Did You Spot These 8 Hidden Details In Famous Paintings?

Celebrating 50 years of Hayward Gallery with a behind-the-scenes look at 50 ambitious, contemporary exhibitions through newly digitised archival material

Did You Spot These 8 Hidden Details In Famous Paintings?

Looking for concealed meanings and hidden figures

India's Inspiring Female Scientists

Fellows from the Indian Academy of Sciences

Explore Inside the Art Gallery of New South Wales

Discover their collection of Australian, European and Asian art

Culture of the Samurai

The cultural legacy of the Samurai

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Road to Equality

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Encounter the prehistoric ‘sea dragon’ Rhomaleosaurus

Experience the marine reptile in 360 degrees

How Manila Rebuilt Itself

The postwar reconstruction of "the pearl of the Orient"

Eddie Ugbomah

The story of the inspirational, Nigerian filmmaker

Lost Football Grounds

13 football grounds that were once home to English football clubs

Cosmonauts: Birth of the Space Age

The story of how man got to the moon

Brazilian Constructive Art

Dynamic art with a utopian spirit

Unlocking Nature's Secrets

From curious objects to revealing texts

Behind The Scenes At The Costume Institute Conservation Lab

Explore in 360 degrees how its clothes are conserved

30 Masterpieces from the Lyon Museum of Fine Arts

From classical antiquity to modern art

The Loudest Voice in Silent Film

The lavish life of Hollywood’s first female starlette, Pola Negri

Spinning the Kusti

The tools and the spinning process of the sacred cord worn around the waist by Zoroastrians.

Abstraction and Motion

A selection of works from the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo collection

Explore by time and color

The changing shape of chairs

Sit back and travel through time

Turquoise in Surrealism

From blue-green seas to teal skies

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Mary Cassatt

Discover more about the only American to ever exhibit with the Impressionists in Paris

Art That Makes You Double Take

Uncanny creations that challenge your perceptions

Japanese Mirrors

An ancient metalwork tradition for ritual and for function

The 1970s in Photographs

A snapshot of life in the era of disco, Watergate and the Vietnam war

How To Make A Manuscript

A look at the four stages of crafting a medieval manuscript

Ten Strange Things You Didn't Know About the History of Magic

Julian Harrison, curator at the British Library explores the weird and the wonderful

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CAFAM

Discover the wonders of the Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum in Beijing

Creativity Across The Commonwealth

Showcasing the power and potential of artisan fashion skills across 53 countries

Faces of Frida

A closer look at the many faces of Frida Kahlo through her life, art and legacy

Harry Potter: A History of Magic

Explore the wonders of the British Library exhibition

Korean Heritage

Explore stories that have shaped the lives of the people of Korea

Explore with Street View

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Color explorer

From blue in Chagall to green in Van Gogh

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Hayward Gallery at 50: Uncovering the Archive

Artists

Emily Carr

26 items

John Brack

16 items

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

479 items

Kristian Fredrikson

89 items

Annie Leibovitz