Viewfinder: The Weeping Window Exhibition Finishes Its U.K. Tour

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The installation Poppies: Weeping Window opens at the Imperial War Museum in London on October 4th, 2018, its final destination in a United Kingdom-wide tour. Composed of several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, the sculpture honors those lost in World War I, which ended 100 years ago next month.

The installation Poppies: Weeping Window opens at the Imperial War Museum in London on October 4th, 2018, its final destination in a United Kingdom-wide tour. Composed of several thousand handmade ceramic poppies, the sculpture honors those lost in World War I, which ended 100 years ago next month.

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