The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 20th August.
Top events in London on Thu 20th Aug 2020
A block of 10 days where the Transport Museum's main storage depot in Acton is open to visitors.
11am to 6pm
Acton
Online events / webinars
Artist Mary Branson discusses her contemporary light sculpture 'New Dawn'. Commemorating the women's suffrage campaign, this was the first piece of abstract art commissioned for permanent display in the Palace of Westminster.
6pm to 6:30pm
A talk about why, in 1066, for the first time, multiple foreign powers invaded England.
7pm to :
This virtual live event explores the role of theatre and performance in military life, especially in boosting troops’ morale.
7:30pm to 8:30pm
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Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
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 6:30pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 23rd Aug
Bringing together the work of over 40 leading artists, designers and musicians, Mushrooms looks at fungi’s colourful cultural legacy.
12pm to 6pm
Strand
Closing soon Sun, 23rd Aug
An exhibition exploring representations of the pregnant female body through portraits, over 500 years.
10am to 6pm
Clerkenwell
Closing soon Sun, 23rd Aug
A display of kimono by contemporary textile artist, and founder of the HIROCOLEDGE brand, Takahashi Hiroko can be seen in the windows and on the Ground Floor at Japan House London throughout August.
All Day
Kensington
Closing soon Mon, 31st Aug
Free
Alex Urie - Silo
An exhibition of large scale paintings by Alex Urie.
12pm to 6pm
Islington
Closing soon Sat, 5th Sep
£13
Steve McQueen
Tate Modern presents the first major exhibition of Steve McQueen’s artwork in the UK for 20 years
10am to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 6th Sep
It’s 40 years since The Clash’s third album ‘London Calling’ was released, and an exhibition has pulled together a host of memorabilia for that iconic album.
11:30am to 3:30pm
Barbican
Closing soon Sun, 6th Sep
Free
The New Stone Age
The New Stone Age exhibition celebrates the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of stone.
9am to 6pm
Euston
Closing soon Sat, 12th Sep
The first UK exhibition of works by Indian master painters commissioned by East India Company officials in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
11am to 3pm
Marylebone High St
Closing soon Sun, 13th Sep
Free
Summer Exhibition
This year’s Royal Society of Sculptors exhibition has been guest curated by Robert and Nicky Wilson, the founders of Jupiter Artland, and is a showcase of the work of members and fellows.
11am to 5pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Fri, 18th Sep
