It swings in London museums. In national museums in particular, flagships of the British crown, which multiply these days of renovation, extension, transformation projects. In the spring, the Victoria and Albert Museum (V & A) thus inaugurated the V & A East Storehouse, a building designed by New Yorkers Diller Scofidio + Renfro, to store the reserves and make it both a popular attraction. At the same time, the National Gallery reopened its west wing, the Sainsbury Wing, whose space was reconfigured by the German Annabelle Selldorf. The British Museum, on the other hand, announced a real transmutation, under the leadership of the Franco-Lebanese architect Lina Ghotmeh. Another upcoming project, the V & A East Museum, a new exhibition site located, such as the V & A East Storehouse, on the borders of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, in this eastern capital part since the 2012 Olympic Games, should open in the coming months.
Nothing concerted in this case. The movement simply reflects the dynamic character of venerable institutions which have never ceased to evolve since their creation, in the XIXe century, to adapt at the time. “Each develops a master plan which is its own, consider Paul Gray, the Operational Director of the National Gallery, and which meets specific objectives. The new buildings that the Victoria and Albert Museum has built since the opening of the Dundee antenna, in Scotland, in 2018, respond to demand, very strong today, to see the national collections benefit more equitably to the different territories. This is a question that we also ask ourselves, but we have chosen to answer them in another way, lending works to museums in province. »»
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