Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.

 

 

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Displayed in date order by how soon they close.

This exhibition tells the story of how Robert and Ellen Paul really created cinema here in Haringey. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jul)

Bruce Castle Museum
N17 8NU
2019-07-25
A selection of Turner’s illustrations for Sir Walter Scott’s poetry and prose, part of the house’s permanent collection. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jul)

Turners House
TW1 2LR
2019-07-25
An exhibition showcasing the work of master calligrapher, Mouneer Al Shaarani. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Jul)

Stories Art Gallery
W1K 2AA
2019-07-25
'Calligraphic Rhythms' by Mouneer Al Shaarani
Eccentric, scandalous, provocative, exuberant and as funny as ever, fashion’s enfant terrible presents his new creation: part revue, part catwalk show. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Aug)

Southbank Centre
SE1 8XX
2019-07-25
Jean Paul Gaultier: Fashion Freak Show
Ten years of awe-inspiring images shot by astrophotographers worldwide.  (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Aug)

Royal Observatory Greenwich
SE10 8XJ
2019-07-25
Astronomy Photographer of the Year Exhibition
Comprising 65 prints and drawings, this exhibition highlights Rembrandt’s technical and creative ingenuity on paper. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Aug)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2019-07-25
Rembrandt: Thinking on paper
In this, the first major museum display of artists’ postcards, discover both the politics and playfulness of this unique collection of 300 postcards. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Aug)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2019-07-25
The World Exists To Be Put On A Postcard
For this exhibition, Mourad explores the story of Babel, using visual imagery as a means to connect people across the language divide. (Ending Soon Thu, 15th Aug)

The Ismaili Centre
SW7 2SL
2019-07-25
Seeing Through Babel
An exhibition of kaleidoscopic sculptures, installations and video works informed by scientific processes and natural phenomena such as heat, cold, magnetism and light. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Aug)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2019-07-25
Hicham Berrada: Dreamscapes
An exhibition exploring 300 years of lunar and celestial cartography from early astronomers in the 17th century to the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969 and beyond. (Ending Soon Wed, 21st Aug)

The Map House
SW3 1NY
2019-07-25
The Mapping of the Moon: 1669 – 1969
This display focuses on the rarely seen archives of queer venues and social networks collated by University College London’s Urban Laboratory. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Aug)

Whitechapel Gallery
E1 7QX
2019-07-25
Queer Spaces: London, 1980s – Today
This exhibition explores the forgotten industrial history of plastic in east London around the River Lea.  (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Aug)

Nunnery Gallery
E3 2SJ
2019-07-25
Raw Materials: Plastics
Prepare for your preconceptions of AI to be challenged by this timely exhibition, that reflects on how this technology impacts our very existence. (Ending Soon Mon, 26th Aug)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2019-07-25
AI: More than Human
One of the biggest mysteries in physics today is what exactly makes up our Universe, and why – 95 per cent of it cannot be observed. (Ending Soon Mon, 26th Aug)

Science Gallery London
SE1 9GU
2019-07-25
DARK MATTER: 95% of the Universe is Missing
£19.50  
Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan. (Ending Soon Mon, 26th Aug)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2019-07-25
Manga
More than 50 Lego models will be on show, from individual pieces, to awe-inspiring dioramas and mosaics. (Ending Soon Tue, 27th Aug)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2019-07-25
Lego Brick Wonders
Discover the extraordinary history behind one of humankind’s greatest achievements: how we write (Ending Soon Tue, 27th Aug)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2019-07-25
Writing: Making Your Mark
This display showcases examples of her childhood sketches and domestic projects alongside her famous illustrations that came later.  (Ending Soon Thu, 29th Aug)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2019-07-25
Beatrix Potter's Art: 'drawn with design'
An exhibition that examines how we navigate, document and shape the built environment today. (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Aug)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2019-07-25
 Contemporary Cartography
Brilliant Visions presents drawings and paintings by Surrealist artists who took part in the Guttman-Maclay mescaline experiments of the 1930s. (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Aug)

Bethlem Museum of the Mind
BR3 3BX
2019-07-25
A heritage exhibition revealing the stories of the people that shaped London’s Chinatown into the iconic district it is today.  (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Aug)

China Exchange
W1D 6JA
2019-07-25
The Making of Chinatown
The Illuminated River display includes architectural drawings and animations of the project, alongside historic Thames paintings. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Sep)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2019-07-25
Illuminated River
This exhibition celebrates the work and life of Lee Krasner (1908–1984), a pioneer of Abstract Expressionism. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Sep)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2019-07-25
Lee Krasner - Living Colour
See an epic 20 feet panorama depicting the lost Houses of Parliament on display. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Sep)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2019-07-25
Panorama: London's lost view
This exhibition shines a spotlight on a brief but intense period of dynamic printmaking during the interwar period, with the first major show of work by artists from the Grosvenor School of Modern Art.  (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Sep)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2019-07-25
Cutting Edge: Modernist British Printmaking
£15.50  
A group exhibition celebrating more than 30 international artists whose work explores and engages with gender identity. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Sep)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2019-07-25
Kiss My Genders
For the first time in the UK see selections from three of Leonardo da Vinci’s extraordinary notebooks to explore his fascination with motion. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Sep)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2019-07-25
Leonardo da Vinci: A Mind in Motion
Bringing together drawings and objects in the spaces of Sir John Soane’s Museum, this exhibition examines Soane’s innovative use of light and optical devices in architectural design. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Sep)

Sir John Soane's Museum
WC2A 3BP
2019-07-25
Lumière Mystérieuse: Soane and the Architecture of Light
This exhibition explores the processes and practices of both historic and contemporary Peruvian costume via garments, textiles, photographs, tools, illustrations and paintings (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Sep)

Fashion and Textile Museum
SE1 3XF
2019-07-25
Weavers of the Clouds: Textile Arts of Peru
This exhibition will celebrate the quincentenary of his birth, and coincides with the release of a major new biography by Tudor historian Dr John Guy. (Ending Soon Fri, 13th Sep)

Guildhall Library
EC2V 7HH
2019-07-25
An immersive retrospective exhibition devoted to presenting a revolutionary survey of rave culture through the voices and lenses of those who experienced it. (Ending Soon Sat, 14th Sep)

Saatchi Gallery
SW3 4RY
2019-07-25
Sweet Harmony: Rave today
A major new retrospective of works by leading contemporary artist Cindy Sherman. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Sep)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2019-07-25
Cindy Sherman
This exhibition brings together the worlds of psychology and entertainment in search of the truth about deception. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Sep)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2019-07-25
Smoke and Mirrors: The Psychology of Magic
Step inside the world of Stanley Kubrick, one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Sep)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2019-07-25
Breathing is so much more than simply biology. From babies’ first cries to our final dying gasps, breath is our constant companion on the journey through life. An exhibition mapping the unique role of respiration in human life and culture.  (Ending Soon Fri, 20th Sep)

Royal College of Physicians Museum
NW1 4LE
2019-07-25
An exhibition of the Lacquer Work of Koyanagi Tanekuni (Ending Soon Sat, 21st Sep)

Brunei Gallery
WC1H 0XG
2019-07-25
A Secret Beauty: The Spirit of Japanese Maki-e
This free exhibition explores the political and social background to the Peterloo massacre and Parliament’s reaction to it. (Ending Soon Thu, 26th Sep)

Palace of Westminster
SW1A 0AA
2019-07-25
Parliament & Peterloo
Through more than 80 paintings and prints, this exhibition reveals Vallotton’s body of work, including portraits, landscapes and satirical prints. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Sep)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2019-07-25
Félix Vallotton - Painter of Disquiet
This exhibition looks at how modern board games, educational toys, gambling and role-playing games reflect, inform and shape our understanding of economics and money. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Sep)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2019-07-25
Playing with Money: currency and games
Fantasy and folly take centre stage in a spellbinding exhibition of more than 80 fans, on display for the first time in the UK... (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Sep)

The Fan Museum
SE10 8ER
2019-07-25
The Man with the Carnation: Fans from the Gérard Lévy Collection
See remarkable never-before-displayed original illustrations and photographs. (Ending Soon Tue, 1st Oct)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2019-07-25
Expeditions and Endeavours
The design of the 2019 Serpentine Pavilion is made by arranging slates to create a single canopy roof that appears to emerge from the ground of the surrounding Park.  (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Oct)

Serpentine Gallery
W2 3XA
2019-07-25
Serpentine Pavilion 2019 by Junya Ishigami
To mark the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo da Vinci, The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace will display the largest exhibition of Leonardo's work in over 65 years.  (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Oct)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2019-07-25
Leonardo da Vinci: A Life in Drawing
This major exhibition explores the life and legacy of the iconic designer Abram Games, focusing on his time as 'Official War Poster Artist' during the Second World War. (Ending Soon Tue, 15th Oct)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2019-07-25
The art of persuasion: Wartime posters by Abram Games
This exhibition explores how innovative individuals, communities and organisations are radically re-inventing how we grow, distribute and experience food.  (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Oct)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2019-07-25
FOOD: Bigger than the Plate
This exhibition celebrates music hall and variety entertainment throughout a time when Islington was London’s undisputed ‘Parish of Pleasure’! (Ending Soon Tue, 22nd Oct)

Islington Museum
EC1V 4NB
2019-07-25
These are cartoons the Evening Standard felt were either too strong or in too bad taste to publish. (Ending Soon Fri, 25th Oct)

The Political Cartoon Gallery
SW15 1JP
2019-07-25
David Low - Censored
Explore the ancient and modern contexts of one of the most important artefacts in the Petrie Museum: an ancient model of a ship-cart excavated from a tomb at the site of Gurob. (Ending Soon Sat, 26th Oct)

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology
WC1E 6BT
2019-07-25
From Gurob to the Getty: The Voyages of an Ancient Egyptian Ship-Cart Model
The world's most celebrated contemporary glass artist is back, showcasing his work against the stunning backdrop of Kew Gardens.  (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Oct)

Kew Gardens
TW9 3AE
2019-07-25
Chihuly at Kew: Reflections on nature
Discover the mesmerising paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck, one of Finland’s best kept secrets, in the UK’s first major exhibition of her work. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Oct)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2019-07-25
Helene Schjerfbeck
Discover the secrets of London's historic waterways and the art they have inspired. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Oct)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2019-07-25
Secret Rivers
Under Ground London explores our relationship with the subterranean capital, exploring hundreds of years of documents, images and plans to tell the story of the underground city (Ending Soon Thu, 31st Oct)

London Metropolitan Archives
EC1R 0HB
2019-07-25
Under Ground London
This exhibition presents a global picture of Dickens, exploring the impact of his travels on his life and his writing, and it examines how Dickens has gone on to shape the lives of people around the globe. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Nov)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2019-07-25
Global Dickens: For Every Nation Upon Earth
This exhibition brings together works from the 17th century to the present day to illustrate how London’s ever-changing cityscape has inspired visiting and resident artists over four centuries. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Dec)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2019-07-25
Architecture of London
This exhibition traces the history of the Thameslink route from 1866 through to the recent £7bn modernisation programme which has transformed the route and untangled the tracks. (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Dec)

London Transport Museum
WC2E 7BB
2019-07-25
Untangling the Tracks
Highlights include self-driving cars, autonomous flying drones and smart underwater vehicles like the Autosub Long Range Boaty McBoatface. (Ending Soon Sat, 21st Dec)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2019-07-25
Driverless: Who is in control?
A huge floating "Moon" will fill a darkened room and it's oddly exciting to see. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jan)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2019-07-25
Museum of the Moon
£9  
To celebrate 50 years since NASA’s Apollo 11 mission landed the first humans on the Moon, the UK’s biggest exhibition dedicated to Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jan)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2019-07-25
The Moon
Discover the remarkable world of codebreaking, ciphers and secret communications in use by British and foreign governments.  (Ending Soon Sat, 18th Jan)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2019-07-25
Top Secret: From ciphers to cyber security
Artists Anna Alcock, Hannah Ford, Miyuki Kasahara, Alke Schmidt and Sandie Sutton respond to this crisis with new work that draws on research into the causes of the decline of pollinators. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Jan)

Vestry House Museum
E17 9NH
2019-07-25
Swarm: artists respond to the pollinator crisis
An exhibition telling the story of the Old Lady through items selected from the vast collections amassed since the Bank was founded in 1694. (Ending Soon Wed, 18th Mar)

Bank of England Museum
EC2R 8AH
2019-07-25