{"id":386430,"date":"2026-04-07T14:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386430\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T14:05:10","slug":"giant-sculpture-to-greet-visitors-at-va-east-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/386430\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant sculpture to greet visitors at V&#038;A East opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When people arrive at the new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/venues\/va-east-museum\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">V&amp;A East Museum<\/a> in a few weeks time, they will be greeted by a giant.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-02.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-eio=\"p\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The giant is a work of art by London-based artist Thomas J Price and depicts a fictional young person in casual clothing, holding a mobile phone and gazing towards an unseen horizon.<\/p>\n<p>The figure has been created from a blend of source material, including images, 3D scans and observational studies. Cast in bronze, the work combines digital processes with traditional techniques, continuing Price\u2019s exploration of representation within classical sculpture.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-01.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88685\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-01-1024x569.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The V&amp;A East Museum opens on 18th April as part of the wider East Bank development in the former Olympic Park. Additional features include a ground-floor caf\u00e9, two levels of free permanent galleries and a dedicated temporary exhibition floor above. A fourth-floor roof terrace will give visitors wide views across the Olympic Park towards the London Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>Entry to V&amp;A East Museum will be free, with opening hours from 10am to 6pm daily and late nights on Thursdays and Fridays until 10pm.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ianvisits.co.uk\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-03.jpg\" class=\"lightbox\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-88687\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"\" width=\"605\" height=\"336\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/victoria-and-albert-east-museum-sculpture-03-1024x569.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When people arrive at the new V&amp;A East Museum in a few weeks time, they will be greeted&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":386431,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-386430","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-artsdesign","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-ie","15":"tag-ireland"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386430\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/386431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}