The V&A South Kensington has unveiled its annual Christmas set up, with this yr’s fee crafted by artist and designer Anna Lomax.
Entitled All Lit Up!, the set up stays true to the “playful, celebratory spirit of Christmas” through the use of LED lights as a central medium to reimagine the standard Christmas tree as a tall, twisting column.
The construction acts as a daring and playful intervention, contrasting but harmonious with the museum’s personal iconic entryway columns.
Lomax attracts parallels between the power and help exemplified each by timber within the pure world and columns in human-made buildings, honouring their connotations of “life, progress, and resilience”. Unifying the magnificence of a tree with the power of a column, All Lit Up! seeks to evoke the sentiments of pleasure and child-like surprise usually related to that of a conventional ornamented Christmas tree.
“It’s an honour to be invited to design the 2025 V&A Christmas Tree including to the road of wonderful designers which have had the chance earlier than me,” Anna Lomax mentioned. “My design for the 2025 V&A Christmas Tree makes use of the long-lasting V&A dome columns as a place to begin however giving them an precise playful twist, embodying the ‘Christmas Spirit’ although a spectacle of sunshine.”
With Meneesha Kellay, V&A Senior Curator, Up to date including: “Lighting up and lifting spirits this festive season, we’re thrilled to fee Anna Lomax for this yr’s V&A Christmas tree set up. Delighting guests together with her playful site-specific response, Anna has taken inspiration from the long-lasting columns in our Grand Entrance in addition to Prince Albert, Victoria’s beloved husband, who popularised the thought of the standard Christmas tree on this nation.”
