V&A

For this piece I interviewed Alice Minter, Senior Curator of the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection at the V&A, about the couple behind one of the largest gifts ever made to the British public and the only private collection with its own permanent galleries at the museum. Minter led the £5m refurbishment that reopened the Gilbert Galleries in March 2026, expanding them to include a permanent room on provenance research into Nazi and Soviet looting. The interview focused on who Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert were as people, and how their identity shaped what they chose to collect. Produced in collaboration with JCM 2026 to promote their programme in events.