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BY Culture24
17.09.2015
Ai Weiwei: The activist meets the establishment at the Royal Academy
Mark Sheerin on Ai Weiwei at the Royal Academy; a show of hits, misses, struggles and persecutions Ai Weiwei in his studio in Beijing, taken in April 2015 © Photo (c) Harry Pearce/Pentagram, 2015...
BY Culture24
17.09.2015
Archaeologists discover body of man with shield and teenage girl at Roman Northamptonshire villa
Two-metre man and adolescent girl found at Whitehall Farm by archaeologists investigating Roman and Iron Age periods The boss of a shield, belonging to a Roman man found in Northamptonshire, shown...
BY Culture24
16.09.2015
Royal Palace of Madrid lends throne room Goya paintings to "outstanding" National Gallery exhibition
Formidable women from 18th century Spain to face each other in Francisco de Goya show at National Gallery Francisco de Goya, Charles IV in Hunting Dress (1799). Oil on canvas. Colecciones Reales,...
BY Culture24
15.09.2015
"Art seems to me like water": Chinese artist Sun Yi on non-existence and the judgement of time
Artist’s Statement: Chinese-born recent Slade graduate Sun Yi’s works include free newspapers, a bench, a packet of cigarettes, wire and string Sun Yi, From the One Cent Project © Sun Yi “Art, as...
BY Culture24
15.09.2015
Archaeologists to dig at Lincolnshire site which could have been part of Roman tribe's sub-capital
Old Place, near Iron Age mint where Sleaford Romans imported pottery, to be excavated by archaeologists Old Place, on Sleaford's Boston Road, lies near a medieval manor house site © Courtesy OSHG...
BY Culture24
15.09.2015
Delicate pencil drawing of high rise Singapore wins the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015
Delicate pencil view of high rise Singapore scoops the Jerwood Drawing Prize 2015 Tom Harrison, From Andrew’s Flat, Singapore © the artist A high rise view of the of the sprawling, jungle strewn...
BY Culture24
11.09.2015
From a lock of Shelley's hair to Shakespeare's First Folio: Ten treasures from the Bodleian's Marks of Genius
Marks of Genius: Masterpieces from the Collections of the Bodleian Libraries brings together works which show how ideas, people and moments of genius have left their mark on papyrus, parchment and...
BY Culture24
11.09.2015
From the head of a fly to the teeth of a snail: Ten of Robert Hooke's Micrographia Diagrams
The National Library of Wales has very kindly released images from Robert Hooke's remarkable Micrographia Diagrams (1665) via Wikimedia Commons. Here are ten of our favourites The front cover of...
BY Culture24
10.09.2015
Imperial War Museum reveals plans for major transformation of Holocaust Exhibition
A £5m donation kick starts IWM's renewal of its world renowned Holocaust Exhibition The Liberation of Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp in April 1945. Prisoners sit by the wire and eat their first...
BY Culture24
10.09.2015
Football meets archaeology: Fans and archaeologists excavate ancient Bradford Park Avenue
Yorkshire ground first used in 1880 is revisited in nostalgic style by artists, archaeologists and fans Fans of Bradford Park Avenue look at memorabliia during the first ever excavation of a...
BY Culture24
16.09.2015
The Reichstag to the US Capitol: eight of the world's most impressive governmental buildings
Taken from the new book Roads Reflections: Government, see pictures from eight of the world's greatest governmental buildings Reichstag Building, Berlin, Germany © Lexan / Shutterstock Paul Wallot...
BY EUROPEANA
08.09.2015
Jane Austen and zombies, and other literary mash-ups
Europeana talks a lot about encouraging the use of its collections by professionals in the creative industries. I’m a fiction writer. As such, I’d consider myself part of the creative industries....
BY Culture24
08.09.2015
Medieval infirmary and hidden abbey buildings show monastic hygiene practices and more, say archaeologists
Maiya Pina-Dacier on the crowdfunded dig which has unearthed the remains of a medieval infirmary in the grounds of Leiston Abbey, Suffolk An overhead drone photo of Leiston Abbey, the Suffolk site...
BY Culture24
08.09.2015
Heritage Open Days 2015: Ten of the best unusual places to visit this weekend
Heritage Open Days celebrates fantastic architecture and culture across England by offering free access to places that are normally closed to the public or charge admission prices. Demonstrating...
BY Culture24
07.09.2015
Archaeologists head to Cyprus to save rapidly eroding 1,500-year-old RAF site
Rescue excavation to be held by Leicester archaeologists at Dreamers Bay, on RAF Akrotiri The foundations of one of a number of late Roman or early Byzantine harbour buildings exposed by winter...
BY Culture24
07.09.2015
Rewrite Stonehenge history, say archaeologists discovering "super-henge" of new stones
Tantalising evidence of ancient earthworks near Stonehenge adds new chapter to history Did Durrington Walls, near Stonehenge, once look like this? © Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Archaeologists using...
BY Culture24
07.09.2015
Samuel Palmer's wit and passion revealed as museum buys dozens of influential 19th century artist's letters
Fitzwilliam Museum looks forward to 200th year in style with acquisition of velvety portrait and artist’s revealing letters © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge Samuel Palmer’s final 20 years are...
BY Culture24
08.09.2015
Sir Peter Blake has launched an art app that applies dazzle camouflage to pictures
Pop Art pioneer Sir Peter Blake launches app allowing phone and tablet users to add a bit of Razzle Dazzle to their photographs Sir Peter Blake's Dazzle It app allows you Razzle Dazzle your own...
BY EUROPEANA
04.09.2015
Caption this! Summer contest results
The summer has come to an end, so it’s time to announce the winners of our Caption this! contest. In July and August, we weekly posted unusual images on Europeana’s Facebook page and we...
BY Culture24
05.09.2015
