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British Design 1948-2012 : Innovation in the Modern Age

31 Mar-12 Aug 2012

V&A
London SW7 2RL

Overview

This major exhibition showcases the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 'austerity' games to the summer of 2012. It is the first comprehensive show to examine the ways in which designers born, trained or working in the UK have produced innovative and internationally acclaimed works, placing Britain as a leading creative nation.

Nearby

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Gallery 1957
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Serpentine
until 1 Sep
Coral Woodbury: Revised Edition
HackelBury Fine Art
until 4 May
Burtynsky: Extraction Abstraction
Saatchi Gallery
until 6 May
Francis Picabia – Women: Works on Paper 1902-1950
Michael Werner Gallery
until 3 May
Looking In
JGM Gallery
until 25 May
Enzo Mari
Design Museum
until 8 Sep
Scene III: Chris Huen Sin-kan, Forwards & Backwards, Back & Forth
Matt Carey-Williams​​​​‌‍​‍​‍‌‍‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‌‌‍‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍‌​‌‍​‌‌‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‌​‌‍‌​‍‍‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍​‍​‍​​‍​‍‌‍‍​‌​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌‍​‍​‍​‍‍​‍​‍​‍‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‍​‍‌‍‍‌‌‍‍‌‌​‌‍‌‌‌‍‍‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‌‍‌​‌‍‍‌‌‌​​‍‌‍‌‌‍‌‍‌​‌‍‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌‍‌‌
until 25 May
Nick Waplington: Living Room
Hamiltons Gallery
until 25 May
Hovering on the Edge
Timothy Taylor
until 20 Apr
SHINE ON
Sadie Coles HQ, Davies Street
until 27 Apr
The Cluj Collective
JD Malat Gallery
until 27 Apr
Tim Berresheim & Rechonski: temporal spelunking
Belmacz
until 26 Apr
Albert Oehlen: New Paintings
Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill
until 11 May
Fathi Hassan: I can see you smiling Fatma
Richard Saltoun
until 25 May
Barbara Kruger
Sprüth Magers
until 18 May