Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
This is quite an old listings page, did you want: Friday, 9th August 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
A second exhibition by a Shoreditch street artist (the sort who sits on streets, not the sort that paints walls). (Ending Soon Sun, 17th Aug)
Howard Griffin Gallery
This exhibition traces the British comics tradition back through classic 1970s titles including 2000AD, Action and Misty to 19th-century illustrations (Ending Soon Tue, 19th Aug)
A display of over fifty key objects featuring the quirky, colourful and often charming design style that emerged from the 1950s in the Soviet Union. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Aug)
GRAD: Gallery for Russian Arts and Design
An exhibition of photographs looking at interactions between British soldiers and the Italian civilian population. (Ending Soon Fri, 29th Aug)
Museum of the Order of St John
A display of the art work used to design the stage sets for the famous play. (Ending Soon Sat, 30th Aug)
An exhibition about the history of the long-lost Merton Prior, the remains of which now lie under a main road. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Aug)
The Museum of Wimbledon
An exhibition of art works created for hospitals designed to have a therapeutic effect on their residents. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Aug)
Hall Place & Gardens
The roof of John Lewis on Oxford Street has been converted into a public garden. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Aug)
John Lewis
Free
The Cornershop
A derelict shop has been filled with over 4,000 handmade felt versions of familiar grocery items (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Aug)
Lucy Sparrow
Fossils, skeletons and huge models tower above you in a mighty display of tusks and trunks. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Sep)
Drawings by 10 artists on the topic of the changing landscapes of cities. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Sep)
Photography exhibition showing life in the far north of the planet. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Sep)
Photographic display of works by the artist where he has covered people in confectionery and deserts. (Ending Soon Thu, 11th Sep)
Gazelli Art House
During the Summer of 2014 an additional exhibition will commemorate 100 years of local film and TV. (Ending Soon Sat, 13th Sep)
Elstree and Borehamwood Museum
An immersive exhibition of art, design, film, music and videogames (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Sep)
Free
Dream, Draw, Work
This exhibition explores the materials, draughtsmanship and design practices of Shaw and his small but brilliant staff. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Sep)
Celebrate the arrival of spring with wriggly caterpillars, beautiful butterflies and majestic moths in the return of this outdoor butterfly hou (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Sep)
Free
The Prefab Museum
Ahead of the demolition of the estate to replace it with modern buildings, a museum of the history of post-war prefab homes has been set up. (Ending Soon Sat, 27th Sep)
17 Meliot Road
This major exhibition showcases more than 200 specimens, objects and life-size models. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Sep)
An exhibition about the often overlooked fact that 1.5 million soldiers fighting in WW1 came from the Indian sub-continent. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Sep)
An art exhibition that explores royal patronage and taste in the reigns of George I and George II. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Oct)
The exhibition will include political and joke cartoons, comic postcards and cigarette cards, trench publications by serving soldiers, books, comics. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Oct)
Am exhibition of rarely seen contemporary and historical artworks featuring London's bridges. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Nov)
Museum of London Docklands
The steampunks are taking over the Royal Observatory, Greenwich (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Jan)
Discover the impact on London life and the surprising role London’s bus drivers and their buses played on the Western Front. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Mar)
