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14-18 NOW, the organisation set up to bring a creative response to the centenary of the First World War, has completed its final season after five years of arts events. Through a pioneering approach to commemoration, 14-18 NOW has brought...
This summer, New York based artist Tauba Auerbach will “dazzle” an iconic New York fireboat in homage to painters and dazzle technology behind the camouflaged ships that crossed the Atlantic during the First World War.
We’re delighted to announce our 2018 season of extraordinary arts events. Our final season marks the centenary of the Armistice and end of the war and features brand new artworks by some of the world’s leading contemporary artists taking place...
A new performance by acclaimed comic artist Dave McKean at Tate Britain, a live choral piece at the National Portrait Gallery, Taylor Mac’s first Northern Ireland appearance, and a BBC documentary about Jeremy Deller’s modern memorial we’re here because we’re...
A new sculpture by Rebecca Warren RA has been unveiled to coincide with the opening of a major exhibition exploring artists’ continued fascination with prosthetics, sculpture, and the extension of the human figure.
‘we’re here because we’re here’, the modern memorial created by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller in collaboration with Rufus Norris, Director of the National Theatre to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme, reached over 30 million people...
The iconic poppy sculpture 'Weeping Window' by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper opens at The Black Watch Castle and Museum tomorrow, 30 June 2016.
The Dazzle Ship Every Woman by artist Ciara Phillips is unveiled on Prince Alexander Dock, Leith to mark 100 years since the Battle of Jutland.
The iconic poppy sculpture Weeping Window opens at St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall, Orkney, marking the start of the UK’s Battle of Jutland commemorations.
Ciara Phillips joins a number of artists to undertake a dazzle ship commission. The public can use their smartphones to learn about the role of dazzle ships in WW1 and create their own dazzle designs using brand new artwork.
14-18 NOW invites expressions of interest from across the UK to host the poppy sculptures
Damon Albarn, Vivienne Westwood, Roksanda, Yinka Shonibare, Katie Mitchell, Rebecca Warren and Simon Armitage among artists creating new work in response to First World War Centenary.
A new app allows users to ‘remix’ artwork by Sir Peter Blake, the Godfather of pop art.
14-18 NOW today announce Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Woodhorn Museum in Northumberland and St George’s Hall Liverpool as the locations that will present the iconic poppy sculptures Wave and Weeping Window in 2015.
14-18 NOW INVITES EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST TO HOST THE POPPIES SCULPTURES