New educational and interactive installation to discover micromosaic process for Gilbert Galleries reopening

The renovated and expanded Gilbert Galleries at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, permanent spaces dedicated to the extraordinary collection of decorative arts of the British philanthropists Rosalinde (1913–1995) and Arthur Gilbert (1913–2001), are reopening to the public. Housed at the V&A since 2008, the Collection brings together around 1,200 masterpieces from around the world, including one of the most important collections of micromosaics in the world, with 19th-century examples made in Italy by master mosaicists decorating jewellery, portraits, boxes and tables with landscapes, architectural views, animals and historical scenes of extraordinary precision. The art of micromosaic, a historic Italian excellence which has one of its most authoritative and vital centers in the world in Ravenna, finds even more space in the new expansion