarten• Art Fund• Arts and Humanities Research Council• Celia and Edward Atkin CBE• Bank of America Merrill Lynch • The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation* • Blavatnik Family Foundation* • William and Judith Bollinger• Julie and Robert Breckman• Canadian Friends of the V&A• Vladimir Caruana and Ivan Booth• Clore Duffield Foundation• The Clothworkers' Foundation• The Curtain Foundation• Dr and Mrs Edwin Davies CBE• Dr Genevieve Davies• DCMS/Wolfson Museums and

Galleries Improvement Fund • Department for Digital, Culture,

Media and Sport• Dior • Sir Harry Djanogly CBE • The Dr Mortimer and Theresa

Sackler Foundation**• The Enid Linder Foundation• EY• The Foyle Foundation• Garfield Weston Foundation • Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner • Sir Paul Getty KBE• The Getty Foundation• Gilbert Public Arts Foundation • Gilbert Trust for the Arts• Lydia and Manfred Gorvy*• Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin• GRoW @ Annenberg• Harrods • The Headley Trust• The Hintze Family Charitable

Foundation• Andrew Hochhauser QC• The Iris Foundation*• J. Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust• Sir Elton John and David Furnish • Modern Media 现代传播• Mohammed Abdul Latif Jameel KBE• Pauline Johnstone • John Lyon’s Charity• William Loschert • Sir John Madejski OBE DL• The Monument Trust • National Heritage Memorial Fund • National Lottery Heritage Fund• Nicholas and Judith Goodison's

Charitable Settlement • Oliver Ford Foundation• Parasol Foundation Trust

• Peri Charitable Foundation • The Porter Foundation• Hans and Märit Rausing• Julia and Hans Rausing • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation • The Ronald and Rita McAulay

Foundation• Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock• Simon Sainsbury• Samsung• The Rt Hon Sir Timothy Sainsbury• The Sarikhani Family• Leslie, Judith and Gabrielle Schreyer* • Sennheiser• Anonymous in memory of Melvin R.

Seiden• The Selz Foundation* • N. Sethia Foundation• Shao Zhong Art Foundation 邵忠艺术基金会

• Robert H. Smith*• Nicholas Snowman OBE • Societe Generale• Swarovski London• Toshiba Corporation• Mr T. T. Tsui• V&A Members• Volkswagen Group• Wartski• Dr Susan Weber*• The A. H. Whiteley Family• Peter Williams and Heather Acton• The Wolfson Foundation• Würth Group• And others who wish to remain

anonymous

The V&A would like to thank the following for generously supporting the museum’s ongoing redevelopment in 2018-19

• American Express*• American Friends of the V&A• Gregory and Regina Annenberg

Weingarten• The Arah Foundation• Celia and Edward Atkin CBE• The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation*• Blavatnik Family Foundation* • Camalotte Foundation*• The Chadwyck-Healey Charitable Trust• The Charles Hayward Foundation• The Eranda Rothschild Foundation• Mrs Susan Fasken• The Gladys Krieble Delmas

Foundation*• Lydia and Manfred Gorvy* • GRoW @ Annenberg• The Hintze Family Charitable

Foundation• Sir Elton John and David Furnish • Elizabeth Mary McArthur• Modern Media 现代传播• N. Sethia Foundation • National Lottery Heritage Fund• The Pilgrim Trust• Julia and Hans Rausing• Mrs. Mina Renton

• Ruddock Foundation for the Arts• The Ruth Covo Foundation*• The Salomon Oppenheimer

Philanthropic Foundation• Shao Zhong Art Foundation 邵忠艺术基金会

• Jean Smith• Tavolozza Foundation• V&A Members• Derek Woodman • And others who wish to

remain anonymous

The V&A is very grateful to those who have made a contribution to the museum’s work through the Director’s Circle

PLATINUM

• The Arah Foundation• The BAND Trust• Stephen and Anne Curran• Dr Genevieve Davies• Tove Goddard• Claire and Simon Godwin• Judy and Frank Grace• Mrs Olivia Harrison• Andrew Hochhauser QC• Mr and Mrs Jerker Johansson• Diala and Tarek Khlat• Anthony and Sophie Kingsley• Mr and Mrs Murtaza Lakhani• Maurice and Rosemary Lambert• The Lord and Lady Londesborough• Sir Harvey McGrath and Lady McGrath• Sarah Nichols• Mr and Mrs William Salomon• The Sarikhani Family• Jake and Hélène Marie Shafran• Mrs Virginia Shepherd and

Dr Paul Shepherd• Margaret and Jeremy Strachan• Mr Francis Sultana and Mr David Gill• Kathryn Uhde• Peter Williams and Heather Acton• Peter and Jan Winslow• Lady Estelle Wolfson of Marylebone• And others who wish to

remain anonymous

GOLD

• Mr and Mrs Aarons• Eric Abraham and Sigrid Rausing• Steve and Claire Almond• Mr and Mrs Graham Child• Lady Susan Chinn• Mr Jim Daley and Ms Alix Robson• The Lord and Lady Davies of Abersoch• Noel De Keyzer• John and Hilary Everett• Prof and Mrs Mallory Factor• Sam Fogg• Charles and Kaaren Hale• Lady Hamlyn• Gretchyn Hise and Mark Lubkeman• Nick Hoffman and Amanda Cupples• Janice Hughes CBE and Stephen Taylor• Roderick and Elizabeth Jack• Sir Henry and The Hon Lady Keswick

• Sigrid and Stephen Kirk• William Loschert• Helen Notley• Mrs. Mina Renton• Bianca and Stuart Roden• Elaine Rowley and Tony Luckhurst• Mr David I Solo• Mrs Lorraine Spencer• And others who wish to

remain anonymous

SILVER

• Penny Aikens• Tom Reid and Lindy Ambrose• Sheetal Ansal• Harriet Anstruther• Hannah Armstrong• Mrs J.E.M. Arnold & Family• The Hon Mrs Nicholas Assheton• Sirdar Aly Aziz• Mrs Enfys Bagguley• James Bartos• Diane and Tom Berger• Jean and John Botts• Elena Bowes• Mikael and Leonie Brantberg• Mr Richard Briggs OBE &

Mrs Basia Briggs• Kate and Matt Brittin• Helen Bromovsky• Patricia and David Buck• Nicola Burns• David and Jane Butter• Russ and Linda Carr• Ms Sheila Clarke• Mr and Mrs Anthony Coleridge• Mr and Mrs Nicholas Coleridge• Ms Susan Cook• Cynthia Corbett• Helen & Andrew Cormack• Michael and Angela Cronk• Regula and Beat Curti• Mr and Mrs Christopher Dale• Amanda Denny• Stuart Donachie and Chris Carter• Mrs Sheila Duff Earles• Lord and Lady Egremont• Jeff and Emily Fergus• Nicholas and Jane Ferguson• Mrs Ailsa Feroze• Lt Cdr Paul Fletcher• Joachim Fleury and Vita Gottlieb• Joscelyn Fox• Robert Freeman• Ms Sabrina Franzheim• Gander & White Shipping Ltd• Alina Garcia-Lapuerta• Liz Gee• Jacqueline and Jonathan Gestetner• The Hon Piers and Mrs Melanie Gibson• Mary Godwin• Sam and Jane Gordon Clark• Emma Hawkins• Janet Gough and Jim Lloyd• GP & J Baker Limited• Dr Steve and Mrs Lorraine Groves• Clifford and Sooozee Gundle• Annika Hall• Mr and Mrs Rupert Hambro

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V&A ANNUAL REVIEW 2018-19SUPPORT

• The Future Starts Here 12 May-4 November 2018 Supported by Volkswagen Group

• V&A Illustration Awards 2018 15 May-24 June 2018 Supported by the Enid Linder Foundation and the Moira Gemmill Memorial Fund

• Windswept Baby: Ceramics, Writing and Art 18 May-12 August 2018 Supported using public funding by Arts Council England

• Door to Design: Year Two 26 May-16 September 2018 Supported by John Lyon’s Charity

• Robin Hood Gardens: A Ruin in Reverse 26 May-25 November 2018 Supported by donors to the Venice Biennale Architecture Fund in memory of Dr Martin Roth and Volkswagen Group

• V&A Summer Party 20 June 2018 In partnership with Harrods

• Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up 16 June-18 November 2018 Sponsored by Grosvenor Britain & Ireland With support from Aeromexico, Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne and GRoW @ Annenberg

• Visual Feast: Silvia Weidenbach 9 July 2018-7 January 2019 Supported by the Gilbert Trust for the Arts

• Artificially Intelligent 7 September 2018-31 December 2018 Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

• Videogames: Design/Play/Disrupt 8 September 2018-24 February 2019 Generously supported by the Blavatnik Family Foundation

• Tonotopia: Listening through Cochlear Implants 8 October-8 March 2019 Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund and in collaboration with Action on Hearing Loss

• A Pirate’s Life for Me 20 October 2018-22 April 2019 Sponsored by Playmobil

• Portmeirion: Pottery Trendsetter 31 October 2018-28 July 2019 Supported by Portmeirion

• Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams 2 February-1 September 2019 Supported by Swarovski With further support from American Express

• Mary Quant 6 April 2019-16 February 2020 Sponsored by The Kings Road With support from GRoW @ Annenberg

• Jameel Prize In partnership with Art Jameel

• David Bowie Is International Touring Exhibition Sound experience by Sennheiser

• You Say You Want a Revolution: Records and Rebels, 1966-70 International Touring Exhibition Sound experience by Sennheiser

The V&A would like to thank the following Corporate Members

CORPORATE PATRONS

• Bank of America Merrill Lynch• Bloomberg • BNP Paribas• Bonhams 1793 Limited• Brown Shipley • Cathay Pacific• Dow Jones • EY• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP• Harrods• Hogan Lovells• Linklaters • Mishcon de Reya• Mizuho Bank• Net-a-Porter • Palantir• PwC• Robert Walters plc• Rothschild & Co• Slaughter & May • Societe Generale• Sotheby's• Weil, Gotshal & Manges

CORPORATE MEMBERS

• Access Industries• American Express• Christie's• Citadel• Imperial Health Charity• JATO Dynamics• Mercer Ltd• Partners Capital

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

• Christie’s Education• Pearlfisher • Toshiba

HOTEL MEMBERS

• Baglioni Hotel London• The Doyle Collection• Edwardian Hotels London • The Egerton House Hotel• Jumeirah Carlton Tower • Maybourne Hotel Group• The Savoy Hotel• Starhotels UK

The V&A is indebted to those who have made generous gifts to support acquisitions, conservation, learning and other projects

ACQUISITIONS AND CONSERVATION

• Art Fund• Barjeel Art Foundation• David Bindman• Polly Binns• Diane Boucher née Radley• The British Museum• Lez Brotheston• Elizabeth Butterfield• Bruce Chatwin • Deborah Cherry• Oona Connell and Duibhne Gough• The Estate of Emmanuel Cooper• Claire Curneen• The estate of David Dean • Dr & Mrs. E. Olutayo Delano• Tiffany Dubin*• The Duffy Archive• The Embassy of the Kingdom of The

Netherlands• Phoebe English• Deborah A. Farrington*• Lyn Gilbert née Leech• Goethe-Institut • Christopher Gorman-Evans• Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin• Dr Steve and Mrs Lorraine Groves• Audrey Gruss*• Nadine Hauser• The Headley Trust• Paula and Robert Hershkowitz in

memory of Sam Wagstaff• Nicky Hessenberg• Robert A. Hiller• Raymond K.P. Ho & Family• Joseph Holtzman*• Ermenegildo Zegna Holditalia S. p. A. • David Horbury• Louisa Hutton and Matthias

Sauerbruch• The Institute for Digital Archaeology• Jennifer Jankel• Clive Kandel in memory of James

Doherty • Mrs Lina Kanafani• Christopher Kane • Noriaki Kaneko• Stella Kateb• Averill Alison Kelly • Lady Kewsick• Hyunju Kim• Dice Kayek and Rachid Koraïchi• Hakata Takumi Kougei, Inc.• Shaun Leane and Chris Brammall Ltd• Christian and Florence Levett• The Loewe Foundation• Tom Lovelace• Annabel Mackay• MADNESS• Aaron Marcus• John and Judy Maus• Mary McCartney• Sir Paul McCartney

• Masako Mikasa• Garry Fabian Miller• Susan Rogers Moehlmann• Dr. Kamal Monnoo• National Heritage Memorial Fund• Floris Neusüss • New Carlsberg Foundation• Sonya Newell-Smith• Judith S. Novak*• Gillian O'Connor and Liselotte

Siegfried• Felekşan Onar• Lilla Pennant • Brian Peters• Professor Richard Portes CBE FBA • Portmeirion • Thane Prince• Mandakini Puri*• Thomas C. Quick*• David and Jean Richardson• Sue Robertson• Simon Roberts• Mrs Sarah E. Robinson• Sir Victor Sassoon Ivories Trust• Richard Slee• Ian and Rita Smythe• David Solo*• Anonymous in memory of Geoffrey

Squire• Mark Storey and Carey Adina Karmel in

memory of George Sassower • Mildred Tao• Curtis Tappenden• Cherine Magrabi Tayeb• Chris Thom* • Marit Tingleff• Toshiba International Foundation• Tim Travis in memory of Leslie Travis• V&A Members• Hind Wassef• Nadia Wassef• William Brake Charitable Trust• Derek Woodman• Robert Worley• Mr Chen Xu• Carola Zogolovitch• And others who wish to remain

anonymous

LEARNING

• Art Fund• ArtSocial Foundation• The Barbour Foundation• The Brian Mercer Charitable Trust• The Daniel Howard Foundation• The Fondation d'entreprise Hermès• The Fort Foundation• The Foyle Foundation• John Lyon's Charity• Maurice and Rosemary Lambert• The Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle

Wolfson Foundation• The Michael Marsh Charitable Trust• Sarah Nichols• Outset Contemporary Art Fund• Samsung • Sir James Knott Trust• The Staples Trust• Swarovski

• Elizabeth Hamilton MBE• Mary and Douglas Hampson• Mr John Hampson and

Ms Ananya Chandra• Joan and Christopher Hampson• Mr and Mrs John Hardy• Mrs Shevanne Helmer• Mrs Katrin Henkel• Mrs Gundula Hoban• Mary and Alan Hobart• Anne Holmes-Drewry• Kelly Hoppen MBE• Jasmine Horowitz• Fedellma Howard• Simone Hyman• Mr James Joll• Dr. Elisabeth Kehoe• Rebecca Kemsley• Princess Jeet Nabha Khemka

and Mr N. and L. Khemka• Prof Rodney Kinsman• James and Clare Kirkman• Koopman Rare Art• Sybil and Herbert Kretzmer OBE• Priya Kurien• Pierre Lagrange and Ebs Burnough• Oz Lancaster• Steven Larcombe and Sonya Leydecker• Geraldine Larkin• Tuan Lee• Miss Laura Lindsay• The Loveday Charitable Trust• Sarah Mackey and Marc Teasdale• Richard Mansell-Jones• Janet Martin• Frederick J G Mather• Mrs Bridget Maynard• Ms C. McIlvenny• Helle and Hardy McLain• Martin Mellish• Patrick and Susan Mocatta• Eli Muraidekh• Peter & Maggie Murray-Smith• Nigel and Joanna Newton• Christina Norvell• Dr Pavlova-Harris• Trevor Pickett• Jolanta Piekos• Mariela Pissioti• S J Phillips Limited• Lady Purves• Mrs Yosmarvi Rivas• Mrs Sumru Ramsey• Sasha and Nicolae Ratiu• Graham and Jane Reddish• Jamie and Joey Ritblat• Mrs Alicia Salter and

Ms Emma Louise Salter• Adrian Sassoon• Edwina Sassoon• Ms Sofia Sayn-Wittgenstein, Phillips• Mrs Lucie Seaton• Miss Arabella Slinger• Ms Ginder Sohal• Mrs Jackie St. Clair• Paul Stanley QC and Daniel Slater• Sonnet Stanfill and Jeff Orenstein• The Staples Trust• Mrs Elizabeth Strachan

• Alexandra Taylor• Ian and Cristina Taylor• Dale and Roy Thomas• Tricia Topping• Maria Clara Tucci and Reid S. Perper• Brahmal Vasudevan and Shanthi

Kandiah• Alex V• Julian Vogel• Robert and Felicity Waley-Cohen• Margaret and David Walker• Professor Evelyn Welch MBE• Ann and Philip White• Stephen White• Mrs Jane Ylvisaker• Alex Zadah• Mr and Mrs Rainer Zietz• And others who wish to

remain anonymous

The V&A is particularly grateful to those whose support has contributed to the work of the Photographs Section through the Photographs Acquisition Group

• Ruth and Jim Grover (Chair)• Banque Pictet & Cie SA• The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation* • Rafaël Biosse Duplan• Mr and Mrs Pierre Brahm• Richard and Alison Chenevix-Trench • Maxine Davidson• Gert and Ursula Elfering*• Basil Hyman • Mr Scott Mead• Claus and Susan Moehlmann• Andy Simpkin • Nicholas Stanley • Kate Stevens• Michael Warshaw • Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson*

The V&A is especially grateful for the support of the members of the Young Patrons' Circle

FOUNDING MEMBERS

• Noor Al-Rahim• Katie Alexander• The Hon Wentworth Beaumont

(Co-Chair)• Bindu and Drew Besser • Henriëtte Blickman• Rosanna Bossom• Pandora Cooper-Key• Samantha Cortes• Jessica B. Dickinson and Ori Ben-Akiva*• Amy Gardner• Catherine Hunt• Ethan Koh• Faaiza Lalji (Co-Chair) and Ameel Somani• Florence Mather• Cora Sheibani (Co-Chair) and

Kaveh Sheibani • Ayako Yoshida• Wendy Yu• And others who wish to

remain anonymous

MEMBERS

• Marsha Abegg and Maximiliana Arco• Adriana Alhizami• Tameem Antoniades • Lucy Attwood, Studio Pottery London• Dayna Bahig• Sarah Beament• Cy & Sandra Bernheim• Ema Betts• Camille Birabi• Astrid Brandt• Jessie Bridgett• Amanda S.Brill, TL Brill Parisi• Dominic Burford• Omar M. Butt• The Hon Philippa Cadogan• Anabela Chan and Jimmy Hung• Ivy Chan• Ismail Chaudhry• Karina Choudhrie• Lizzy Vartanian Collier• Caroline Costin Wright • Quentin Cregan and Harriet Ter-Berg• Milo Dickinson • Tom and Lisa Dupernex• David Elia• Henry Fletcher• Blaise Guerrand-Hermès• Dicle Guntas and Can Girman • John Gusman• Emily Henderson• Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng• Mary Jeffers• Tej Johar and Alexandra Edmonds• Richard Jones• Magda Joshi• Tiffany Kaba• Sophia Robert Kapacinskas• Shari Kashani and Edward Wilby• Robin Katz• Marika Kielland• Rachel Koffsky• Casey Kohlberg• Alon Kuperman• Nattasja Kusuma• Rahim Lalji• Dami and Jide Lalude• Nataliya Langhorne• Sybil Lau• Lucas Lawrence & Allison Phien,

Studio Egret West• Marissa Elizabeth Lee• Sarah and Thomas Lingard• Aarti Lohia• Lucy Loveday and Max Kuenssberg• Nicole Lucocq• Marwa Majali• Daniel Malarkey• Jennifer Marques and Jack Wills • Princess Alexandra Massimo

di Roccasecca• Peter McNally• Laura Valentina Millar• Supreet Nibber• Salar Nouri• Jacqueline Nowikovsky• Chandni Odedra• Edward Olver• Alice-Claire Painting

• Petra Palumbo• Sydney Rogers• Elena Rowland• Annya Sand • Ziba Sarikhani• L. A. Sednaoui• Elena Shchukina• Jeffrey Simpson and Beau Neilson • Justyna Sowa• Claudia Suess• Arron and Salma Suleyman• The Hon Clarence James Tan• Marine Tanguy• Tatiana Taypina• Katherine Thomas• Alina Uspenskaya• Yann Vincent-Genod• Gigi and Ian Wason• Pamela Weinstock-Perry and

Matthew Perry• Laura White • Katy Anusha Wickremesinghe • Luke Williams• Simeon Williams• India Williamson• Nicholas Wingfield Digby• Libby Woolcock• And others who wish to remain

anonymous

The V&A would like to record its gratitude to the following sponsors and supporters of exhibitions, displays and events

• Winnie-the-Pooh: Exploring a Classic 9 December 2017-8 April 2018 Supported by Unwin Charitable Trust With additional support from the Old Possum's Practical Trust

• Lustrous Surfaces: Lacquer in Asia and Beyond 14 October 2017-16 September 2018 With thanks to the Overseas Korean Cultural Heritage Foundation and Toshiba International Foundation

• Ocean Liners: Speed and Style 3 February-17 June 2018 Sponsored by Viking Cruises

• Without Walls: Disability and Innovation in Building Design 10 February-21 October 2018 In collaboration with Accentuate History of Place, supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund

• Myth and Morality: The Fairy-Tale World of Carolein Smit 20 March-30 September 2018 Supported by the Mondriaan Fund; the Royal Netherlands Embassy; Dinko Valerio and Hester Eriks

• Fashioned from Nature 21 April 2018-27 January 2019 Supported by the European Confederation of Flax and Hemp- CELC Additional support from G-Star RAW

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SUPPORT

• William Brake Charitable Trust• The Zochonis Charitable Trust• And others who wish to remain

anonymous

OTHER GRANTS, SPONSORSHIP AND DONATIONS

• American Friends of the V&A• The Anglo Mexican Foundation • Art Jameel• Arts Council England• The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation*• Rexton Bunnett• Cockayne• Dr. Lee MacCormick Edwards

Charitable Foundation* • The Enid Linder Foundation• Prof and Mrs Mallory Factor • The Gaudio Family Foundation* • The Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation• Mr and Mrs Murtaza Lakhani • The London Community Foundation• Richard Mansell-Jones• The Mexican Embassy in the UK and

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico through AMEXCID

• Nyetimber• Oliver Ford Foundation• Margaret and Jeremy Strachan• V&A Members• And others who wish to remain

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The V&A Museum of Childhood is very grateful for the very generous support it has received from

• The BAND Trust• John Horniman's Children's Trust• Red Hill Trust• Playmobil• V&A Members• And others who wish to remain

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The V&A would like to thank members of the Henry Cole Circle for their generous commitment to the future of the V&A with a gift in their Will

• David and Rosalind Abrahams• Mr Javier Aguilar Icaza and Mrs

Candela Garcia Arco• Richard Aronson and Joyce Kirschner• Frances Arthur• Jill Bace• James Bartos• Donne & Elisabeth Buck MBE• Malcom Bullivant• Rexton S Bunnett• Elizabeth Butterfield• Nancy E. Calvert• Lisa C-T • Ms Elaine Carswell• Alison M. Chabassol• Sau Fong Chan• Celia Chester• David Conway• Dee Conway

• John Cook• Stephanie and Jeff Cooper• Anthony Crickmay• Steve Daszko• Martyn P Davis• Alyte Davis and Steve Davis• Michael Diamond• Ger Eenens and Roos Meijer• John and Hilary Everett • Garry and Naomi Fabian-Miller• Marianne Falk• Tanya Fedczuk• Lt Cdr Paul Fletcher• Gerda Flöckinger CBE• Miss Doreen Frame• Mr Philippe Garner• Jane Gordon Clark• Bryan M. Govett• Dr Katherine Grice• Dr Steve and Mrs Lorraine Groves• Annika Hall• Elizabeth Hamilton MBE• Marcelle Hanselaar• Dr Victoria Harrison and Sir Brian

Harrison• Mr Jonathan Harrison• Pauline Harrison née Scott• Rachael Henry• Simon and Harley Hessel• Hilary and Andrew Walker• Ross Hill• A Holland• Toni Huberman• Jeanette and Robert Innes• Nigel Israel FSA• Olga Janssen• Miss Diana Kennedy• Steven Kidd• Brian King• Sheila M. Langford• Roger Lunn• Dr Ian Macgregor• Stephen A. Marsden• Marsteller + Hartmann• Marion McCrindle• Henry and Fiona McWatters• Helen Meakins• Tony Mollett• David Monkhouse• Dr Vivek Nanda• Christina Norvell• Patricia Osborn• Martin Parr• Suzanne Pinkerton• Ms Alice Poole• Maria and Jonathan Pritchard• Lord Queensberry• Mrs. Caro Rathbone• Ms Yvana Reeves• Miss S Richards• Jonathan Ross• Tom Selby• Dr Elizabeth Shaw• Matt Shields• Ann M Smith• Dr Victoria Solomonidis FKC• Margaret and Patrick Stables• Mrs Gray Standen• Sheila Steafel

• Mr and Mrs Louis Tanner• David J Thomas• Miss Jean Thompson• Tricia Topping• Kathryn Uhde• Barbara Vijayakumar and

Kalamandalam Vijayakumar• Mark Wallis• Edmond Weaving• Mary Wells• Simon Casimir Wilson OBE• M S Woolfson• Sarah Young• And others who wish to remain

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The V&A would like to pay tribute to all of those who have left a legacy or a gift in memory to the museum this year

• Mr John Bromley• Mrs Susan Fasken• Catherine Galitzine in memory of

Princess George Galitzine, MBE (née Jean Dawnay)

• Captain John Grimwood RN in memory of Elisabeth Grimwood

• Mrs Joan Jordan• Elizabeth Mary McArthur• The Opie Family in memory of Russell

Frank Davies• Isaac Schwartz in memory of Mark

Sebba*• Jean Smith• Mary Wells, family and friends in

memory of Jonathan Nevitt• Derek Woodman

The V&A is most grateful to the Trustees of the American Friends of the V&A for their valuable commitment and support

• Ms Diana Quasha (Chair)• Ms Tiffany Dubin• Ms Deborah Farrington• Mrs Audrey Gruss• Ms Mandakini Puri• Mr Thomas Quick• Mr Leslie Schreyer• Mr Bernard Selz• Mr Christopher Thom• Dr Susan Weber

International Council of the V&A 2018-19

• Ben Elliot (Chair)• Gregory Annenberg Weingarten • Regina Annenberg Weingarten• George Bamford• Ferzana Barclay• Carmen Busquets• Rusty Elvidge• Diala Khlat• John Koh• Pierre Lagrange• Aarti Lohia• Monica Mandelli • Brooke Metcalfe• Batia Ofer

• Diana Quasha • James Ritblat• The Rt Hon The Viscountess

Rothermere• Hanneli Rupert• The Rt Hon The Earl of Snowdon• Francis Sultana• Henry Wyndham

Corporate Advisory Board of the V&A 2018-19

• Robert Glick OBE (Chair)• Michel Driessen• Ben Elliot• Mia Fenwick• Alison Loehnis• Steven Murphy • Robert Senior• Julian Vogel• Michael Ward• Ross Wheeler

Board of Trustees of the V&A 2018-19

• Nicholas Coleridge CBE (Chair)• Jonathan Anderson• Mark Damazer CBE• Dr Genevieve Davies• Ben Elliot• Professor Margot Finn• Robert Glick OBE• Andrew Hochhauser QC• Nick Hoffman• Steven Murphy• Professor Lynda Nead• Kavita Puri• Dame Theresa Sackler• Mark Sebba • Caroline Silver• Sir John Sorrell• Marc St John• Dr Paul Thompson• Edmund de Waal OBE• Nigel Webb

The V&A is very grateful for the many objects which have been accepted by Her Majesty’s Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum in 2018-19.

The V&A is also grateful for the many objects which have been accepted under the Cultural Gifts Scheme by HM Government and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 2018

*Donations marked with an asterisk were made possible by the American Friends of the V&A**Donations marked with a double asterisk were made possible by the Canadian Friends of the V&A

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