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BY Culture24
14.03.2016
Susan Hiller to extend her 'Homage to Joseph Beuys' with new participatory art project
Susan Hiller seeks museums and galleries to help her realise a participatory art project based on Britain's Holy Wells Susan Hiller © Carla Bore Artist Susan Hiller is planning to extend her Homage...
BY Culture24
14.03.2016
A Mesolithic social territory: Archaeologists examine bloodstones in forest on north-west coast of Scotland
Charcoal-producing platforms, roundhouses, tools and evidence of hunter-gathering have been found at a site on the north-west coast of Scotland © ARO The tiny Scottish Isle of Rum could have been a...
BY Culture24
15.03.2016
Victorian Pastoral: Garden Museum acquires early Gertrude Jekyll photographs
As well as a garden designer, Gertrude Jekyll was a keen photographer with an eye for rural traditions, as these Victorian platinum prints reveal Gertrude Jekyll, Field with Haystacks and Wattle...
BY Culture24
11.03.2016
Lost medieval village could have been found off M74 near Glasgow, say archaeologists
Cadzow, the community which moved south to become Hamilton, has left its traces by a motorway near where the important Netherton Cross was found Archaeologists believe they could have found a lost...
BY Culture24
14.03.2016
Archaeological dig planned as metal detectorist discovers untouched Bronze Age burial mound
Dig Ventures is planning its next crowd-funded archaeological dig following a major Bronze Barrow discovery by an amateur archaeologist Copper-alloy socketed chisel and fragment of a copper alloy...
BY Culture24
22.03.2016
"It was an awesome moment": Artists climb 7th century cathedral to create series of artworks
A group of artists have spent more than a year enjoying unprecedented access to Ely Cathedral, built in the 7th century and once a Benedictine abbey. Caroline Forward explains how they found hidden...
BY Culture24
10.03.2016
Guns and armour discovered at Scottish battlefield where Jacobites routed government more than 300 years ago
Spoils from the first Jacobite uprising have resurfaced at one of Scotland's best-preserved battlefields during excavations by archaeologists and metal detectorists Horseshoes from Killiecrankie...
BY Culture24
10.03.2016
Historic London: 15 pictures showing how the streets of London looked over the last century
Look closely enough and you can still see historic features around the modern capital. Take a tour with Street View-style app Historic London Buckingham Palace (circa 1908). The flag flying...
BY EUROPEANA
09.03.2016
Pan: a wayward god in animal form
Meet Pan – god of the forest and fields and patron of shepherds. If you’re startled by his ugly fur-coated appearance, with horns sprouting from his head and goat-like legs, you’re...
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20.06.2018
Flowers in art
Flowers have long been one of favorite subjects for paintings. Today we’re highlighting some of our favorite artists who captured their beauty on canvas. Enjoy! Sunflowers, irises, roses, almond...
BY Culture24
09.03.2016
RAF Museum invites you to take a closer look as they dismantle their Battle of Britain aircraft
The RAF Museum is taking its historic Battle of Britain aircraft apart - and you are invited to film, photograph and take a closer look Inside the Spitfire at the RAF Museum London © Courtesy RAF...
BY Culture24
09.03.2016
International Women’s Day 2016: 19 must-see exhibitions by women artists
For international Women's Day, we give you 19 of the best exhibitions by Women artists in UK galleries in 2016 Mona Hatoum at Tate Modern, London, May 4 – August 21 Mona Hatoum Performance Still...
BY Culture24
04.03.2016
Archaeologists to excavate Lindisfarne in search of the elusive original monastery
The mysterious original medieval monastery at Lindisfarne - founded by King Oswald in 635 and destroyed by the Vikings in 793 - could be about to give up its secrets The Cross of St Cuthbert's...
BY Culture24
02.03.2016
Inside the home of an art-aholic: The Hepworth Wakefield's massive bequest from a private collector
The Hepworth Wakefield is to reveal its recent bequest of artworks amassed by a private collector in London with a summer exhibition Tim Sayer in the art filled corridor of his London home © Rosie...
BY Culture24
02.03.2016
Victorian Abstract: Georgiana Houghton's Spirit Drawings to go on show at The Courtauld
The Courtauld prepares to show how Victorian medium Georgiana Houghton pre-empted Abstract Art with her Spirit Drawings Georgiana Houghton, The Eye of God, c.1862 © Victorian Spiritualists' Union...
BY EUROPEANA
01.03.2016
How are vinyl records made?
In the French cult film “ Amélie ” the young heroine imagines how a record is created: like making a crepe, you pour a liquid substance onto a hot, circular surface and smooth out the...
BY Culture24
02.03.2016
Archaeologists discover previously unknown Anglo-Saxon industrial island in Lincolnshire
Middle Saxon writing tools and a woman's name carved into a tablet have been found at a previously unknown industrial island This sceat was discovered on an Anglo-Saxon island in Lincolnshire ©...
BY Culture24
03.03.2016
Killer fashion: Lethal dress laced with arsenic to be unveiled at York Castle Museum
Curators in York don protective gloves to handle a Victorian dress laced with arsenic Ali Bodley with the lethal Victorian gown © York Museums Trust A lethal dress ‘laced’ with arsenic is about to...
BY Culture24
13.03.2016
Giant headless statue of King James and stones from a 12th century monastery: Rievaulx Abbey's stores set for May opening
Rievaulx Abbey's stores are the place for 12th century stones and a giant statue of King James, beheaded during the Dissolution of the Monasteries Rachael Bowers, Collections Documentation Assistant...
BY EUROPEANA
29.02.2016
