Top events in London on Wed 20th May 2020
This talk will consider how expectation plays a role in discovery and in scientific advance, and considers the challenges involved in assessing changes taking place on our own planet.
2020-05-20
1pm to 2pm
Barbican
The entertaining Mark Mason pursues the perfect quiz question, in a perceptive journey around modern Britain, divided by politics but united in our enthusiasm for trivial pursuits.
2020-05-20
2:30pm to 4pm
City of London
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
To coincide with JMW Turner featuring on the new £20 note, find out about the variety of stock purchases made by Turner in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
10am to 5pm
Closing soon Fri, 22nd May
2020-01-03
2020-05-22
See original artwork created by Henny Beaumont for the Legal Action Group's (LAG) children's book, 'Equal to Everything: Judge Brenda and the Supreme Court'.
9:30am to 4:30pm
Closing soon Fri, 22nd May
2020-03-11
2020-05-22
Featuring over 35 paintings and drawings from collections across the world, the exhibition spans Maes’s whole career, spent in Dordrecht and Amsterdam.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-02-22
2020-05-23
This exhibition explores the extravagant world of the glamorous and stylish ‘Bright Young Things’ of the twenties and thirties, seen through the eye of renowned British photographer Cecil Beaton.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-03-12
2020-05-23
The first major exhibition devoted to David Hockney’s drawings in over twenty years.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-02-27
2020-05-23
This immersive experience charts their music, lyrics, creative process and influence as one of the most iconic pop bands of the modern age.
All Day
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2019-12-06
2020-05-23
This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-02-23
2020-05-23
This exhibition is a unique opportunity to view the Ordupgaard Collection’s treasure trove of Impressionist works, from Monet and Degas, to pre-Impressionist artists like Corot and Courbet.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-05-17
2020-05-23
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years.
10am to 6pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-03-04
2020-05-23
From bodily autonomy and the right to education, to self-expression and protest, this new exhibition explores how feminist activism in the UK today has its roots in the complex history of women’s rights.
11am to 5pm
Closing soon Sat, 23rd May
2020-05-17
2020-05-23
Exhibitions opening soon
What's on in London
Walking tours of London on Wednesday 20th May 2020
Join our Roman guided tour and let us ‘roam’ around the City and discover a history that dates back nearly 2,000 years.
11am to 12:45pm
City of London
2020-05-20
2020-05-20
Enjoy an insider's tour of the City, including Guildhall, Mansion House, the Bank of England and the Royal Exchange - grand buildings in the heart of a city where big money and history are still being made.
2pm to 3:45pm
City of London
2020-05-20
2020-05-20
