Arts and Crafts in the Punjab and London

THE V&A, London will be opening an exhibition on January 14 - April 2, 2017 exploring the life of John Lockwood Kipling, C.I.E, who was an English art teacher, illustrator, and museum curator who spent most of his career in British India, he was also the father of the author Rudyard Kipling.

The exhibition will focus on Kipling's biography as writer, artist, teacher and conservationist directly associated with the origin and history of the V&A and the objects in its collections. The exhibition marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of Modern India and Pakistan.

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Design on tour

THE V&A Museum of Design Dundee will begin 2015 with its first touring exhibition, visiting more than 70 locations in Scotland. 

The tour takes in rural locations such as Harris, Campbeltown, Elgin, and Galashiels alongside Edinburgh, Glasgow, and Aberdeen.

Part of the new museum’s national pre-opening programme, the Design in Motion exhibition will be housed in gallery inside a bus.

The tour will launch in Dundee on February 13 before embarking on a 17-week journey visiting 78 venues including secondary schools and art colleges, museums, community centres, and libraries, with a final stop planned at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London in June.

The exhibition will showcase seven leading designers currently working with digital technology to push the boundaries of their discipline within games, product, jewellery, fashion, textiles, and built heritage. For more see: www.vandadundee.org

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