Exhibition at Tate Britain marks 100 years since the end of the First World War

Marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, this exhibition explores the immediate impact of the conflict on British, German and French art. As the first exhibition to examine the culture of memorials alongside new developments in post-war art it will consider how artists responded to the physical and psychological scars left on Europe. Aftermath brings together over 150 works from 1916 to 1932 by artists including George Grosz, Fernand Léger and C.R.W. Nevinson. During this tumultuous period, artists began to explore new imagery and new ways of making art in their responses to the experience of war, the culture of remembrance, and the rebuilding of cities and societies. To mark the centenary of the First World War, free tickets will be available for all veterans and members of the armed forces for the duration of the exhibition. The First World War began to be constructed as memory almost as soon as it had begun. During the war artists created works which reflected on its