What's on in London on Friday 5th October 2018

A new commission which leads the visitor through deceptive murals, cunning architectural structures and a newly commissioned film to trace the lineage of perspective across centuries and technologies.

£12  Thomas Cole: Eden to Empire

Discover one of America’s leading painters of the mid-19th century.

Free  Ed Ruscha: Course of Empire

See Ed Ruscha's modern take on the cyclical nature of civilisation, evocative of Thomas Cole's series of the same name

Free  Bluecoats in the City: 350 Years of Christ’s Hospital

This exhibition delves into the history behind the School’s creation, its iconic uniform, historic practices, and charitable benefactors.

Free  Frieze Sculpture 2018

An open air exhibition featuring works by 25 contemporary and modern artists presented by world-leading galleries.

Free  Echoes of Holloway Prison Exhibition

Holloway Prison has been an important landmark in Islington for over 150 years. Thousands of women passed through its doors until it closed in 2016. This exhibition explores their stories.

Free  A seedbed of ideas: notes from the Building Centre archive

An exhibition exploring the first 30 years of the Building Centre through its archive collection.From material libraries and the Blitz, to seminal exhibitions of women architects, Spanish modernism and le Corbusier.

Free  DRAG: Self-portraits and Body Politics

An exhibition of radical self-portraiture from the 1960s to the present day.

£18   Shape of Light - 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art

For the first time, Tate Modern tells the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art

£12  Splendours of the Subcontinent

The works of art on display span a geographical expanse from Kashmir to Kerala and a period of more than 400 years.