Artists sign up for Great War commemoration

Contemporary artists are doing their bit to remember the First World War during 2016, the centenary year of the bloody battles of the Somme and Verdun. In the UK, the official arts programme 14-18 Now announced its latest co-commissions today (20 January). Visual artists including Rebecca Warren, Ciara Phillips, Yinka Shonibare and Imran Qureshi will be creating new works, along with leading poets, musicians, choreographers, film-makers and the fashion designer Vivienne Westwood.
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