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BBC News
12-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
'Extraordinary' Ice Age art to go on show in Keighley
Some of the rarest surviving examples of Ice Age art will go on display in Bradford as part of the 2025 City of Culture Ice Age Art Now exhibition is expected to contain more than 75 objects borrowed from the British Museum as part of a partnership project with Bradford 2025 and Bradford District Museums & Galleries, the council Ferriby, the authority's executive member for healthy people and places, said the collaboration "emphasises our commitment to bringing world-class cultural experiences to people from across the Bradford district and beyond".The exhibition is due to open at the Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley on 21 June, according to the council. A spokesperson said the exhibition would present work by people living in Europe at the end of the last Ice Age, which was between 24,000 and 12,000 years slow recovery from near extinction caused by climate change "stimulated an extraordinary artistic renaissance", they said."Then, as now, art contributed to people's psychological and emotional wellbeing." 'Incredible objects' Shanaz Gulzar, Bradford 2025's creative director, said: "Drawing is our first means of creative expression, and this exhibition proves people have been doing this for millennia."For these incredible objects to be on display here in the North, in the stunning Cliffe Castle, is a proud moment for the Bradford district."As part of the exhibition, visitors would be able to experience an immersive installation recreating the inside of a decorated cavem, the council Cullinan, director of the British Museum, said the exhibition would feature "some of the rarest surviving examples of Ice Age art" as well as "some of the oldest known works of art from the UK".Among the exhibits would be an engraved drawing of a horse on bone, found at Creswell Crags, in Derbyshire, thought to be about 13,500 years items in the collection would include a depiction of two reindeer which were believed to have been drawn on bone about 13,500 years ago, and an engraved bone pendant depicting a wolverine, thought to be between 12,000-13,000 years old. Listen to highlights from West Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, catch up with the latest episode of Look North.
Yahoo
12-04-2025
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- Yahoo
Ice age art to be showcased alongside Matisse at Cliffe Castle Museum
A new exhibition at Cliffe Castle Museum in Keighley will showcase some of the oldest art found in the UK, alongside more recent works by celebrated artists such as Rembrandt, Matisse, and Maggi Hambling. The exhibition, called Ice Age Art Now, is a British Museum partnership project with Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and Bradford District Museums & Galleries. It will open at Cliffe Castle Museum on June 21. The exhibition will present work by people living in Europe at the end of the last Ice Age, between 24,000 and 12,000 years ago. Among the pieces to be exhibited is this engraved bone pendant depicting a wolverine (Image: Trustees of the British Museum) At this time, the slow recovery from near extinction caused by climate change stimulated an "extraordinary artistic renaissance," in the words of a spokesperson. As the climate warmed, there was a vast increase in the production of drawings, sculptures, decorated tools and weapons, jewellery, and complex patterns. The period saw the rise of small-scale engravings, of "incredible delicacy," on bone, antler, ivory, and stone, which were created alongside the more familiar images found on cave walls. These drawings depict the animals that would have been relied upon for food and raw materials, such as bison, horse, ibex, and reindeer. Works by Rembrandt, Matisse, and Maggi Hambling are also included to highlight "such essential elements as line, form, shading, composition, and abstraction present in the long history of art, despite being separated by thousands of years." Works from more recent history will also be exhibited, to demonstrate essential elements of line, form, shading, composition, and abstraction. Pictured: 'True portrait of an anteater,' a print after Francisco de Goya (Image: Trustees of the British Museum) The exhibition will connect with displays in Cliffe Castle Museum's permanent galleries via a family-friendly trail, extending the interest of the show across the ground floor and engaging with local natural history, archaeology, and the history of the museum. Visitors will also be able to experience an immersive installation that evokes the inside of a decorated cave. The exhibition will feature more than 75 objects from the British Museum collection, many of which are rarely lent due to their age and fragility. Nicholas Cullinan, director of the British Museum, said: "I am keen for the British Museum to be a lending library for the world – so it is fantastic to be able to announce this new exhibition, as part of the Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture programme." Ice Age Art Now will run from June 21 to September 14, 2025. For more information, please visit To coincide with the exhibition, am illustrated catalogue, Ice Age Art Now, written by Jill Cook, will be published by the British Museum Press in June.
