San Diego Union-Tribune

How to navigate London’s vast, wondrous Victoria and Albert Museum

Even for someone who loves getting lost in museums — especially “everything museums” like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York — London’s Victoria and Albert Museum might have been my Waterloo.
The New York Times

Modernism, but Make It Cool

Britain exported the architectural style to West Africa and India, but local practitioners adapted it for a different climate and a new kind of politics. By Emily LaBarge The critic Emily LaBarge saw ...
Observer

An Empire of Splendor: What to Expect at ‘The Great Mughals’ in London

A large Mughal-era carpet faces a video of the Taj Mahal and marble maquettes for Mumtaz Mahal’s cenotaph. Peter Kelleher, © Victoria and Albert Museum When the ...
The Spokesman-Review

How to navigate London’s wondrous (and very big) V&A Museum

Even for someone who loves getting lost in museums – especially “everything museums” like the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York – London’s Victoria and Albert Museum might have been my Waterloo.
Hyperallergic

The Mughal Empire’s Paradise on Earth

Mansur and Mughal court workshops, "A zebra presented to the Mughal emperor Jahangir" (1621), opaque watercolor and gold on paper (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London; all images courtesy the ...