Pop Culture Invades Victoria & Albert Museum
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"Want a glimpse of Kylie Minogue’s minidress or Mick Jagger’s jumpsuit? How about a close-up of Pete Townshend’s smashed guitar?
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s new Theatre & Performance Galleries are the place for you. They just might not be the best place for them.
The V&A closed its much-loved Covent Garden Theatre Museum in 2007, even after a campaign by such stage names as Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench. It suffered from a lack of funding, with critics saying it was insufficiently promoted. Some of the dead museum’s collections have been unfortunately lumped together with rock-and-pop paraphernalia for its revival.
Why bring in popular culture?
“Because we cover all the live performing arts,” says Kate Dorney, the V&A’s curator of modern and contemporary performance. “For the same reason that we do circus or magic or puppetry, everything that happens live in front of an audience is within the remit.”
Rock-and-pop distractions aside, the strictly theater displays contain plenty of gems."
The Victoria & Albert Museum’s new Theatre & Performance Galleries are the place for you. They just might not be the best place for them.
The V&A closed its much-loved Covent Garden Theatre Museum in 2007, even after a campaign by such stage names as Vanessa Redgrave and Judi Dench. It suffered from a lack of funding, with critics saying it was insufficiently promoted. Some of the dead museum’s collections have been unfortunately lumped together with rock-and-pop paraphernalia for its revival.
Why bring in popular culture?
“Because we cover all the live performing arts,” says Kate Dorney, the V&A’s curator of modern and contemporary performance. “For the same reason that we do circus or magic or puppetry, everything that happens live in front of an audience is within the remit.”
Rock-and-pop distractions aside, the strictly theater displays contain plenty of gems."
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