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Private Eye: The First 50 Years
Private Eye: The First 50 Years
Rooms 17a and 18a
Free admission
To mark the 50th anniversary of the notorious magazine Private Eye, the V&A will hold a display looking at this particularly British phenomenon. It will explore how the magazine has used graphic satire and humour to accompany serious investigative journalism. Since it was founded in 1961, Private Eye has employed generations of great British cartoonists. The display will highlight contributions by many of the talented and influential artists most closely associated with the magazine including Willie Rushton, Ralph Steadman and Gerald Scarfe. It will also feature a timeline of the famous ‘speech-bubble’ covers and an evocation of the private Eye editor’s office overflowing with papers, artwork and press clippings.
Some cartoons from the British Cartoon Archive are included in this exhibition.
See the V&A page for an interesting behind the scenes film.
BBC interview with Ian Hislop about the exhibition and cartoons
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Event details
Date
18/10/2011 - 08/01/2012
Time
10.00 to 17.45 daily 10.00 to 22.00 Fridays
Location
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
Studio Gallery
Rooms 17a and 18a
Cartoon of the day
Emmwood [John Musgrave-Wood]
Daily Mail
29th May 1975
