Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
This is quite an old listings page, did you want: Thursday, 22nd August 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
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. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Aug)
Barbican Centre
Bringing together the work of over 40 leading artists, designers and musicians, Mushrooms looks at fungi’s colourful cultural legacy. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Aug)
Somerset House
An exhibition exploring representations of the pregnant female body through portraits, over 500 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Aug)
Foundling Museum
Free
Re-Gather
An exhibition by the UK’s leading established Glass Artists and some of the most exciting emerging talents. (Ending Soon Sat, 29th Aug)
London Glassblowing
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. (Ending Soon Mon, 31st Aug)
Japan House London
Free
Alex Urie - Silo
An exhibition of large scale paintings by Alex Urie. (Ending Soon Sat, 5th Sep)
Peer Gallery
£13
Steve McQueen
Tate Modern presents the first major exhibition of Steve McQueen’s artwork in the UK for 20 years (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Sep)
Tate Modern
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. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Sep)
Museum of London
Free
The New Stone Age
The New Stone Age exhibition celebrates the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of stone. (Ending Soon Sat, 12th Sep)
The Building Centre
The first UK exhibition of works by Indian master painters commissioned by East India Company officials in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Sep)
Wallace Collection
Exhibition of shortlisted entries to recognise and support the most innovative, original and relevant photography-based practice within a given year. (Ending Soon Sat, 19th Sep)
The Photographers' Gallery
£16
Aubrey Beardsley
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Sep)
Tate Britain
£14
Léon Spilliaert
Discover the visionary work of Belgian artist Léon Spilliaert – from his celebrated self-portraits to dreamlike scenes of the North Sea coast. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Sep)
Royal Academy of Arts
A rediscovered collection of paintings and drawings by over forty young Zimbabwean artists that have not been exhibited together for almost 70 years. (Ending Soon Wed, 30th Sep)
The Theatre Courtyard Green Rooms
Jide Odukoya’s photographic series shows Nigeria abuzz through the lens of traditional Nigerian weddings. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Oct)
Horniman Museum
£13.50
George IV: Art & Spectacle
This exhibition presents George IV's life through the art that enriched his world. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Oct)
The Queen's Gallery
An exhibition of works by painters such as Manet, Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Morisot, Degas and Gauguin – many of which have never been seen in the UK. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Oct)
Royal Academy of Arts
£12
Among the Trees
By turns poetic, adventurous and thought-provoking, this group exhibition explores our relationship with trees and forests. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Oct)
Hayward Gallery
The King’s Man Experience is an immersive exhibition featuring costumes, props and behind-the-scenes material from the movie of the same name. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Oct)
National Army Museum
An exhibition of J.M.W. Turner’s original oil paintings in the house he designed for himself. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Oct)
Turners House
This exhibition explores the power of the writer’s image. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
Charles Dickens Museum
Does great art begin with studying nature, or studying the great art of the past? Decide for yourself in this gallery. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)
Royal Academy of Arts
Discover the story of Derek Jarman’s garden at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness, in this exhibition at the Garden Museum. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
Garden Museum
Evoking the experience of being in a club, the exhibition will transport you through the people, art, design, technology and photography that have been shaping the electronic music landscape. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
The Design Museum
Free
Kara Walker
Acclaimed artist Kara Walker presents one of the most ambitious Hyundai Commissions to date (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
Tate Modern
Showing sculptures by Helaine Blumenfeld at Canary Wharf gives an unrivalled opportunity to view them in the context of hard interior and exterior architecture as well as carefully designed outdoor spaces amongst mature trees. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
Canada Square Park
Explore the unique story of the Krios through their history, heritage and culture from the late 18th century to the modern day. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
Museum of London Docklands
This exhibition reunites all six paintings in the Classical myths series for the first time in over four centuries. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
The National Gallery
Design drawings from the William Morris Gallery collection (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)
William Morris Gallery
