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Six times a year, the private gardens at Lambeth Palace are opened to the public.
12pm to 3pm
Southwark
Join Ekow Eshun, the curator of our current exhibition The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, in Conversation with Dorothy Price, the curator of the Royal Academy’s current exhibition Entangled Pasts, 1768–now: Art, Colonialism and Change.
7pm to 8pm
Soho
Online events / webinars
Historian Jonathan Healey charts the turbulent course of the seventeenth century
2pm to 3pm
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
This exhibition finds conversations between various forms of abstraction, symbolism and figuration that were circulating and interacting in the visual culture of Brazil in the mid-20th century.
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closes tomorrow
Spanning over 60 years of contemporary sculpture, this exhibition highlights ways in which artists draw on familiar experiences of movement, flux and organic growth.
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closes tomorrow
This exhibition marks the largest exhibition ever mounted in the 40+ year career of world-renowned photographic artist, Edward Burtynsky.
10am to 6pm
Chelsea
Closing soon Mon, 6th May
For his first show at the gallery in London since 2016, Oehlen continues to explore the rich possibilities and the future of painting.
10am to 6pm
Mayfair
Closing soon Sat, 11th May
Bethlem Museum of the Mind showcases Alison Lapper’s (b.1965) work that explores her journey of grief since the untimely death of her son Parys.
9:30am to 5pm
Beckenham
Closing soon Sat, 11th May
Free
Fowl Play
At the heart of the exhibition is a vast stained glass window that doubles as a chicken shop menu.
10am to 5pm
Tottenham
Closing soon Sat, 11th May
Free
Terry Frost
This survey presents an extensive collection of Frost's most compelling paintings from 1966-2003.
11am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Closing soon Sat, 11th May
How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic?
10am to 6pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
Free
Marriner 100
This exhibition about Sir Neville Marriner features record sleeves and boxes, photographs, awards, tributes from friends and colleagues and memorabilia from a life of great achievement and personal enjoyment.
11am to 5pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
Critically acclaimed, the collection features works by artist Nathan Sawaya which are made from millions of LEGO bricks.
10am to 7pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 12th May
Regular Events - today
£14.00
Visit The Poppy Factory
The Poppy Factory has been part of the Richmond community since the 1920s. Today we still make Remembrance products in our factory, and we also support veterans into all kinds of employment across England and Wales.
Book now to visit The Poppy Factory and discover the home of Remembrance in Richmond upon Thames.
12:30pm to 2:30pm
Ham
