Overview

V&A East embodies the V&A's mission to make art, design and creativity available to everyone. It is a sourcebook of creativity that will inspire the artists and designers of today and tomorrow. The site in East London encompasses V&A East Storehouse (now opened to great acclaim) and V&A East Museum. Together, they are an open-access repository for over half a million works that span every creative discipline, and a new museum that celebrates making and creativity's power to bring change, by spotlighting the people and ideas that shape global culture right now. If that weren't enough it also holds the David Bowie archive. The Making of V&A East sets out the ambitions of this landmark development. Celebrating the buildings' home in the creative crucible of East London, and showcasing the story of the two locations, it is a truly collaborative project at local and global scale. The book brings together a multitude of contributions, from curators, project managers, educators, artists and others - with reflections on the future of museums from directors, architects and curators across the world.

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Author:   Tim Reeve ,  Tristram Hunt
Publisher:   V & A Publishing
Imprint:   V & A Publishing
ISBN:  

9781838510480

ISBN 10:   1838510486
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   02 April 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Foreword - Tristram Hunt   Introduction - Tim Reeve   PEOPLE AND PLACE   Makers of the World - Gus Casely-Hayford What Place Can Do - Brendan Cormier Working in East London - Afia Yeboah & Komal Khetia   Project Profiles   Your Collections: V&A East in Schools Lansbury Micro Museum RESOLVE Collective Brickfield Newham Lund Point Camera Obscura   Objects in Focus Smithsons Robin Hood Gardens Tony Minnion Kehinde Wiley John Heywood Ron Hitchens   Love Letters to East London   WHAT A MUSEUM CAN DO   The 'Why We Make' Galleries; Towards a New Agenda for Museum Collections - Zofia Trafas White   A Journey Through the 'Why We Make' Galleries - Zofia Trafas White   Why We Make Ruqaiya Asim & Bisila Noha Joanna Afroozi & VIN+OMI Glenda Gaspard & Shahed Saleem Victoria Famoriyo & Andu Masebo Nahiba Qadir & Seetal Solanki   Objects in Focus Theaster Gates Wolseley Looted Textile Fragments Eileen Gray Richard Malone Anguissola Mawuena Kattah Takuya Angel Ensemble IBUKU   An Interview with V&A East Architect John Tuomey - Claire McKeown   Making the V&A East Museum   WHAT A STOREHOUSE CAN DO   V&A East Storehouse - Georgia Haseldine   Objects in Focus Sofia Karim Maiolica Dish Rahemur Rahman Suit Torrijos Ceiling Moulton Bicycle Agra Colonnade Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen - Sjarel Ex   A Day in the Life Kate Parsons Philippa Mackenzie Matthew Clarke Kira Zumkley Bhavesh Shah Hannah Auerbach George Kamal Hussain Robyn Kasozi   In Conversation - Tim Reeve & Liz Diller   Making the V&A East Storehouse   GLOBAL NARRATIVES   'A Museum is...' Redefining Museums in the Twenty-First Century - Madeleine Haddon   Global Perspectives Alejandro Aravena Lisa Havila Thelma Golden Isabella Rjeille Michael Armitage Aditi Anand Lesley Lokko Sandra Jackson Dumont   An Interview with Director of M+ Suhanya Raffel - Tim Reeve

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Tim Reeve is Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the V&A

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