The Victoria and Albert Museum has announced its 2027 exhibition programme, with new shows opening across V&A South Kensington, V&A East Museum and V&A Dundee. The line-up spans 1970s and 80s music culture, contemporary ceramic sculpture, centuries of South Indian textile design, and the creative output of South Asia today.
Families planning museum visits next year can look forward to five major exhibitions, each running for several months, making them easy to fit into school holiday plans.
V&A South Kensington
Punk to Pop opens on 13 March 2027 and runs until 2 January 2028. The immersive exhibition traces music, art and fashion from 1972 to 1985, featuring around 300 objects including stage costumes, photography and music videos from artists such as the Sex Pistols, The Slits and Wham!
Sculpture in Clay follows on 29 May 2027, running until 6 February 2028. It looks at how British artists from the mid-1980s onwards have used clay in sculpture and installation art, with work from names including Antony Gormley and Edmund de Waal.
Chintz opens on 18 September 2027 and continues until 4 June 2028. The show explores 400 years of South Indian chintz fabric, drawing on both the V&A’s own collection and a major private collection.
V&A East Museum
South Asia Now: Fashion. Art. Design. opens 24 April 2027 and runs to 23 January 2028. It’s the venue’s second-ever exhibition and brings together over 200 works spanning art, fashion, architecture and design from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
V&A Dundee
Vivienne Westwood & Jewellery makes its UK debut on 27 March 2027, running until 1 January 2028. The exhibition explores how jewellery shaped the Vivienne Westwood aesthetic throughout the fashion house’s history, with a nod to the brand’s ties to Scottish textiles and culture.
