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BY Culture24
27.01.2016
Tattoo London: The Museum of London is about to go inside the studios of four of the city's best tattoo artists
Original art, new works made by tattooists for the exhibition and photography and film aim to show life as a London tattoo artist in the new Museum of London show Lal Hardy at London's legendary New...
BY Culture24
11.02.2016
Alison Britton: Content and Form traces 40 years of maverick ceramics at the V&A
The V&A celebrates the pots of Alison Britton, a pivotal figure who helped redefine the course of craft practice in the late 20th century Alison Britton, Flat backed jug with Stork (1978) ©...
BY Culture24
18.02.2016
Queen's House: Behind the scenes as England's first classical building gets ready to reopen
Orazio Gentileschi’s Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife, originally commissioned by Charles I almost 400 years ago, and ceiling designs by 2009 Turner Prize winner Richard Wright will be among the...
BY Culture24
25.01.2016
Burns Night: Robert Burns' desperate letter to his lover featuring the song Ae Fond Kiss
This is the final letter that Robert Burns wrote to Nancy McLehose, with whom he had a brief affair, containing the famous song, Ae Fond Kiss © NLS The poet penned it on December 27 1791, when...
BY Culture24
25.01.2016
Artist's Statement: Becky Dodman on psychedelic contemporary knitting and the 90s dance and rave scene
Becky Dodman’s year-long project, Metamorphosis, explores experimental themes of transformation and culture through psychedelic contemporary knitwear © Dom Moore “The original concept came about...
Technical Museum Nikola Tesla
22.01.2016
Noć muzeja 2016.
Bogat i zanimljiv program u kulturnim i gospodarskim ustanovama Hrvatske Noć muzeja 2016. održat će se 29. siječnja 2016. od 18:00 sati do 01:00 sat iza ponoći. Jedanaestu Noć muzeja o bilježit će...
BY Culture24
23.01.2016
Winston Churchill, Barbara Hepworth, a boar, a donkey and a gorilla: 16 UK public art sculptures
As Historic England announces listed status for dozens of post-war sculptures, here are 16 of them to look out for Winston Churchill Statue (1958-59), Junction of Woodford Green High Road and...
BY Culture24
26.01.2016
The Astronomer and the Witch: Paranoia, fear, imprisonment and a 17th century European witch trial
One of the greatest scientists in history, Johannes Kepler, saved his mother from being burned as a witch almost 400 years ago. Ulinka Rublack, author of The Astronomer and the Witch, explains the...
BY Culture24
21.01.2016
A Dragon Robber with a missing foot: Brothers discover UK's oldest Jurassic dinosaur on Welsh beach
Two brothers have found 40 percent of the skeleton of the rare and exciting 200 million-year-old “dragon robber” dinosaur on a beach in the Vale of Glamorgan The leg of the Dracoraptor was found in...
BY Culture24
21.01.2016
Hunter-gatherers engaged in violence "very similar to war", say Cambridge archaeologists examining brutal prehistoric massacre
A set of massacred skeletons in a lake in Kenya show that human nature is all about resources, archaeologists say The skeleton of a man found lying prone in the sediments of a lagoon in Nataruk,...
BY Culture24
22.01.2016
Ditchling Museum launches "slightly bonkers" plan to make massive prints with vintage steamroller
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft wants to take a steam roller on the road to create a "theatre of printing" The first print of Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft's Big Steam Print How do you celebrate...
BY EUROPEANA
20.01.2016
Europeana Collections brings you closer to culture
If this isn’t your first visit to Europeana, you’ll notice that things look a little different around here. We’ve made some changes to the site so you can get up, close and personal with the vast...
BY Culture24
20.01.2016
How did we get here? Punk.London: 40 Years of Subversive Culture reignited at The 100 Club
A year-long celebration of Punk Music in London has launched with a celebration at the 100 Club A grooup of punk girls pose by the river, London (1980) © Chris Parker / PYMCA If, in 1976, you had...
BY Culture24
20.01.2016
Object of the Week: A bust based on a cast of Isaac Newton's face made at his death
Object of the Week: This week we bring you a terracotta take on Isaac Newton's death mask, held at the National Maritime Museum © National Maritime Museum, Royal Greenwich Observatory Collection...
BY Culture24
20.01.2016
War, peace, fines and summits: Six images from the movement to achieve equality for women
A new exhibition considers the effects of war on women and their responses during several wars in the first half of the 20th century, as well as their attempts to promote peace and prevent future...
BY Culture24
20.01.2016
Crystal Palace's dinosaur conservation work restores Iggy the Iguanodon to his former glory
Conservation work to repair the historical Crystal Palace dinosaurs has reconditioned one of the park's most famous extinct residents The restored Iguanodon © Lynn Hilton In 1853, a group of eminent...
BY EUROPEANA
18.01.2016
Tea Reading
Guest post by Joseph Garvin from The European Library Tea is what keeps many of us going on these cold chilly winter days, when it’s raining, windy, or snowing. Have you ever wanted to know more...
BY Culture24
18.01.2016
Artist's Statement: Dr Emma Neuberg, the founder of Slow Textiles, on pushing the boundaries of textiles
Artist’s Statement: Emma Neuberg is a Doctor of Printed Textiles and the founder of Slow Textiles, a solidarity group of thousands of textile artists Emma Neuberg at the launch of her exhibition in...
BY Culture24
15.01.2016
Potters Choice: 13 beautiful ceramics chosen by The Leach Pottery
The Leach Pottery begin their 2016 schedule with an exhibition of contemporary pots selected by John Bedding, Joint Acting Director of the Pottery A well-known collector and authority on...
BY Culture24
19.01.2016
