Culture24 latest newshttp://www.culture24.org.ukAll the latest news from Culture24.The Best Art Exhibitions to see in London in 2017https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art565950-best-exhibitions-london-2017https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art565950-best-exhibitions-london-2017Our guide to the best exhibitions in London in 2017 regularly updated to keep you abreast of everything happening in the capital's museums and galleries throughout the coming year.31 December 2016Henry VIII's lost palace of Nonsuch - V&A acquires a painting that shows us what it looked likehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565864-Henry-VIIIs-lost-palace-of-Nonsuchhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565864-Henry-VIIIs-lost-palace-of-NonsuchA watercolour by the celebrated Flemish painter Joris Hoefnagel depicting Henry VIII's fabled lost palace of Nonsuch has been 'saved for the nation' by the V&A.09 December 2016Nine highlights from the Rupf Collection at Guggenheim Bilbaohttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art565645-Nine-highlights-from-the-Rupf-Collection-at-Guggenheim-Bilbaohttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art565645-Nine-highlights-from-the-Rupf-Collection-at-Guggenheim-BilbaoA tour of some of the most impressive modernist and contemporary artworks in a leading Swiss collection, currently on show at the Guggenheim Bilbao for the first time.25 November 2016Archaeologists find remarkably rare preserved Middle Saxon cemetery with wooden coffinshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565333-Archaeologists-uncover-remarkably-preserved-Middle-Saxon-cemetery-with-wooden-coffinshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565333-Archaeologists-uncover-remarkably-preserved-Middle-Saxon-cemetery-with-wooden-coffinsArchaeologists find remarkably preserved Anglo-Saxon plank-lined graves and tree-trunk coffins dating from the 7th-9th century AD at a site in East Anglia.16 November 2016Curator's Choice: The Scold's Thew - a medieval punishment for women only at Ipswich Museumhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565313-Curators-Choice-a-medieval-punishment-for-women-only-at-Ipswich-Museumhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art565313-Curators-Choice-a-medieval-punishment-for-women-only-at-Ipswich-MuseumAnton Roberts talks about the Scold's Thew - a medieval punishment device designed to punish property-less poor women who "made trouble with their neighbours".15 November 2016Natural History Museum makes amends by sending Dippy the Diplodocus on a nationwide tourhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art565318-natural-history-museum-dippy-tour-dateshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/dinosaurs-and-fossils/art565318-natural-history-museum-dippy-tour-datesAfter the shock of his departure from the NHM there are smiles all around the UK as Dippy the Diplodocus prepares to head out on a massive tour of the UK.15 November 2016Archaeologists uncover the stage and other treasures at Shakepseare's Curtain Theatrehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565141-archaeologists-find-Shakespeares-stage-at-Curtain-theatrehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565141-archaeologists-find-Shakespeares-stage-at-Curtain-theatreArchaeologists have unearthed yet more treasures and the original stage during their dig at the Shakespearean Curtain Theatre in London's Shoreditch.10 November 2016Wold Newton hoard of Roman coins secured by Yorkshire Museumhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565128https://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565128Following a crowd funding campaign, the Yorkshire Museum has secured a stunning hoard of Roman coins found by a metal detectorist near the village of Wold Newton, East Yorkshire, in 2014.09 November 2016X-ray of painting solves mystery surrounding portrait of Catherine Dickenshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/literary-history/art564907-X-ray-of-painting-solves-mystery-surrounding-portrait-of-Catherine-Dickenshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/literary-history/art564907-X-ray-of-painting-solves-mystery-surrounding-portrait-of-Catherine-DickensStaff at the The Dickens Museum have found themselves swinging from dismay to elation as X-rays have been used to investigate the truth hidden inside a treasured portrait of Catherine Dickens by Daniel Maclise.03 November 2016Can museum taxidermy help primate conservation? Monkey Business conveys a serious messagehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art564561-can-taxidermy-help-primate-conservationhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art564561-can-taxidermy-help-primate-conservationA vast collection of new taxidermy specimens is to be revealed at National Museum Scotland in the most comprehensive exhibition on primates ever staged in the UK.27 October 2016How Ken Russell's photos of Teddy Girls and Teddy Boys captured Britain's first teenage tribehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography-and-film/art564323https://www.culture24.org.uk/art/photography-and-film/art564323In the post war years Ken Russell travelled the blitzed world of East End estates and fun fairs photographing Teddy Girls and Boys - and captured the birth of the teenager in Britain.21 October 2016Radical poster pioneer Paul Peter Piech celebrated at People's History Museumhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art563144-Radical-poster-pioneer-Paul-Peter-Piech-celebrated-at-Peoples-History-Museumhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art563144-Radical-poster-pioneer-Paul-Peter-Piech-celebrated-at-Peoples-History-MuseumA major retrospective of the career of artist, humanitarian and radical poster campaigner Paul Peter Piech opens at the People’s History Museum in Manchester.30 September 2016Bedlam: The Asylum and Beyond dives headlong into mental health at the Wellcome Collectionhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562872-bethlem-asylum-beyond-royal-hospital-wellcomehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562872-bethlem-asylum-beyond-royal-hospital-wellcomeAre museums the right place for discussions about social issues, and should their exhibitions tackle them? Rachel Teskey takes a look at the Wellcome's new show, which starts with the 13th century Bethlem Royal Hospital.26 September 2016Grunts and Grapples: These are the stars who made wrestling great for four decades in Britainhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562726-wrestling-grunts-grapples-tunbridge-wells-exhibitionhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art562726-wrestling-grunts-grapples-tunbridge-wells-exhibitionIn its World of Sport slot on Saturday teatime, wrestling became an ITV ratings winner between 1955 and 1989. Now a new exhibition in Tunbridge Wells is showing off costumes, posters and a Jeremy Deller video.25 September 2016Jarvis Cocker curates a new exhibition in London based on his 90s Outsider Art series Journeys to the Outsidehttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562757-jarvis-cocker-museum-everything-gallery-londonhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562757-jarvis-cocker-museum-everything-gallery-londonNek Chand, the self-taught Indian who made an 18-acre rock sculpture garden, and St Eom, a visionary from Georgia responsible for a seven-acre artscape, are part of The Gallery of Everything.25 September 2016Comic artists re imagine Beatrix Potter for 150th Anniversaryhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562736-comic-artists-reimagine-beatrix-potter-for-150th-anniversaryhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562736-comic-artists-reimagine-beatrix-potter-for-150th-anniversaryTo mark the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter, award-winning comic artists have given their time and talents to reimagine the characters and artwork of Beatrix Potter, with stunning results.23 September 2016This is the only surviving artificial leg made in Glasgow for a limbless First World War soldierhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limbhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/science-and-nature/art562637-erskine-world-war-one-glasgow-limbThis is the only known surviving Erskine leg. It’s a right leg made for Erskine House - then known as a hospital for limbless sailors and soldiers - at some point between 1916 and 1918.22 September 2016Three men volunteered to defuse 17 unexploded mines dropped over London near the start of the Blitzhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art562579-richard-moore-museum-london-docklands-blitzhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art562579-richard-moore-museum-london-docklands-blitzThe George Cross medal given to Richard Moore, a mine disposal volunteer who helped seek out 17 unexploded parachutes during five September days in 1940, goes on display today.21 September 2016Gerald Laing: From Andy Warhol and Brigitte Bardot to Amy Winehouse and George W Bush, 21 of the artist's workshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562358-gerald-laing-fine-art-society-londonhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art/painting-and-drawing/art562358-gerald-laing-fine-art-society-londonThe first posthumous exhibition of British Pop artist and sculptor Gerald Laing has just opened at The Fine Art Society on the fifth anniversary of his death.20 September 2016These extraordinary maps show 50 years of war from both sides of early 20th century conflictshttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art562340-war-map-pictorial-conflict-house-londonhttps://www.culture24.org.uk/art562340-war-map-pictorial-conflict-house-londonA new exhibition brings together some of the most important pictorial war maps of the 20th century - including the Boer War, Russian Civil War and two World Wars.