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‘She could have lived in these galleries to create the music’: Taylor Swift in among the V&A permanent collection
A trail set throughout the museum displays pieces from Swift’s archive including a serpent mic, a drag beard, instruments, outfits and cowboy boots
The Kensington Valhalla, the Raphael Cartoons, Paul Delaroche’s St Cecilia and the Angels, the pre-Raphaelites, Foggini’s Samson and the Philistines: these are just some of the items in conversation with costumes and artefacts from Taylor Swift’s archive at a new V&A Museum exhibition. Rather than contain them in a single exhibition, the pieces – from tour attire to instantly recognisable outfits from Swift’s album art and videos and even a fake beard – are spread across the entire footprint of the museum, engaging with the permanent collections. Next door, the dress from the Willow music video – from Folklore’s 2020 sister album, Evermore – contrasted with Francis Danby’s Disappointed Love and other “Victorian genre paintings telling stories through art”, said Bailey.
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