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Annual Review 2019–20
Annual Review 2019–20 1
2 Chairman’s Foreword
3 Director’s Foreword
Contents 4 A Year in Highlights
9 Support and Thanks
Annual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 2
Chairman’s This was a third notably strong year in a row for the V&A, with over
4 million visitors to our London venues, and the record-breaking
exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams drawing almost
Meanwhile, the V&A’s Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green
has shut its doors to undergo its own comprehensive makeover,
both physical and conceptual, just as V&A Dundee celebrated a
Foreword 600,000 visitors, the highest in decades. So intense was the demand
for tickets that the run had to be extended, and the exhibition
catalogue reprinted numerous times.
spectacular first year with visitor numbers and economic impact
exceeding all expectations.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, I would once again like to thank
Other highlights included the Mary Quant exhibition, which set new our many exceptionally generous philanthropists and donors, as well
visitor records in the Fashion Galleries and is moving north for a run as our V&A Members who have supported our efforts so handsomely
at V&A Dundee; and the six-part BBC2 documentary Secrets of the across the year. I would also like to pay tribute to the Director,
Museum. Many cultural institutions in the past have allowed fly-on- Deputy Director and our staff and volunteers who have done
the-wall television documentaries to be made, and some have lived such a fine job.
to regret the decision. But we felt that this programme captured
As the museum’s successful year drew to a close, we were obliged to
much of the magic and passion of the institution, as well as the
shut our doors owing to the global COVID-19 pandemic, which was
hard work and commitment of a wide range of staff who are the
a source of huge frustration and sadness to all. But we were always
backbone and soul of the V&A.
encouraged by the certainty that the world’s leading museum of art,
Across the V&A family of sites, there has been constant action. Both design and performance would open again in all its glory, excitement
V&A East sites in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford are and scholarship.
coming on apace and the new museum on the waterfront is rising
Nicholas Coleridge
from its foundations. This enormous and transformative project
in East London, part of the Mayor of London’s East Bank cultural
quarter, has been given additional impetus by the appointment
of Gus Casely-Hayford as Director of V&A East, who joins from the
Smithsonian in Washington, and we welcome him enthusiastically.
V&A Museum of Childhood “Across the wider family of the museum, there has
been constant action this year”
co-design workshop. Photo: Victoria
and Albert Museum, London
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Director’s Foreword
The superb year that the V&A has just enjoyed has allowed us to gallery, curators looked deeper into provenance and exposed
invest in the civic and educational mission of the museum with complex histories of Nazi spoliation connected to previous
extra resource and purpose. In South Kensington, Bethnal Green, Jewish owners.
Stoke-on-Trent, Dundee and, increasingly, Stratford, we have been
With a new Chief Curator of the Wedgwood Museum announced
deploying our collections and outstanding workforce to ensure new
alongside the acquisition of Grayson Perry’s Brexit vases and the
audiences access our 5,000 years of human ingenuity in order to
installation of Darren Waterston’s Filthy Lucre display, last year saw
spark their own creative imagination.
a renewed focus on ceramics. A schedule of temporary exhibits,
Across UK schools, art and design education remains under threat. curatorial posts and residencies have given our galleries extra energy
The number of students taking creative subjects at GCSE continues at a time of growing public interest in ceramics, which we hope
to fall, with knock-on effects for further education. There is a to encourage.
marked inequality to these trends, with pupils from disadvantaged
A museum without scholarship, learning and teaching can never fulfil
backgrounds prevented from pursuing careers in the arts. Last year,
its founding purpose. Our combination of special exhibitions and
we grew our DesignLab Nation programme to support Design and
attractive public offerings gives us the resource to deliver our mission
Technology GCSE students and have now augmented it with V&A
to nurture the world’s creative capacity. Sadly, that work came to a
Innovate, our teacher training package and design curriculum for
temporary halt on site when, in March 2020, COVID-19 forced us to
young people. With the transformation of the Museum of Childhood
close the doors of the V&A. We continued much of our work online,
a strategic priority, this year we also supported new thinking around
engaging new audiences in digital formats, but the absence of access
the importance of play, museums and early years development.
to our galleries highlighted how important the museum’s activities
At South Kensington, our programme of investigating the contested are. And we now keenly look forward to welcoming the public back
heritage of our collections proceeded. After the Maqdala 1868 again – to their V&A.
display highlighting our Ethiopian items, we foregrounded the
Tristram Hunt
imperial history connected to the museum’s array of Asante
goldweights from modern day Ghana. In the Gilbert Collection
Snuffbox by Joseph-Etienne Blerzy, 1775–76, Paris, originally
owned by Maximilian von Goldschmidt-Rothschild who “A museum without scholarship, learning and teaching
can never fulfil its founding purpose”
was forced to sell his collection by the Nazis to Frankfurt’s
museums. Photo: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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A Year in Highlights
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Swinging Sixties stuns Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams is
with Mary Quant V&A’s biggest ever hit
The British designer’s Seen by nearly 600,000, this
retrospective attracts over celebration of a fashion icon
400,000 visitors, becoming becomes the most-visited paid
the most popular show in the exhibition in the history of the V&A
Fashion Galleries
Display uncovers Concealed Histories
The V&A becomes the first UK museum to stage
a display focused on Jewish collectors under
the Nazis, exploring the provenance of
objects in The Gilbert Collection
A million Star objects and new designs
visit V&A Dundee for V&A Museum of Childhood
Scotland’s first design transformation
museum welcomes Designs are revealed for
its millionth visitor on three galleries dedicated to
4 February 2020 empowering children and their
creativity, and first objects
are announced
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Partnership with World of
Wedgwood announced
The V&A Collection at World of
Wedgwood will remain in Stoke-on-
Trent, with a new V&A Chief
Curator based in Barlaston
to manage the collection
Sir Elton John supports V&A
photography collection
A long-term collaboration
begins with The Sir Elton
John Photography Collection, V&A Innovate launches
encompassing a significant The museum launches its most ambitious
donation and a major exhibition. schools programme to date, aiming to reach
Gallery 101 becomes The every teacher in England over the next five
Sir Elton John and David years and equip Key Stage 3 students with
Furnish Gallery Design and Technology skills
Bumper anniversaries for V&A Friday Madness enters the V&A
Late and Fashion in Motion The museum acquires
The museum celebrates 20 years of both objects charting the
its pioneering V&A Friday Late evening 40-year history of the
events strand and the iconic free catwalk iconic British pop band
series Fashion in Motion
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The Great Exhibition
Road Festival launches
The V&A is among 20
Albertopolis institutions
to evoke the spirit of the
1851 Great Exhibition
with over 150 live
science and arts events
Director of V&A East announced The William and Judith
Director Gus Casely-Hayford is Bollinger Gallery re-opens
appointed as construction begins on After a major refurbishment,
both sites in Queen Elizabeth Olympic the jewellery gallery receives
Park; a new museum on Stratford wide critical acclaim and boasts
Waterfront and a new collections Queen Victoria’s coronet
storehouse at Here East
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The Raphael Court Ethiopian
refurbishment begins treasures highlighted
The revitalisation of the The free display
home of the spectacular Maqdala 1868 begins
Raphael Cartoons, on loan a reflection on the
by Her Majesty The Queen complex histories
from the Royal Collection, behind objects in the
gets underway ahead of the V&A collections
500th anniversary of the
painter’s death
Step up to the Plate Secrets of the Museum
V&A hosts a conference on airs on BBC2
food waste in partnership The landmark
Work begins on National with DEFRA alongside the documentary series
Childhood Collections exhibition FOOD: Bigger is watched by an
The decant of objects than the Plate, welcoming audience of millions
in the V&A Museum of major figures in retail across the UK
Childhood commences and hospitality
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The V&A would like to pay special tribute to the following past and present major benefactors The V&A would like to thank the following for generously supporting
for their exceptional support the museum’s ongoing redevelopment in 2019-20
– The Al Thani Collection – Sir Harry Djanogly CBE – John Makepeace OBE – Robert H. Smith* – Gregory and Regina – The Hintze Family – Salomon Oppenheimer
Foundation – The Dr Mortimer – Ministry of Culture, Sports – Nicholas Snowman OBE Annenberg Weingarten Charitable Foundation Philanthropic Foundation
– American Express* and Theresa Sackler and Tourism, Republic – Societe Generale – Celia and Edward Atkin CBE – Andrew Hochhauser QC – The Selz Foundation*
– American Friends Foundation** of Korea – Swarovski London – The BAND Trust – Sir Elton John and – Jean Smith
of the V&A – The Enid Linder Foundation – The Monument Trust – Toshiba Corporation – William and Judith David Furnish – Robert H. Smith Family
– The Andrew W. Mellon – EY – National Heritage – Mr T. T. Tsui Bollinger – The Kowitz Family Foundation
Foundation – The Foyle Foundation Memorial Fund – V&A Members – C. Jay Moorhead Foundation – TEFAF Museum
– Gregory and Regina – Garfield Weston Foundation – National Lottery – Volkswagen Group Foundation* – The Leche Trust Restoration Fund
Annenberg Weingarten – Jacqueline and Jonathan Heritage Fund – Wartski – Camalotte Foundation* – Mary Lill – The Thompson Family
– Art Fund Gestetner – Nicholas and Judith – Dr Susan Weber* – CHK Foundation – Elizabeth Mary McArthur Charitable Trust
– Arts and Humanities – Sir Paul Getty KBE Goodison’s Charitable – The John S Cohen – Ruth Parasol – Mrs Susan Tinsley*
– The A. H. Whiteley Family
Research Council – The Getty Foundation Settlement Foundation – Parasol Foundation Trust – William Brake
– Peter Williams and
– Celia and Edward Atkin CBE – Gilbert Public Arts – Oliver Ford Foundation – Lydia and Manfred Gorvy* – Julia and Hans Rausing Charitable Trust
Heather Acton
– Bank of America Foundation – Parasol Foundation Trust – GRoW @ Annenberg – Royal Commission for the And others who wish to
– The Wolfson Foundation
– The Bern Schwartz Family – Gilbert Trust for the Arts – Peri Charitable Foundation – Henry Moore Foundation Exhibition of 1851 remain anonymous
– Würth Group
Foundation* – Lydia and Manfred Gorvy* – The Porter Foundation – The Ruth Covo Foundation*
– Yu Xiang
– Blavatnik Family – Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin – Hans and Märit Rausing
And others who wish to
Foundation* – GRoW @ Annenberg – Julia and Hans Rausing remain anonymous
– William and Judith Bollinger – Harrods – The Robert H. N. Ho Family
– Julie and Robert Breckman – The Headley Trust Foundation
– Canadian Friends – The Hintze Family – The Ronald and Rita
of the V&A Charitable Foundation McAulay Foundation
– Vladimir Caruana and – Andrew Hochhauser QC – Sir Paul and Lady Ruddock
Ivan Booth – The Iris Foundation* – Simon Sainsbury
– Clore Duffield Foundation – J. Paul Getty Jnr – Samsung
– The Clothworkers’ Charitable Trust – The Rt Hon Sir Timothy
Foundation – Sir Elton John and Sainsbury
– The Curtain Foundation David Furnish – The Sarikhani Family
– Dr and Mrs Edwin – The Lord Leonard and Lady – Leslie, Judith and Gabrielle
Davies CBE Estelle Wolfson Foundation Schreyer*
– Dr Genevieve Davies – Modern Media 现代传播 – Sennheiser
– DCMS/Wolfson – Mohammed Abdul Latif – Anonymous in memory of
Museums and Galleries Jameel KBE Melvin R. Seiden
Improvement Fund – Pauline Johnstone – The Selz Foundation*
– Department for Digital, – John Lyon’s Charity – N. Sethia Foundation
Culture, Media and Sport – Shao Zhong Art
– William Loschert
– Dior Foundation 邵忠艺术基金会
– Sir John Madejski OBE DLAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 11
The V&A is very grateful to those who have made a contribution to the museum’s work through the Director’s Circle
Platinum – Peter Williams and – Ali-Reza Rastegar – Radhika Chanana – Mary Godwin – Sybil and Herbert – Graham and Jane Reddish
– The Arah Foundation Heather Acton – Ming Ray – Ms Sheila Clarke – Nuria Gonzalez- Kretzmer OBE – Jamie and Joey Ritblat
– Lady Bamford OBE – Peter and Jan Winslow – Mrs Mina Renton – Mr and Mrs Anthony Barros Camba – Pierre Lagrange and Ebs – Irina Roginsky
– The BAND Trust – Lady Estelle Wolfson of – Bianca and Stuart Roden Coleridge – Sam and Jane Gordon Clark Burnough – Nour Saleh
– Constance Cincotta Marylebone – Elaine Rowley and Tony – Mr and Mrs Nicholas – Emma Hawkins – Oz Lancaster – Mrs Alicia Salter and Ms
– Stephen and Anne Curran And others who wish to Luckhurst Coleridge – Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng – Steven Larcombe and Sonya Emma Louise Salter
– Dr Genevieve Davies remain anonymous – Mr David I Solo – Ms Susan Cook – Janet Gough and Jim Lloyd Leydecker – Edwina Sassoon
– Tove Goddard – Mrs Lorraine Spencer – Cynthia Corbett – GP & J Baker Limited – Geraldine Larkin – Ms Sofia Sayn-Wittgenstein,
Gold
– Claire and Simon Godwin – Sonnet Stanfill and Jeff – Helen & Andrew Cormack – Dr Steve and Mrs – Miss Laura Lindsay Phillips
– Eric Abraham and
– Judy and Frank Grace Orenstein – Michael and Angela Cronk Lorraine Groves – Dr Julie Llewelyn – Mr and Mrs Steven Schaefer
Sigrid Rausing
– Mrs Olivia Harrison And others who wish to – Regula and Beat Curti – Clifford and Sooozee Gundle – The Loveday – Mrs Lucie Seaton
– Mr Marcus Agius and Mrs
– Andrew Hochhauser QC remain anonymous – Yvonne Dadoo Ader – Annika Hall Charitable Trust – Mrs Phillipa Skinner
Kate de Rothschild Agius
– Roderick and Elizabeth Jack – Mr and Mrs – Elizabeth Hamilton MBE – Sarah Mackey and Marc – Miss Arabella Slinger
– Steve and Claire Almond Silver
Christopher Dale – Mr John Hampson and Ms Teasdale – Mrs Jackie St. Clair
– Mr and Mrs Jerker – Mr and Mrs Graham Child – Penny Aikens
Johansson – Mr Jim Daley and Ms Ananya Chandra – Richard Mansell-Jones – Paul Stanley QC and
– Lady Susan Chinn – Tom Reid and
– Diala and Tarek Khlat Alix Robson – Joan and – Janet Martin Daniel Slater
– The Lord and Lady Davies of Lindy Ambrose
– Anthony and Sophie – Stuart Donachie and Christopher Hampson – Frederick J G Mather – Mrs Elizabeth Strachan
Abersoch – Harriet Anstruther
Kingsley Chris Carter – Mr and Mrs John Hardy – Mrs Bridget Maynard – Alexandra Taylor
– Noel De Keyzer – Hannah Armstrong
– Mr and Mrs Murtaza Lakhani – Mrs Sheila Duff Earles – Mrs Heleen Lindsay-Fynn DL – Ms C. McIlvenny – Ian and Cristina Taylor
– John and Hilary Everett – Mrs J.E.M. Arnold & Family
– Maurice and – Jennie Elias – Mrs Shevanne Helmer – Helle and Hardy McLain – Tricia Topping
– Prof and Mrs Mallory Factor – The Hon Mrs Nicholas
Rosemary Lambert – Lord and Lady Egremont – Mrs Katrin Henkel – Martin Mellish – Mr Julian Treger
– Sam Fogg Assheton
– Sir Harvey McGrath and – Daire Farnon – Lady Heseltine – Marie Moatti – Julian Vogel
– Charles and Kaaren Hale – Sirdar Aly Aziz
Lady McGrath – Jeff and Emily Fergus – Mrs Gundula Hoban – Patrick and Susan Mocatta – Robert and Felicity
– Lady Hamlyn – Baroness Aziza Allard
– Sarah Nichols – Mrs Ailsa Feroze – Mary and Alan Hobart – Eli Muraidekh Waley-Cohen
– The Lord and Lady – James Bartos
– Mr and Mrs Pinto Londesborough – Lt Cdr Paul Fletcher – Anne Holmes-Drewry – Peter & Maggie – Margaret and David Walker
– Diane and Tom Berger Murray-Smith
– Mr and Mrs – Gretchyn Hise and Mark – Joachim Fleury and Vita – Kelly Hoppen MBE – Professor Evelyn Welch MBE
– Mr and Mrs Binks Gottlieb – Nigel and Joanna Newton
William Salomon Lubkeman – Jasmine Horowitz – Ann and Philip White
– Jean and John Botts – Joscelyn Fox – Christina Norvell
– The Sarikhani Family – Nick Hoffman and – Simone Hyman – Stephen White
– Elena Bowes – Staples Trust – Tatjana Orlova
– Jake and Hélène Amanda Cupples – Mr James Joll – Mr Nigel Wilson
Marie Shafran – Mikael and Leonie – Ms Sabrina Franzheim – Louise Perry
– Janice Hughes CBE and Brantberg – Mrs Diana Kawkabani – Dr Yvonne Winkler
– Mrs Virginia Shepherd and Stephen Taylor – Gander & White – Dr. Elisabeth Kehoe – Jolanta Piekos – Christine Yawetz
Dr Paul Shepherd – Mr Richard Briggs OBE & Shipping Ltd
– Sir Henry and The Hon – Rebecca Kemsley – Mariela Pissioti – Mrs Jane Ylvisaker
Mrs Basia Briggs
– Mr and Mrs Marc St John Lady Keswick – Alina Garcia-Lapuerta – Princess Jeet Nabha – S J Phillips Limited – Alex Zadah
– Kate and Matt Brittin
– Margaret and Jeremy – William Loschert – Kimberleigh Gelber Khemka and Mr N. and – Lady Purves – Mr and Mrs Rainer Zietz
Strachan – Helen Bromovsky
– Ms Kiran Nandra-Koehrer – Jacqueline and Jonathan L. Khemka – Mrs Yosmarvi Rivas And others who wish to
– Mr Francis Sultana and Mr – Patricia and David Buck Gestetner
and Mr Thomas Koehrer – Prof Rodney Kinsman – Mrs Sumru Ramsey remain anonymous
David Gill – Nicola Burns – The Hon Piers and Mrs
– Helen Notley – Koopman Rare Art – Sasha and Nicolae Ratiu
– Kathryn Uhde – David and Jane Butter Melanie GibsonAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 12
The V&A is particularly grateful to those whose support The V&A is especially grateful for the support of the members of the Young Patrons’ Circle
has contributed to the work of the Photographs Section
through the Photographs Acquisition Group
Founding Members – Jessie Bridgett – Shari Kashani and – Farley Rentschler – Taotao Xing and
– Noor Al-Rahim – Amanda S.Brill, TL Edward Wilby – Sophia Robert Stephen Yiu
– Ruth and Jim Grover (Chair) – Basil Hyman – Katie Alexander Brill Parisi – Robin Katz – Sydney Rogers – Alma Zevi
– The Bern Schwartz Family – Mr Scott Mead* – The Hon Wentworth – Omar M. Butt – Marika Elsebeth Kielland – Francesca Roni – Jie Zhao
Foundation and Dr Anne – Claus and Susan Beaumont – The Hon Philippa Cadogan – Rachel Koffsky – Annya Sand And others who wish to
Varick Lauder* Moehlmann* – Bindu and Drew Besser – Elisalex de Castro Peake and – Casey Kohlberg* – Ziba Sarikhani remain anonymous
– Rafaël Biosse Duplan – Banque Pictet & Cie SA – Rosanna Bossom Gabriella Krejci – Julia Isabella Kors – Elena Shchukina
– Mr and Mrs Pierre Brahm – Andy Simpkin – Jessica B. Dickinson and Ori – Anabela Chan and – Alon Kuperman – Jeffrey Simpson
– Richard and Alison – Sue Sloan Ben-Akiva* Jimmy Hung – Nattasja Kusuma – Harsch Kumar Sood and
Chenevix-Trench – Michael Warshaw – Amy Gardner and – Ivy Chan – Philippa Lai Patrick Colby Cunningham
– Maxine Davidson – Michael G. and C. Peter Dubens – Ismail Chaudhry – Zayn Lakhani – Marina Suldina and
– Gert and Ursula Elfering* Jane Wilson* – Catherine Hunt (Co-Chair) – Karina Choudhrie – Rahim Lalji Elena Lileeva
– Nikki Fennell – Ethan Koh – Rebecca Clark – Dami and Jide Lalude – Arron and Salma Suleyman
– Faaiza Lalji (Co-Chair) and – Lizzy Vartanian Collier – Eliza Lambert – Jing Sun
Ameel Somani – Isabel Cornish – Sybil Lau – The Hon Clarence
– Henriette van Marle - – Caroline Costin Wright – Aarti Lohia James Tan
Blickman – Quentin Cregan and Harriet – Valentina Lorenzon – Marine Tanguy
– Cora Sheibani (Co-Chair) Ter-Berg – Juliette Loughran – Catalina Terreros
and Kaveh Sheibani – Tom and Lisa Dupernex – Katherine Thomas
– Lucy Loveday and Max
– Ayako Yoshida – Alexandra Edmonds and Kuenssberg – Teale Toweill
– Angelsa Zasy Tej Johar – Daniel Malarkey and – Alina Uspenskaya
And others who wish to – David Elia and Henry Kimber – Selina Verma-Jones
remain anonymous Meredith Bristol – Jennifer Marques – Yann Vincent-Genod
– Henry Fletcher and – Peter McNally – Luning Wang
Members
Jessica Lennard – Nicholas Metzgen – Gigi and Ian Wason
– Samira Abdelmalek
– Georgia Gordon – Laura Valentina Millar – Pamela Weinstock-Perry and
– Marsha Abegg and
– Blaise Guerrand-Hermès – Denis and Yulia Nagy Matthew Perry
Maximiliana Arco
– Sarvenaz Guivi – Saskia Noik – Laura White
– Adriana Alhizami
– Dicle Guntas and – Salar Nouri – Katy Anusha
– Tameem Antoniades
Can Girman Wickremesinghe
– Lucy Attwood, Studio – Jacqueline Nowikovsky
– John Gusman – Ewa Wilczynski and Carlo
Pottery London – Alice-Claire Painting
– Madeleine Haddon and Brandelli
– Dayna Bahig – Petra Palumbo
Adam Brunk – Luke Williams
– Helena Bakunowicz – Grant Pierrus
– Emily Henderson – Georgina Wimbush
– Cy & Sandra Bernheim – Skylar Pinchal and
– Sabrina Ho Chiu Yeng – Nicholas Wingfield Digby
– Ema Betts Oliver Coysh
– Mary and Phillip Jeffers – Libby Woolcock
– Camille Birabi – Roya Rahnejat
– Richard Jones
– Astrid Brandt – Matin Razavi Mohseni
– Tiffany KabaAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 13
The V&A would like to thank those who have contributed to the The V&A would like to record its gratitude to the following sponsors and supporters
inaugural YPC Future Fund of exhibitions, displays and events
– The Belvedere Trust – Catherine Hunt – Ziba Sarikhani A Pirate’s Life for Me The Ingenious Mr Leman: Designing Spitalfields Silks
– Astrid Brandt – Philippa Lai – Cora and Kaveh Sheibani 20 October 2018 – 22 April 2019 14 September 2019 – 20 October 2019
– Omar M. Butt – Faaiza Lalji and – Arron and Salma Suleyman Sponsored by Playmobil Supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The
– Caroline Costin Wright Ameel Somani – Libby Woolcock V&A Museum of Childhood Leman Album project is also supported by Elaine Rowley in
– Jessica B. Dickinson and Ori – The Loveday – Angelsa Zasy memory of Fred Rowley
Portmeirion: Pottery Trendsetter
Ben-Akiva* Charitable Trust And others who wish to 31 October 2018 – 28 July 2019 Tim Walker: Wonderful Things
– Blaise Guerrand-Hermès – Peter McNally remain anonymous 21 September 2019 – 18 March 2020
Supported by Portmeirion
– Emily Henderson – Annya Sand With thanks to American Friends of the V&A through the
Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams generosity of The Gaudio Family Foundation
2 February – 1 September 2019
Supported by Swarovski Door to Design
With further support from American Express 9 October 2019 – 5 January 2020
With thanks to Mr and Mrs Murtaza Lakhani, American Supported by John Lyon’s Charity
Friends of the V&A through the generosity of The Gaudio
Family Foundation and the Christian Dior: Designer of Valérie Belin/Reflection
Dreams Exhibition Supporters’ Circle 19 October 2019 – 31 August 2020
Supported by the V&A Photographs Acquisition Group
Mary Quant
6 April 2019 – 16 February 2020 Cars: Accelerating the Modern World
Sponsored by King’s Road 23 November 2019 – 19 April 2020
With support from GRoW @ Annenberg Supported by Bosch
With support from the Cars: Accelerating the Modern
V&A Illustration Awards World Exhibition Supporters’ Circle, American Friends of
17 May 2019 – 25 August 2019 the V&A, Audrey & Martin Gruss, Chris & Nicky Thom
Supported by the Enid Linder Foundation and the Moira
Gemmill Memorial Fund Concealed Histories: Uncovering the Story of Nazi Looting
6 December 2019 – 10 January 2021
Food: Bigger than the Plate Supported by The Gilbert Trust for the Arts
18 May 2019 – 20 October 2019
Sponsored by BaxterStorey Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk
With additional support from Cockayne – Grants for the 29 February 2020 – 21 June 2020
Arts, a donor-advised fund of The London Community Sponsored by MUFG. Supported by GRoW @ Annenberg,
Foundation Shiseido and Yoshikimono. With additional support from
Japan Centre, Japan Foundation, The Daiwa Anglo-
Summer Party 2019 Japanese Foundation and Toshiba International Foundation
19 June 2019
In partnership with Dior You Say You Want a Revolution: Records and
Rebels, 1966-70
International Touring Exhibition
Sound experience by SennheiserAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 14
The V&A would like to thank the following The V&A is indebted to those who have made generous gifts to support acquisitions, conservation,
Corporate Members learning and other projects
Corporate Patrons Associate Members Acquisitions – Oona Connell and – Christopher Kane – Shahed Saleem – Gert and Ursula Elfering
– Ashurst LLP – Christie’s Education and Conservation Duibhne Gough – Dice Kayek and Rachid – Seibu Railway and And others who wish to
– Bank of America – Pearlfisher – Sang Soo Ahn – Bertrand Coste Koraïchi Dentsu Inc. remain anonymous
– Bloomberg – Akira Times – Julia Cox – Lady Keswick – Seo Do Sik
Hotel Members Learning
– BNP Paribas – Akira Isogawa – Claire Curneen – Kim Syyoung – Grant Simmonds MBE and
– Baglioni Hotel London Sally Simmonds – The 29th May 1961
– Bonhams 1793 Limited – The Al Thani Collection – David Hill Gallery – Kim Deokho
– Edwardian Hotels London Charitable Trust
– Cathay Pacific Foundation – Hugh Durrant – Lee Bong Ju – Richard Slee
– Jumeirah Carlton Tower – ArtSocial Foundation
– DeBeers Global – Jonathan Anderson – The E C Sosnow – Lee Inhwa – Ian and Rita Smythe
– Maybourne Hotel Group – The Daniel Howard
– Dow Jones – Art Fund Charitable Trust – The Loewe Foundation – Tommy Steele
– Starhotels UK Foundation
– EY – Atelier Le Grand Village – Irene Finch – Tom Lovelace – Stephen Sondheim Society
– The Doyle Collection – The Drapers' Company
– Freshfields LLP – Ann Baer in memory of – Isesaki Contemporary – Kate Macintosh – Christine Suppes*
– The Egerton House Hotel – Fondation
– Hogan Lovells Bernhard Baer with Art Double Ikat Meisen Project – Aaron Marcus – T-Michael
– The Savoy d’entreprise Hermès
– Linklaters Fund support – Josep Font - Delpozo – Stella McCartney – Hiroko Takahashi – The Foyle Foundation
– Mishcon de Reya – Gabriel Balint-Kurti in – Lee Friedlander – Garry Fabian Miller – Curtis Tappenden
memory of Agnes Balint – The Helen Hamlyn Trust
– Palantir – Graham S. Gadd – Vicki Mortimer – Cherine Magrabi Tayeb
– Shalaleh Barlow and Mizra – Hermes (GB) Ltd
– PwC – Mr Philippe Garner – The National Theatre – Gulderen Tekvar
Faisal Anwar Qadir – The Lord Leonard and Lady
– Robert Walters plc – Molly Goddard – Patricia Oakes Leigh-Wood – Karun Thakar, in memory of Estelle Wolfson Foundation
– Valérie Belin – Golder Thompson Family Dr Roy Short
– Rothschild & Co – Gillian O'Connor – Sarah Nichols
– David Bindman – The Golder-Thompson Gift – Peet Thomsen
– Societe Generale – Gillian O'Connor and – Pinsent Masons
– Rafaël Biosse Duplan – Mr and Mrs Gerard Griffin Liselotte Siegfried – Justin Thornton and Thea
– Slaughter & May – The Staples Trust
– Diane Boucher (née Radley) – Dr Steve and Mrs – Felekşan Onar Bregazzi
– Sotheby's – Toshiba International
– Asa and Susan Briggs Lorraine Groves – Lilla Pennant – Marit Tingleff
– Weil, Gotshal & Manges Foundation
– Heather-Holden Brown – GUO XU – Professor Richard – Michael and Yvonne Uva – The W M and B W
Corporate Members – Bunka Gakuen University – Laila Hackforth-Jones Portes CBE FBA – Philippa Vaughan Lloyd Charity
– Access Industries – California Community – Hakata Takumi Kougei, Inc. – Nigel Quiney – Li Wei And others who wish to
– American Express Foundation/Jane Attias – Paul Hart – Tamara Ralph on behalf of – Mary Wells in memory of remain anonymous
– Citadel Fund, in memory of – Paul and Robert Ralph & Russo Jonathan Nevitt
– Christie’s Jane Attias* Hershkowitz in memory of – James F. White Other Grants,
– David and Jean Richardson
– Imperial Health Charity – Camalotte Foundation* Sam Wagstaff – Robert Worley Sponsorship and Donations
– The Royal Society of Painter-
– JATO Dynamics – Jane and Ben Campbell – Dr. Paula and Robert Printmakers – Yu Xiang – Arts Council England
– Mercer Ltd – Chapter of Hereford Hershkowitz – Ruddock Foundation for – Mr Chen Xu – Copenhagen Gin
Cathedral – Raymond K.P. Ho & Family the Arts – Barakat Trust
– Partners Capital – York Theatre Royal
– Lily Cole – Joseph Holtzman* – Kate Sachs – The Belvedere Trust
– The Cultivist – Kōjirō Yoshida
– Jonathan Newhouse on – The Jacaranda Trust – Rana Sadik and – The Bern Schwartz Family
– Yoshikimono
behalf of Conde Nast – Jealous Print Studio Samer Younis Foundation*
International – Young Soon Lee
– Elizabeth Tatiana Jenks – Jōtarō Saitō – Ermenegildo Zegna – Rexton S BunnettAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 15
Continued… 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
– Daiwa Anglo-Japanese – David and Rosalind – Mr. Gordon S. Barrass and – Elizabeth Butterfield – Dee Conway – Olga Janssen – Margaret and Patrick Stables
Foundation Abrahams Dr. Kristen C. Lippincott – Nancy E. Calvert – John Cook – Wanda Katz – Mrs Gray Standen
– Dr. Lee Maccormick – Mr Javier Aguilar Icaza and – James Bartos – Lisa C-T – Stephanie and Jeff Cooper – Miss Diana Kennedy – Mr and Mrs Louis Tanner
Edwards Charitable Mrs Candela Garcia Arco – Pauline Buchanan Black – Ms Elaine Carswell – Steve Daszko – Steven Kidd – David J Thomas
Foundation* – Richard Aronson and Joyce – Donne & Elisabeth – Alison M. Chabassol – Alyte Davis and Steve Davis – Brian King – Miss Jean Thompson
– The Enid Linder Foundation Kirschner Buck MBE – Sau Fong Chan – Michael Diamond – Sheila M. Langford – Tricia Topping
– Flora Family Foundation* – Frances Arthur – Malcom Bullivant – Celia Chester – Ger Eenens and Roos Meijer – Pauline Frances Lee – Kathryn Uhde
– The Gaudio Family – Jill Bace – Rexton S Bunnett – David Conway – John and Hilary Everett – Miss Joan Littlejohn GRSM, – Barbara Vijayakumar and
Foundation – Garry and Naomi LRAM, LFABI Kalamandalam Vijayakumar
– The Getty Trust Fabian-Miller – Roger Lunn – Hilary and Andrew Walker
– The Gilbert Trust for – Marianne Falk – Stephen A. Marsden – Mark Wallis
the Arts – Tanya Fedczuk – Marsteller + Hartmann – Edmond Weaving
– Audrey and Martin Gruss – Lt Cdr Paul Fletcher – Marion McCrindle – Mary Wells
– The Headley Trust – Gerda Flöckinger CBE – Henry and Fiona McWatters – Rob Westwood and
– J. Paul Getty Trust – Miss Doreen Frame – Helen Meakins Samara Leibner
– Japan Centre – Miss Elizabeth Gage – Tony Mollett – Simon Casimir Wilson OBE
– The Japan Foundation – Mr Philippe Garner – David Monkhouse – M S Woolfson
– The Leverhulme Trust – John Gill – Dr Vivek Nanda – Sarah Young
– The Loveday – Jane Gordon Clark – Laurence Nobes And others who wish to
Charitable Trust – Christina Norvell remain anonymous
– Bryan M. Govett
– John Makepeace OBE – Patricia Osborn
– Dr Katherine Grice
– Ministry of Culture, Sports – Martin Parr
– Dr Steve and Mrs
and Tourism, Republic
Lorraine Groves – Cath Pike
of Korea
– Annika Hall – Suzanne Pinkerton
– Old Possum's Practical Trust
– Elizabeth Hamilton MBE – Ms Alice Poole
– Oliver Ford Foundation
– Marcelle Hanselaar – Maria and Jonathan
– Overseas Korean Cultural
– Dr Victoria Harrison and Sir Pritchard
Heritage Foundation and
Mir Dental Network Brian Harrison – Lord Queensberry
– Peter Mullin Estate Wines – Pauline Harrison née Scott – Mrs Caro Rathbone
– The Rothschild Foundation – Mr Jonathan Harrison – Ms Yvana Reeves
– Chris and Nicky Thom – Rachael Henry – Miss S Richards
– The Unwin Charitable Trust – Simon and Harley Hessel – Jonathan Ross
– Peter Williams and – Ross Hill – Tom Selby
Heather Acton – A Holland – Dr Elizabeth Shaw
And others who wish to – Toni Huberman – Matt Shields
remain anonymous – Jeanette and Robert Innes – Ann M Smith
– Nigel Israel FSA – Dr Victoria Solomonidis FKCAnnual Review 2019–20 Forewords A Year in Highlights Support and Thanks 16
The V&A would like to The V&A is most grateful International Council of the V&A 2019-20 Corporate Advisory Board Board of Trustees of the V&A 2019-20
pay tribute to all of those to the Trustees of the of the V&A 2019-20
who have left a legacy or American Friends of the
a gift in memory to the V&A for their valuable – Ben Elliot (Chair) – Diana Quasha – Ben Elliot – Nicholas Coleridge Other Trustees who
museum this year commitment and support – Gregory Annenberg – James Ritblat – Michel Driessen CBE (Chair) served during the year
Weingarten – The Rt Hon The Viscountess – Mia Fenwick – Jonathan Anderson – Robert Glick OBE
– Regina Annenberg Rothermere – Alison Loehnis – Martin Bartle – Andrew Hochhauser QC
Weingarten – Hanneli Rupert – Steven Murphy – Allegra Berman – Dame Theresa Sackler
– Mrs Annemarie Aschenagi – Ms Monica Mandelli (Chair) – George Bamford – The Rt Hon The Earl – Robert Senior – David Bomford – Sir John Sorrell
– Mr Derek Dodd – Ms Tiffany Dubin – Ferzana Barclay of Snowdon – Julian Vogel – Dr Genevieve Davies – Edmund de Waal OBE
– Irene Finch – Ms Deborah Farrington – Carmen Busquets – Francis Sultana – Michael Ward – Ben Elliot
– Luke Gertler – Mrs Audrey Gruss – Nicholas Coleridge CBE – Julian Treger – Ross Wheeler – Nick Hoffman
– NG in memory of CD – Ms Mandakini Puri – Dr Genevieve Davies – Sian Westerman – Amanda Levete CBE
– Joseph Hastings Jackson – Mr Thomas Quick – Rusty Elvidge – Henry Wyndham Others who served – Steven Murphy
– Christopher (Kit) – Mr Leslie Schreyer – Diala Khlat during the year
– Professor Lynda Nead
Bertram King – Mr Bernard Selz – John Koh – Robert Glick OBE (Chair,
– Kavita Puri
– Mr John King – Mr Christopher Thom until September 2019)
– Pierre Lagrange – Caroline Silver
– Mary Lill – Dr Susan Weber – Aarti Lohia – Amanda Spielman
– Dr Lindsay M. Newman – Monica Mandelli – Marc St John
– Ursula Overbury Others who served
during the year – Narmina Marandi – Dr Paul Thompson
– Sir Peter Shaffer – Brooke Metcalfe – Nigel Webb
– Ms Diana Quasha (Chair,
– Sue Smith – Batia Ofer
until May 2019)
– Sheila Steafel
– Anne, Lady Winnington in
memory of Capt. Lawrence
R.C. Drury-Lowe
And others who wish to remain
anonymous
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 2019-
20. 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, 2019.
The V&A would also like to thank its Members for their committed support. Over the
past year, their generosity has helped us expand and care for our magnificent collections,
stage world class exhibitions and share our galleries with over four million visitors from
across the globe.
*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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