During Asian Art in London 2025, The Victoria & Albert Museum will be displaying ‘Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts’.

In the 1980s, Chinese artists began to reimagine craft as a medium for artistic expression. This display explores the dimensions of studio craft practice in China today, and the innovations which have grown from China’s longstanding craft tradition

‘Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts’ is the fruit of a four-year research and acquisition project generously funded by the Art Fund and numerous individual supporters. Building upon three generations of curatorial effort, the display brings together an array of ceramics, glass, lacquer, metalwork and textile objects from over 70 artists. It demonstrates the development of studio craft in China since the 1980s, revealing the many dimensions of artistic practice and how these ideas refer to China’s longstanding craft tradition.

Supported by KennedyTing and Tiān Foundation.