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.

The New Stone Age exhibition celebrates the sustainability, practicality and inherent beauty of stone. (Ending Soon Sat, 12th Sep)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2020-09-08
 The New Stone Age
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
W1U 3BN
2020-09-08
 Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company
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. (Ending Soon Fri, 18th Sep)

Royal Society of Sculptors
SW7 3RA
2020-09-08
Summer Exhibition
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
W1F 7LW
2020-09-08
Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2020
The largest exhibition of his drawings for 50 years (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Sep)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2020-09-08
Aubrey Beardsley
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
EC2A 3HH
2020-09-08
The stars are bright - Zimbabwean art
Jide Odukoya’s photographic series shows Nigeria abuzz through the lens of traditional Nigerian weddings. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2020-09-08
 Turn It Up: On Paradoxes
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
SW3 4HT
2020-09-08
The King's Man Experience
In her bicentenary year the Museum is celebrating the life and legacy of the lesser known aspects of Nightingale’s life with this exciting new exhibition (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Nov)

Florence Nightingale Museum
SE1 7EW
2020-09-08
Featuring a collection of architectural designs for dogs by world-class architects and designers, the internationally acclaimed arrives in London. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Japan House
W8 5SA
2020-09-08
 Architecture for Dogs
Meet monsters from 252 million years ago in a period called the Permian, when you visit this fascinating, family-friendly exhibition.  (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2020-09-08
 Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs
A new look at the extraordinary life and work of the pop art superstar (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2020-09-08
Andy Warhol
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
SE1 7LB
2020-09-08
Derek Jarman: My garden’s boundaries are the horizon
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
W8 6AG
2020-09-08
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers
Faces of a Queen gives visitors a once-in-a-generation chance to see three of the greatest depictions of Elizabeth I together. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Queen's House
SE10 9NE
2020-09-08
Faces of a Queen - the Armada Portraits
Journey beyond the Bible to discover the history, culture and traditions of Jewish people from all corners of the world through the ages. (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2020-09-08
Hebrew Manuscripts: Journeys of the Written Word
Acclaimed artist Kara Walker presents one of the most ambitious Hyundai Commissions to date (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2020-09-08
Kara Walker
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
E14 5AB
2020-09-08
Looking Up: Helaine Blumenfeld at Canary Wharf
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
E14 4AL
2020-09-08
The Krios of Sierra Leone
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
WC2N 5DN
2020-09-08
Titian: Love, Desire, Death
The first-ever UK exhibition by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2020-09-08
Toyin Ojih Odutola - A Countervailing Theory
Design drawings from the William Morris Gallery collection (Ending Soon Wed, 4th Nov)

William Morris Gallery
E17 4PP
2020-09-08
Works In Progress