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Cover: Sonia Eyes, by Robyn Beeche, 1983. Model Sonia Year, Zephir hat by Stephen Jones and make-up by Phyllis Cohen. V&A: E.468-1993 © Robyn Beeche Foundation

Contents Distribution and Contacts

Exhibition Programmes

Punk to Pop, 1972–85

South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design.

Objects and Empire: Museums and the Politics of Ownership

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer

Chintz

V&A Pattern: Chintz

V&A Sticker Anthology

Published in 2026

V&A Backlist

Postcard Sets

Ebooks

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V&A Exhibition Programmes V&A SOUTH KENSINGTON

V&A TOURING EXHIBITIONS

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art 28 March – 15 November 2026

DIVA Denver Art Museum October 2026 – January 2027

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires 7 November 2026 – 9 May 2027 Punk to Pop 13 March 2027 – 2 January 2028 Chintz 18 September 2027 – 4 June 2028

V&A EAST MUSEUM

The Music is Black: A British Story 18 April 2026 – 10 January 2027

National Art Centre, Tokyo – Sony March – July 2027 David Bowie on Tour Showtown, Blackpool June – September 2027 The Bowes Museum October 2027 – January 2028 The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Frist Art Museum, Nashville February – May 2027

South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design. 24 April 2027 – 6 February 2028

V&A DUNDEE

David Bowie on Tour November 2026 – February 2027

Programmes are subject to change

Punk to Pop: 1972–85 Edited by Kate Bailey NEW: March 2027 £40 HB ISBN 9781838510701 300 × 230 mm, 272 pp 250 illustrations Thema: AVM / AVLP Category: Music Published to accompany the V&A South Kensington exhibition, 13 March 2027 – 2 January 2028

Punk to Pop examines how the creative dynamism of 1970s music scenes moved from margins to mainstream. Taking Glam pioneers as its starting point, it explores how the DIY spirit of punk and 2 Tone, the propulsive beats of disco, the obsessive fandom of northern soul, the bleak atmospherics of Goth and the flamboyance of the New Romantics fed a burgeoning artistic ecosystem. Transformed through cutting-edge graphic design, innovative music videos, trailblazing boutiques, style-focused magazines and profound shifts in technologies and politics, this period of intense exchange between radical underground and global pop had a profound impact on culture today. The book’s contributors include punkpop icon Debbie Harry, celebrated music chronicler Paul Morley, design gurus Peter Saville and Malcolm Garrett and bestselling writer Alwyn Turner. Kate Bailey is Senior Curator, Theatre & Performance, V&A

Also available: BESTSELLER

Glam Rock Alwyn W. Turner £25.00 HB 9781851777648

David Bowie is Broackes & Marsh, eds £32.00 PB 9781838510589

South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design. Edited by Meneesha Kellay NEW: April 2027 £25 PB ISBN 9781838510718 300 × 230 mm, 176 pp 150 illustrations Thema: AKB Category: Design Published to accompany the V&A East Museum exhibition, 24 April 2027 – 6 February 2028

South Asia has always been a region steeped in global networks and connections, from its embroilment and subjugation under colonialism and colonial trade, to its modern diasporic communities and business relations. Commonalities in material culture, design and creative process can be seen across South Asia, despite the region being divided by geographic and political borders. This lavishly illustrated survey of contemporary South Asian design celebrates the most exciting and ground-breaking practice coming out of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka today. It presents projects across art, design, architecture and fashion – showcasing creatives who are responding to the richness, complexity and contradictions of their local conditions in surprising and innovative ways. Meneesha Kellay is Lead Curator, South Asia Design, V&A

Objects and Empire: Museums and the Politics of Ownership Tristram Hunt NEW: FEBRUARY 2027 £25 HB ISBN 9781838510732 229 × 152 mm, 272 pp 100 illustrations Thema: ABC / GLZ Category: Museology

The V&A holds 2.8 million objects, a tiny proportion of which entered its collection as the result of imperial loot, military booty, or colonial extraction. What is the ethical duty of a museum to such objects? In Objects and Empire Tristram Hunt, Director of the V&A, explores, from an inside perspective, a topic of complex public debate – drawing on live examples, global controversies and pioneering models of international partnership. As public opinion and diplomatic pressure demand that museums show more responsiveness to the historic legality of their collections, this set of essays reveals the practical challenges involved. Each is a case study in balancing the competing dynamics of object care, media commentary, ethical accountability and legal necessity. Tristram Hunt is Director, V&A

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Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design Tristram Hunt, ed. £30 HB 9781851779727

Urushi Now: Contemporary Japanese Lacquer Masami Yamada NEW: April 2027 £30 HB ISBN 9781838510725 270 × 217 mm, 160 pp 120 illustrations Thema: AFT Category: Decorative arts Published to accompany the display at V&A South Kensington

Urushi (lacquer) has been used in Japan for over 7,000 years. Tracing the evolution of this ancient material into a dynamic medium for contemporary artistic expression, this book showcases the work of 39 living lacquer artists who combine virtuosity with individual approaches to the material. From highly ornate containers to life-size sculpture, these artists demonstrate how centuries-old techniques continue to inspire new forms, surfaces and ideas in the twenty-first century. Featuring exceptional works from the V&A’s collection, the book offers a rare introduction to a field that remains little known internationally. Combining stunning photography with insightful essays, it reveals the creativity, versatility and cultural significance of lacquer today. Masami Yamada is Curator, Japan, V&A

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Japanese Art and Design Greg Irvine, ed. £30.00 HB 9781851778553

Japanese Netsuke Julia Hutt, foreword by Edmund de Waal £20.00 PB 9781851779222

Chintz Edited by Avalon Fotheringham NEW: September 2027 £40 HB ISBN 9781838510749 287 × 247 mm, 224 pp 200 illustrations Thema: AFW / AKT Category: Textile arts Published to accompany the V&A South Kensington exhibition, 18 September 2027 – 4 June 2028

Over the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, a craze for chintz drew merchants from around the world to southern India, establishing the region as a nexus of international artistic and design exchange. Characterized by its vivid colours, expressive drawing, and creative approach to the depiction of life and landscape, chintz’s global circulation drove transformative shifts in fashion, art and design. This beautifully illustrated book explores chintz through a radical new lens, positioning its South Indian makers at the centre of the story and recognizing them as among the most influential artists in history – a legacy that continues into the present day. Avalon Fotheringham is Curator, South Asia, V&A

V&A PATTERN

CHINTZ PATTERNS

V&A Pattern: Chintz Avalon Fotheringham NEW: September 2027 £8.99 HB ISBN 9781838510763 178 × 129 mm, 80 pp 70 illustrations Thema: AFW / AKT Category: Textile arts Published to accompany the V&A South Kensington exhibition, 18 September 2027 – 4 June 2028

The visually rich, pocket-sized books in the V&A Pattern series celebrate the best of pattern in the V&A collection, highlighting interesting and imaginative works that are all too rarely seen. The latest title in this series celebrates the many beautiful iterations of chintz. A short introductory text is followed by eighty colour plates that capture the journey chintz has made through time, evolving techniques and geography. Originating in southern India in the fifteenth century, chintz became a global phenomenon in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that manifested in European clothing and interiors. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries its enduring appeal was exploited by well-known designers such as William Morris and Walter Crane. Avalon Fotheringham is Curator, South Asia, V&A Also available:

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5 James Leman, design for a silk Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour on paper. UK, 1710 (V&A: E.1861:84–1991)

6 James Leman, design for a silk Pencil, pen and ink, and watercolour on paper. UK, 1710 (V&A: E.1861:72–1991)

V&A Pattern: William Morris Linda Parry £8.99 HB 9781838510152

V&A Pattern: Indian Florals Rosemary Crill £8.99 HB 9781838510169

V&A Pattern: Kimono Anna Jackson £8.99 HB 9781838510176

V&A Pattern: Spitalfields Silks Moira Thunder £8.99 HB 9781838510183

The V&A Sticker Anthology NEW: September 2027 £19.99* HB ISBN 9781838510756 225 × 175 mm, 224 pp 500 illustrations, including over 400 stickers Thema: WFX Category: Adult interactive books

A treasure trove of images from the V&A’s world-famous collection … in sticker form! Over 500 pictures, including more than 400 stickers, capture masterpieces and curiosities – the iconic, the beautiful, the macabre, the sublime, the ridiculous, the esoteric. Meander through mermaids and angels, birds and bees, skeletons and skulls, kissing couples and rose gardens, dresses and kimono, shoes and hats, fish and fowl, cabbages and kings, tigers and tiaras, watchful eyes and sleeping dogs, teapots and vases, cats and mice, and so much more. An irresistible treat for makers, creatives, scrapbookers and junk journallers of all ages.

Published in 2026

Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art Edited by Sonnet Stanfill and Lydia Caston

The Music is Black: A British Story Edited by Jacqueline Springer Foreword by Dame Shirley Bassey

£40 HB ISBN: 9781838510619

£25 HB ISBN: 9781838510527

‘I merely know Schiap by hearsay. I have only seen her in a mirror. She is, for me a kind of fifth dimension.’

Elsa Schiaparelli is one of the most celebrated fashion designers of the twentieth century. Recognized for her unique vision, which combined a love of art and mysticism with ingenious design talent and wit, her collaborations with Surrealist artists, celebrity clientele, and innovative – yet wearable – designs set ‘Schiap’ apart.

Elsa Schiaparelli

Salvador Dalí

The autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli

No one knows how to say Schiaparelli, but everyone knows what it means.

The autobiography of

UK £20 US £38 Can $38 ISBN 978-1-83851-062-6

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Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires Edited by Tim Stanley, Anthony Eastmond and Bella Radenovic £40 HB ISBN: 9781838510633

Shocking Life Elsa Schiaparelli £20 HB ISBN: 9781838510626

With a cast of characters including Coco Chanel, Salvador Dalí, Daisy Fellowes and Eva Perón, Shocking Life is a fascinating account of Schiaparelli’s life and career – in her own, inimitable voice. This edition of the book, illustrated with a selection of the designer’s most iconic designs, takes us from her childhood in Rome, through the establishment of her couture house during the 1920s, on to her dominance of 1930s fashion.

Published in 2026

Art, Craft and Identities mo sa ic s between t h e wa r s : i ta l i a n fa s ci s m , na z i s m , s ta l i n i s m

The Making of V&A East Edited by Tim Reeve, with Gus Casely-Hayford and Brendan Cormier

Mosaics and Micromosaics: Art, Craft and Identities Edited by Alice Minter and Simona Valeriani

£30 HB ISBN: 9781838510480

£35 HB ISBN: 9781838510459

Making Korea: 50 Design Stories Edited by Rosalie Kim

Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts Xiaoxin Li

£30 HB ISBN: 9781838510657

£30 HB ISBN: 9781838510640

V&A Backlist Art and Design

Fashion

Fashion Autobiographies and Style Guides

Pattern / Textiles

Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass

Photography / Theatre and Performance

Children’s Books

Postcard Sets

Ebooks

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Art and Design

Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature Annemarie Bilclough, ed. £30.00 HB 9781838510138

Cars: Accelerating the Modern World Cormier & Bisley, eds £30.00 FLEXIBOUND 9781851779673

Constantinople to Istanbul: One City, Two Empires Stanley, Eastmond & Radenovic. eds £40.00 HB 9781838510633

Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts Xiaoxin Li, ed. £30.00 HB 9781838510640

Design and Disability Kane, with Liebeskind £25 PB 9781838510572 £20 EB 9781838510688

Dolls’ Houses Halina Pasierbska £20.00 HB 9781838510404

Fashion and the Floating World: Japanese ukiyo-e Prints Anna Jackson & Masami Yamada £35.00 HB 9781838510503

Food: Bigger than the Plate Flood & Rosenthal Sloan, eds £25.00 PB 9781851779765

BESTSELLER Eclectic Gill Saunders £30.00 HB 9781851778881

Epic Iran: 5000 Years of Culture Curtis, Sarikhani Sandmann & Stanley £45.00 HB 9781851779291

Art and Design

BESTSELLER The Great Mughals: Art, Architecture and Opulence Susan Stronge £40.00 HB 9781838510367

A History of British Magazine Design Anthony Quinn £30.00 HB 9781851777860

Lives of the Objects: Collecting Design Tristram Hunt, ed. £30 HB 9781851779727

The Making of V&A East Reeve, Casely-Hayford & Cormier, eds £30 HB 9781838510480

In Black and White Saunders & Whitley £19.99 PB 9781851777549

Japanese Art and Design Greg Irvine, ed. £30.00 HB 9781851778553

Art, Craft and Identities mo sa ics be tw e e n th e wa rs: i ta l i a n fa sci sm , na zi sm , s tali ni s m

Mosaics and Micromosaics: Art, Craft and Identities Minter & Valeriani, eds £35.00 HB 9781838510459

Ocean Liners: Glamour, Speed and Style Finamore & Wood, eds £40.00 HB 9781851779062

Making Korea: 50 Design Stories Rosalie Kim, ed. £30.00 HB 9781838510657

The Raphael Cartoons Ana Debenedetti, ed. £12.00 PB 9781838510091

Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence Christopher Turner £30.00 PB 9781838510558

Western Illuminated Manuscripts Rowan Watson £250.00 3 VOLS. SLIPCASE 9781851776498 ACADEMIC DISCOUNT

Word & Image Bryant, James & Watson £25.00 HB 9781851778089

Fashion

BESTSELLER Africa Fashion Christine Checinska, ed. £30.00 HB 9781838510275

Alexander McQueen Claire Wilcox, ed. £50.00 HB 9781851778270

C H AN E L — C O U T U R E A N D I N D U ST RY

A M Y D E L A H AY E

Chanel: Couture and Industry Amy de la Haye £30.00 HB 9781838510381

BESTSELLER Gabrielle Chanel Cullen & Burks, eds £40.00 HB 9781838510398

Balenciaga Lesley Ellis Miller £30.00 HB 9781851779031

Dior: A New Look: A New Enterprise (1947–57) Palmer £30.00 HB 9781851779857

BESTSELLER Christian Dior Cullen & Burks £40.00 HB 9781851779901

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear McKever & Wilcox with Franceschini, eds £40.00 HB 9781838510114

BESTSELLER Francis Marshall: Drawing Fashion Oriole Cullen £20.00 PB 9781851779505

Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up Wilcox & Henestrosa, eds £35.00 HB 9781851779604

Fashion

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BESTSELLER Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk Anna Jackson, ed. £40.00 HB 9781851779925

Mary Quant Jenny Lister, ed. £30.00 HB 9781851779956

BESTSELLER London Couture 1923–1975: British Luxury de la Haye & Ehrman, eds £50.00 HB 9781851778508

Marie Antoinette Style Grant, ed. Forewords by Antonia Fraser, Sofia Coppola and Manolo Blahnik £40 HB 9781838510541

Naomi: In Fashion Stanfill & Murray, eds £35.00 HB 9781838510473

Seventeenth-Century Women’s Dress Patterns: Book One North & Tiramani, eds £35.00 HB 9781851776313

Seventeenth-Century Women’s Dress Patterns: Book Two North & Tiramani, eds £35.00 HB 9781851776856

Underwear: Fashion in Detail Eleri Lynn £25.00 PB 9781851777846

V&A Gallery of Fashion Wilcox & Lister, eds £15.99 PB 9781851778935

BESTSELLER Schiaparelli: Fashion Becomes Art Stanfill & Caston, eds £40.00 HB 9781838510619

Autobiographies & Fashion Style Guides

BESTSELLER Dior by Dior: The Autobiography of Christian Dior Translated by Antonia Fraser £20 HB 9781838510497

Dior by Dior Christian Dior £9.99 PB 9781851779789

From A to Biba Barbara Hulanicki £9.99 PB 9781851779635

Silver and Gold Norman Hartnell £9.99 PB 9781851779666

Quant by Quant Mary Quant £9.99 PB 9781851779581

The autobiography of Elsa Schiaparelli

The autobiography of

BESTSELLER Shocking Life Elsa Schiaparelli £20 HB 9781838510626

BESTSELLER A to Z of Wedding Style Kate Bethune £9.99 HB 9781851777822

The Little Dictionary of Fashion Christian Dior £12.00 HB 9781851775552 £6.99* EB 9781851777419

Shocking Life Elsa Schiaperelli £9.99 PB 9781851779598

Pattern & Textiles

V&A Pattern: Indian Florals Rosemary Crill £8.99 HB 9781838510169

V&A Pattern: Kimono Anna Jackson £8.99 HB 9781838510176

BESTSELLER V&A Pattern: William Morris Linda Parry £8.99 HB 9781838510152

V&A Pattern: Spitalfields Silks Moira Thunder £8.99 HB 9781838510183

Alastair Morton and Edinburgh Weavers Lesley Jackson £45.00 HB 9781851776603

William Morris Textiles Linda Parry £35.00 HB 9781851777327

Sculpture, Metalwork, Ceramics and Glass

The Art of Stone: Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection Minter with Morris & Mills £10.00 HB 9781838510411

The Culture of Bronze Peta Motture £35.00 HB 9781851779659

Arguably the greatest sculptor of all time, Donatello (c.1386–1466) was at the vanguard of a revolution in sculptural practice in the early Renaissance. Combining ideas from classical and medieval sculpture to create innovative sculptural forms, Donatello had an unparalleled ability to portray emotions in works intended to inspire spiritual devotion. Working in marble, bronze, wood, terracotta and stucco, he contributed to major commissions of church and state; was an intimate of the Medici family and their circle in Florence, and highly sought after in other Italian cities. This book explores Donatello’s extraordinary creativity within the vibrant artistic and cultural context of fifteenth-century Italy, surveying his early connection with goldsmiths’ work and the collaborative nature of his workshop and processes. It also reflects on Donatello’s legacy, reviewing how his sculpture inspired subsequent generations in the later Renaissance and beyond.

Sculpting the renaissance

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Peta Motture

£xx ISBN 978-1-83851-034-3

BESTSELLER Creating Sculpture: Renaissance Drawings and Models Cole, Debenedetti & Motture with d’Alburquerque £35.00 HB 9781851779987 ACADEMIC DISCOUNT

Peta Motture

Cartier Molesworth & Garrahan, eds £40 HB 9781838510534

Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance Peta Motture, ed £45.00 HB 9781838510343

Garnitures Patricia F. Ferguson £10.00 HB 9781851779000

BESTSELLER Fabergé: Romance to Revolution McCarthy & Faurby, eds £40.00 HB 9781838510145

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Japanese Netsuke Julia Hutt, foreword by Edmund de Waal £20.00 PB 9781851779222

Grinling Gibbons & the Art of Carving David Esterly £35.00 HB 9781838510299

Photography / Theatre and Performance

Tim Walker: Wonderful Things Walker & Brown, eds £30.00 HB 9781851779710

Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime Martin Barnes, ed £30.00 HB 9781838510206

Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection Caston, Forbes & Harbin, eds £40.00 HB 9781838510466

BESTSELLER Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser Bailey & Sladen, eds Kristjana S. Williams illus. £35.00 HB 9781838510046

David Bowie is Broackes & Marsh, eds £40.00 HB 9781851777372

BESTSELLER Glam Rock Alwyn W. Turner £25.00 HB 9781851777648

David Bowie is Broackes & Marsh, eds £32.00 PB 9781838510589

The Music is Black: A British Story Jacqueline Springer, ed. Foreword by Dame Shirley Bassey £25.00 HB 9781851777648

Children’s Books

Clara Button and the Magical Hat Day De la Haye & Sutton £7.99 PB 9781851777129

Postcard Sets

Japanese Woodblock Prints 100 Postcards £16.99* 9781851778799

V&A Pattern 100 Postcards £16.99* 9781851778157

BESTSELLER William Morris 100 Postcards £16.99* 9781851778492

Cats 50 Postcards £14.99* 9781838510596

Ebooks

ABC of Men’s Fashion Hardy Amies £6.99* EB 9781851779529

Always in Vogue E.W. Chase and I. Chase £6.99* EB 9781851779697

Can I Help You Madam? Ethyle Campbell £6.99* EB 9781851779352

Dior by Dior Christian Dior £6.99* EB 9781851776719

From A to Biba Barbara Hulanicki £6.99* EB 9781851776696

Heads and Tales Aage Thaarup £6.99* EB 9781851779178

Hints on Hats Henry Melton £6.99* EB 9781851779475

In My Fashion Bettina Ballard £6.99* EB 9781851779215

It Isn’t All Mink Ginette Spanier £6.99* EB 9781851779208

Janey Janey Ironside £6.99* EB 9781851779574

Ebooks

King of Fashion Paul Poiret £6.99* EB 9781851776726

Model Girl Jean Dawnay £6.99* EB 9781851779185

Modes and Mannequins Max Boy (anon) £6.99* EB 9781851779543

My Years and Seasons Pierre Balmain £6.99* EB 9781838510329

Quant by Quant Mary Quant £6.99* EB 9781851776689

Shocking Life Elsa Schiaparelli £6.99* EB 9781851776702

Silver and Gold Norman Hartnell £6.99* EB 9781851779819

The Truth About Modelling Jean Shrimpton £6.99* EB 9781851779864

With Tongue in Chic Ernestine Carter £6.99* EB 9781838510060

The World of Carmel Snow Snow with Aswell £6.99* EB 9781851779314

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