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Bullseye: Judy Chicago
Judy Chicago knew she wanted to be an artist since she was young. We're talking 4, 5 years old. And unlike many kids who dream big like that, Judy Chicago…
Marvel at dramatic silhouettes and intricate embroidery of Saudi Arabian dresses from the 1940s and 1950s.
Join V&A curator Fuchsia Hart as she unboxes two spectacularly embroidered traditional Najdi thobes (dresses) from the Najd region of Saudi Arabia. Traditionally worn to celebrations such as weddings, Eid…
Inside the Shed Where Tiny Dolls House Furniture Is Crafted | How Was It Made?
In this cosy, slow-paced How Was It Made documentary, we follow Terry as he carefully crafts miniature dolls house furniture by hand. Here he shows us how he's replicated an…
Deyrolle, cabinet de curiosités depuis 200 ans
Tigre du Bengale, zèbre, agneau… Il y a des animaux qu’on verrait difficilement cohabiter mais chez deyrolle, c’est pourtant bien le cas ! Louis Albert de Broglie, propriétaire de la…
Attention Shrimp!
Imagine waiting to be discovered as a scientific marvel and for years people think you’re fish food
Smaller Than a Fingernail: Unboxing the World’s Tiniest Books
Have you ever seen a book smaller than a fingernail? In this unboxing, we explore some of the tiniest books ever created — from fairy-sized poetry, religious texts and miniature…
History Extra podcast: Why Greenwich is the home of time
Why is a small observatory in south east London so important to the story of how we tell the time? Speaking to Elinor Evans, Emily Akkermans, Curator of Time at the…
How to See an Exquisite Corpse
In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Surrealist Manifesto, this short documentary takes a deep dive into the Surrealist game “exquisite corpse,” a collaborative drawing made by multiple people,…
Twisting Tradition: Medieval Cats, Dead Dad Pots and the Ceramics of Vicky Lindo & Bill Brookes
Step inside the side-by-side studios of Vicky Lindo and Bill Brookes, two ceramic artists who reinvent traditional Devonshire pottery to combine a childlike love of animals, with powerful personal history.…