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By the sound of it, they seem to have carried on the “lots of empty space” theme from V&A Dundee - both are a massive contrast to the jam-packed Store and South Kensington. Thanks for the write-up and pictures, though - I’ll certainly make sure I go there soon.
Baldassaro | 24.04.26 - 7:14 a.m. | #
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Seems the money is available;in London. While museums and art galleries across the rest of England struggle to keep their doors open.
dg writes: last week the government gave £24m to 26 provincial museums.
Rod | 24.04.26 - 7:47 a.m. | #
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I was there on opening day and you're spot on that the extra breathing room was most welcomed. However, I must sadly agree; despite enjoying the exhibitions that there are, I couldn't help but think, 'is that it?'. Perhaps we've been too spoiled by the behemoths on Exhibition Road and in Central London.
tomb | 24.04.26 - 8:37 a.m. | #
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Your flickr album is great making me think you could be an architecture photographer and describes how solidly built the construction is (making me think this will stand for a few centuries).
I went yesterday after giving blood in a temporary building in the shadow of the massive student residence Stratford One. Agree, the top floor's local industry photos are worth seeing
Noel | 24.04.26 - 8:49 a.m. | #
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I still can't see the point of opening another V&A branch, half an hour on the tube away from South Kensington. It's hardly catering to a whole new audience.
Mikey C | 24.04.26 - 8:52 a.m. | #
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Nothing the V and A displays in this building now or in the future could beat the highlight of Carpenters Road in 2006. The mound of thousands of freezers and fridges, following the change in the EU regulations concerning the disposal of white goods that use fluorocarbons harmful to the ozone layer.
Fortunately the government of China was searching the world for scrap steel and metal waste to recycle for its own industries. A deal was struck that satisfied both parties.
Transformation could commence.
Kenneth Morton | 24.04.26 - 9:22 a.m. | #
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An enthusiastic write up, could another reason for there being 'plenty of space' is corporate event circulation room. I doubt anyone cares about what was there before, bit like the flat developments that keep the name whilst erasing everything else, the V&A have some nice piccies - but to be fair, you have an emotional attachment because you were there in the before times, to everyone else they are just photographs of something they don't know about. This might seem odd in something like the V&A, but compared with 'The Music is Black' which is 24CK (cultural carots), galvanizing girders and fish processing (unless they sang songs whilst doing it) has zero mass appeal, it isn't even worth a dumpster dive.
Still Anon | 24.04.26 - 9:52 a.m. | #
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I love the idea of a tetchy touchscreen ('Stop stabbing me! Don't swipe so fast!') but I suspect you may mean 'techy'.
Jonathan Wadman | 24.04.26 - 10:58 a.m. | #
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Another example is the newly opened and super-expensive, super-airport terminal-like LACMA in LA. This is a reflect of the era.
international reader | 24.04.26 - 12:38 p.m. | #
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I popped in on opening day and haven't seen enough to make a judgement. But my daughter who is in her mid twenties went and had a proper look yesterday. She is the perfect target market - very interested in music and the arts, has an art pass, lives locally and speaks the language of identity and community in the way that young people do. She found it a bit underwhelming - less to see than she had expected. But they are already advertising the sorts of events that she is likely to turn up to - this Saturday for example there are a number of avant-garde music sessions in what they are terming the event space. Maybe what they are hoping for is that youngsters (and they have a very easy target market with the fashion college next door) are going to become repeat visitors because of events that are put on there.
Joan | 24.04.26 - 2:31 p.m. | #
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> Time to set aside: at least an hour
Dissapointingly little content for the project size.
Dubidubno | 24.04.26 - 3:20 p.m. | #
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Someone mentioned Art Pass. The artfund.org card gets you 50% off V&A East exhibitions. And free/discounted entry to loads of other galleries/houses/museums nationwide. Pays for itself in not so many visits.
dg writes: my Art Pass review
Ian S | 24.04.26 - 3:42 p.m. | #
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Like another commenter, my first thought when reading your description was that this is the southern version V&A Dundee. The architecture seems to be star. Was fortunate when I visited V&A Dundee two years ago they had a wonderful Dundee tapestry exhibition because other than the many photos I took of the building architecture, inside and out, the rest of the museum content was fairly minimal.
Mary | 24.04.26 - 4:11 p.m. | #
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You could house a lot of migrants in those empty spaces. Or homeless. Maybe it's symbolic, just needs a few labels. Vacuousness as art. And commentary.
Strabismus | 24.04.26 - 7:15 p.m. | #
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Buildings get built once and must be right first time. Whereas contents can be changed easily. V&A East is certain to fill up and evolve.
That said, I did think the question 'And where are they now?' hung over the former-uses gallery on the top floor. I expect this half-hearted material will fall off the back in 6-12 months.
The terrace is stonking and worth a visit by itself.
William | 25.04.26 - 1:45 p.m. | #
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"V&A East is certain to fill up and evolve. "
Like V&A Dundee has done? (not)
Dubidubno | 26.04.26 - 9:59 p.m. | #
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