Arts & Culture – Page 27 – First World War Centenary News Archive

January 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

US WWI Museum seeks your vote on historic Great War posters

Ahead of a new war poster exhibition, the National World War I Museum, Kansas City, is holding a global ballot to find the most popular choice with the public.

January 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

War artist Wyndham Lewis to feature in IWM’s 2017 Centenary events

A major retrospective devoted to the First World War work of modernist painter Wyndham Lewis is among the special exhibitions announced for Imperial War Museums’ Centenary year.

February 3, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Away from the Western Front’ project to highlight ‘overlooked’ campaigns

A new project aims to raise awareness of the men and women from Britain and its former empire who served in the ‘often overlooked’ WW1 campaigns in Salonika, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and Africa.

February 6, 2017 CN Editorial Team

WW1 Submarine Centenary: UK memorial wins added heritage protection

Conservationists have upgraded the protected status of Britain’s national memorial to submariners to safeguard its preservation for future generations.

February 27, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Posters as Munitions, 1917’ – Centennial exhibition at US WW1 museum

A special exhibition illustrating the use of the poster as a propaganda weapon has opened at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri.

March 5, 2017 CN Editorial Team

100 Years Ago: The Imperial War Museum founded during WW1

The Imperial War Museum was founded on 5 March 1917 when the British Government approved a proposal for a national museum to record events taking place while the First World War was still being fought.

March 10, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘National Myth & the First World War in Modern Popular Music’

Cultural historian Dr Peter Grant talks about his new book charting the influence of the Great War on songwriters from the 1950s to the present day.

March 21, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘1917 – How One Year Changed the World’: US Jewish history museum exhibition

A centennial exhibition exploring the dramatic events of 1917 that reshaped America’s role in the world has opened at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia.

March 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Fields of Battle Through Canadian Eyes’ – Arras Centenary Exhibition

The French city of Arras is hosting a touring exhibition of Canadian First World War art at the Musée des beaux-arts as part of the Battle of Arras Centenary commemorations.

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Canadian War Museum commemorates Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Canadian War Museum, Ottawa, is marking the Battle of Vimy Ridge Centenary with upgrades to its existing Vimy display, and a special 100th anniversary exhibition, Vimy – Beyond the Battle.