Damon Albarn and Dame Vivienne Westwood are among a number of artists creating new works as Britain commemorates the centenary of the First World War.
There will be a series of events across the country, focusing this year on the Battle of the Somme, which was fought between July and November 2016.
A programme encompassing theatre, film, literature and music has been announced, largely funded by the National Lottery.
Blur frontman Albarn will play a concert at the Royal Festival Hall on London’s Southbank in June as part of his Africa Express project, which brings African and western musicians together.
He will be joined on stage by the Syrian National Theatre for Arabic music.
Fashion designer Dame Vivienne has been asked to explore the emancipation of women.
She will focus on the restriction of wearing corsets, and the gradual freedom women gained from them both during and after the war.
Shortly after the United States entered the conflict in 1917, its War Industries Board asked women to stop buying corsets to free up the metal used in their construction.
The garment had been made using steel stays since the 1860s.
Some 28,000 tons of steel were liberated – enough to build two battleships.
Elsewhere, a number of the ceramic poppies which drew huge crowds to the Tower of London in autumn 2014 will go on display in Orkney.
One of the main features – a sculpture called Weeping Window – will also be shown at Caernarfon Castle, at the Black Watch Museum in Perth, and at Lincoln Castle.
Other offerings include new poetry from Simon Armitage, reflecting on the Somme at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival.
Two concerts in Belfast in October will look at popular music before, during and after the conflict.
Plus a new feature film called Young Men, which tells the story of soldiers gradually becoming consumed by war, will be released in the summer.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: "This wide-ranging cultural programme will ensure every citizen across the UK will be able to reflect on the events of 100 years ago - to honour those who made such huge sacrifices."
The Arts Council England has been curating events under the title 14-18 NOW.
Council chair Sir Peter Bazalgette said it was important to "reinterpret the First World War for a new generation."
The Somme was one of the biggest battles of World War I.
More than a million men were killed or wounded.
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