The V&A is the first UK institution to acquire Hawkesworth’s work.

Other acquisitions include a glazed ceramic frieze made up of 48 individual tiles, Auntie, Mum and Me talking about my Fabric Collection (2016) created by London-based artist Mawuena Kattah, a visceral terracotta vessel, Itari by British-Nigerian artist Ranti Bam and American artist Kehinde Wiley’s 2020 portrait of east Londoner, Melissa Thompson.