Exhibitions – Page 30 – First World War Centenary News Archive

April 7, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Canadians in the Great War’ – Remembered in France for Arras/Vimy Centenary

Latest Centenary exhibitions in the Béthune-Bruay area of Northern France focus on Canadian soldiers and Commonwealth air units based in Artois during the First World War.

May 23, 2017 CN Editorial Team

CWGC opens ‘For Then, For Now, Forever’ Centenary exhibition

An exhibition marking the Centenary of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened at Brookwood Military Cemetery, CWGC’s largest site in the UK.

July 24, 2017 CN Editorial Team

The Menin Gate at 90 – CWGC photo display in Ypres

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission has opened a photo exhibition to mark the 90th anniversary of the Menin Gate.

July 25, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Mud Soldier’ rests in Trafalgar Square for Ypres/Passchendaele Centenary

The wearied figure of a soldier, sculpted using mud from Passchendaele, has been unveiled in London as a reminder of the sacrifices made during the Third Battle of Ypres 100 years ago.

August 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North

Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.

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August 2, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Passchendaele’ artist Wyndham Lewis showcased at IWM North

Centenary News visits IWM North's exhibition highlighting the work of Wyndham Lewis – artillery officer at the Third Battle of Ypres and challenging WW1 war artist.

August 14, 2017 CN Editorial Team

New projects mark 1917 Centenary of China joining WW1

China’s entry into the Great War 100 years ago is being marked with the launch of new initiatives by the UK-based Ensuring We Remember campaign.

October 20, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Beyond the Battlefields’ – Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War

The work of a German photographer who focussed her camera on the home front is being displayed for the first time outside Germany, at twin UK exhibitions in Birmingham.

December 29, 2017 CN Editorial Team

‘Making a New World’ – 2018 Centenary events coming up at IWM

As well as displaying the Tower of London Poppies, Imperial War Museums announce they will also hold a programme of special events in 2018 to close their First World War Centenary commemorations.

December 30, 2017 CN Editorial Team

Final Tower Poppies tour venues named

Six cities are to host the Tower of London Poppies in 2018, the last year of their UK tour marking the First World War Centenary.