Welcome to the IanVisits guide to free and cheap lectures, talks, heritage, walks and miscellany happening around London.
Tuesday 12th May
In this lecture, Alan Dein will share audio and documents from his research and will discuss how Bradshaw’s sculpture inspired other bronze versions of Marx’s head around the world.
7:30pm to :
Highgate
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The New Stone Age exhibition will celebrate the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of stone.
9am to 6pm Euston
Ends on Fri, 15th May
This exhibition, in the Weston Room at the Maughan Library, marks the 75th anniversary of VE day and the liberation of the Nazi death and concentration camps.
10am to 5pm Holborn Ends on Sat, 16th May
An ambitious and wide-spanning survey of the origins of surrealist art in Britain, and the first to trace its roots back to 1620 through supporting archive material.
10am to 5pm Dulwich Ends on Sun, 17th May
An exhibition of superb images reproduced from the British Library’s collection of Japanese pattern books.
11am to 5pm Camden Ends on Sun, 17th May
Through the medium of film and photography, this major exhibition considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day.
10am to 4pm Barbican Ends on Sun, 17th May
This exhibition explores the ways in which, from the eighteenth century to the present day, our perception of the hero or heroine has evolved.
11am to 5pm Greenwich Ends on Sun, 24th May
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years.
10am to 6pm Pimlico Ends on Mon, 25th May
This is the first monographic exhibition of Spilliaert’s work in the UK and will showcase some 90 works on paper.
10am to 6pm Picadilly Ends on Mon, 25th May
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 Trafalgar Square Ends on Sun, 31st May
See original drafts of Wordsworth’s verse, his notebooks, correspondence and more.
11am to 5pm Camden Ends on Sun, 31st May
Regular Events - Tuesday 12th May 2020
A tour exploring the history of the site before the current building existed.
12:45pm to : StrandWalking tours of London on Tuesday 12th May 2020
Called the Street of Shame, there’s more to this road between the City of London and the City of Westminster than its newspaper heritage.
11am to 12:45pm City of London
On this guided tour, led by an expert City of London of Guide, you’ll see several of his finest places of worship. Judge for yourself which is the finest!
2pm to 4pm City of London
Tower Bridge opening times
| 05:00pm | Motor Vessel Hamburg | Down river |
| 06:45pm | Motor Vessel Silver Wind | Up river |
