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National Portrait Gallery – BP Portrait Award 2016
Selected from 2,557 entries by artists from 80 countries around the world, the BP Portrait Award 2016 represents the very […]
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Record Visitor Figures for New Tate Modern Switch House
The new Tate Modern opened to the public on Friday 17 June 2016 with a record number of people (143,000) […]
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Top 10 Facts About The Tower Of London
The Tower of London located on the north bank of the River Thames in central London is a top 10 London tourist attraction. Visitors are mainly drawn to the Tower of London to see the spectacular display of The Crown Jewels, part of the Royal Collection and still regularly used by Her Majesty The Queen.
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4 Reasons to Attend London’s Embankment Summer Market
Successfully launched in 2015, the Embankment Summer Market, part of the Northbank Summer Festival programme of events makes a return […]
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MG – The Poor Man’s Porsche
The Piccadilly area of London can be become pretty congested between the Royal Academy of Arts and the Shaftesbury Memorial […]
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David Hockney Exhibition at Royal Academy of Arts
David Hockney returns to the Royal Academy of Arts in London with a remarkable new body of work. Embracing portraiture […]
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Elytra Filament Pavilion at Victoria & Albert Museum
A robot has taken up residence at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. The robot – which resembles something […]
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Butterfly Dome at 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show
One of the highlights from the 2016 RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower is sure to be the enormous (283 metres) […]
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9 Facts About The Queen’s House In Greenwich Celebrating 400th Anniversary
At the end of February, Turner Prize winner Richard Wright started on a new artwork for the Queen’s House, part of the Royal Museums Greenwich. This is the first time an artist has worked on the ceiling of the Great Hall since Orazio Gentileschi created a series of nine paintings in 1639. Richard’s complex installation, inspired by the Tulip Stairs, will be on view when the Queen’s House re-opens after restoration on 4 July 2016 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of its commissioning and design.
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Black Chronicles Exhibition at National Portrait Gallery
The National Portrait Gallery in London has launched a new exhibition titled Black Chronicles Photographic Portraits 1862 – 1948 which […]
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British Painter Joseph Mallord William Turner On New £20 Notes
British painter Joseph Mallord William Turner (JMW Turner) has been unveiled as the face of the new £20 note as […]
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Colour & Vision – Through The Eyes Of Nature Exhibition at Natural History Museum
Warning, disguise, attraction or distraction – colour can be the difference between life and death. Discover how the intertwined history […]
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