It also includes the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Galleries and the Kusuma Gallery, sponsored by the Kusuma Trust. The Bern Schwartz Family Foundation has backed phase two and a gallery in phase one is named after Bern and Ronny Schwartz. The Photography Centre at the V&A is undeniably a triumph – and it has been ‘made possible’, in the words of the museum, by private support and donations. These stories are at opposite ends of the scale, but both invite us to think about the funding of photography in UK institutions: where it comes from, who gets it, how long it lasts, and what all that means for what is seen in the UK, both today and in the future. Meanwhile the Side Gallery in Newcastle closed to the public in April, signalling the demise of a small but influential institution, set up in 1977 to document working-class lives. On 25 May the second and final phase of the V&A’s Photography Centre opens, adding four new galleries to the existing three and creating the largest space in the UK for a permanent photography collection.
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