Inside The ‘Landmark’ Exhibition Showcasing The Story of Black British Music at London’s Brand-New V&A

Inside The ‘Landmark’ Exhibition Showcasing The Story of Black British Music at London’s Brand-New V&A

In the depths of lockdown, when Jacqueline Springer read the Victoria & Albert Museum’s advert for the role of Curator Africa & Diaspora: Performance, it struck her as a “chorus of realisation.” For the London-raised creative, whose illustrious career spans music journalism and broadcasting, lecturing, programming and event coordination, the role felt like a rare alignment of her academic study and curatorial practice, bringing those strands tog…

Stormzy’s Banksy-designed stab vest among display items at London exhibition

It goes on display at The Music Is Black: A British Story, the first installation at the new V&A East museumContinue reading...