March 2022 • March 2022

Pretty Useless NFTs

I organised and hosted a panel on NFTs for the V&A Friday Late in March 2022. I spoke to Alice Bucknell and members of the Keiken collective about their experiences as digital artists navigating new forms of digital distribution.

Jan 2021 • December 2019

‘Design: 1900 – Now’ Galleries

The new 20th and 21st century galleries at the V&A are due to open later this year. I have been working on this project for the last two years. I wrote a blog about deinstalling an object which you can read here.

October 2020 • May 2020

Medalling with nature

I wrote an article for ‘The Medal’ about how artists have depicted the environmental crisis in medallic art since the 1970s. It was published in the 2020 Autumn issue.

April 2020 • May 2020

Pandemic Objects

I contributed to the V&A’s ‘pandemic object’ series, looking at design amid the COVID-19 crisis. You can read my article on home-made face masks here.

© Sarah Danays

March 2020 • May 2020

Sarah Danays ‘Arms of the Martyrs’

In 2018 I gave a paper about artist Sarah Danays’ work at a conference at Durham University. I am contributing an essay to the catalogue for her upcoming exhibition at Durham University due to open in 2021.

December 2019 • May 2020

Secrets of the Museum

The BBC documentary series ‘Secrets of the Museum’ featured objects in the V&A's collection. I made a brief appearance advising on the environmental conditions for Antico’s ‘Meleager’.

September 2019 • May 2020

Jedd Novat ‘Chaos Constructions’

I curated a display of Jedd Novatt sculptures in the V&A’s Daylit galleries, as part of the London Design Festival. I also organised and chaired an ‘in conversation’ with Jedd.

July 2019 • July 2019

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (at the V&A)

The July 2019 Friday Late 'Pick of the Litter' was about pets, and I made a self-led trail exploring the weird and wonderful creatures in the V&A's collection.

© Victoria and Albert Museum, London

April 2018 • May 2020

Objects of Censorship

The theme of V&A's 2019 Performance Festival was 'Censorship', and as part of this I gave a talk on the censorship of Michelangelo's David, and the history of the fig leaf.

July 2017

Art in the Age of Biotechnologies

My MA dissertation focused on art in the age of Biotechnologies. I gave a paper based on this research at the 'Intimateriality' conference at the RCA about Patricia Piccinini's sculptures.

June 2017

Boardroom Display

Together with other Assistant Curators, I curated a display in the V&A's boardroom highlighting the breadth of the collection.