RIBA announces curatorial split with V&A Museum after nearly 20 years

2022-06-10T09:00:00-04:00

Citing a shift in both institutions’ “strategic priorities”, RIBA has announced the conclusion of its popular 20-year exhibition partnership with London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in a joint statement.

The partnership will come to an end in 2027 after a collaboration that began officially in 2004. The V&A says it's now building a curatorial team to oversee the revamping of its extensive architecture collection and exhibition offerings. Meanwhile, RIBA's own 4 million-piece collection will be rehoused as part of the House of Architecture initiative included in the revitalization of 66 Portland Place authored by Benedetti Architects.

RIBA presided Simon Allford shared that the organization will now focus on developing "new ways to bring together and present the institute's own outstanding but currently dispersed collection to the public and to the architectural profession." RIBA has p...

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RIBA announces curatorial split with V&A Museum after nearly 20 years