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.

Round and Around is an audio-visual project planned and produced to observe modern Korean history on multiple levels. (Ending Soon Fri, 22nd Oct)

Korean Cultural Centre UK
WC2N 5BW
2021-10-22
Round and Around
This exhibition is dedicated to approximately 40 rare and fascinating objects paying tribute to the wonders of the natural world. (Ending Soon Fri, 22nd Oct)

Cromwell Place
SW7 2JE
2021-10-22
The Natural World
An exhibition examining the cultural, social and political effects of software on contemporary society, by US artist Ben Grosser. (Ending Soon Sat, 23rd Oct)

arebyte Gallery
E14 0LG
2021-10-22
Software for Less - Ben Grosser
Windows of the Soul is a grassroots art project, which seeks to communicate the perspectives of those living with visual impairment. (Ending Soon Sat, 23rd Oct)

Lumen Church
WC1H 9RS
2021-10-22
Windows of the Soul
Celebrating south London’s music scene, Music Curator Adem Holness highlights the relationship between Black British music and physical space.  (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2021-10-22
 Dance Can’t Nice: Exploring London’s Black music spaces
£7.70  
Pitzhanger presents a new body of work by renowned British artist Julian Opie, including site specific pieces, focusing on architecture, people and nature. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
W5 5EQ
2021-10-22
Julian Opie
A three-day celebration of all things pop culture. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

ExCeL London
E16 1XL
2021-10-22
MCM Comic Con
This exhibition explores the true story of Rome's fifth emperor informed by new research and archaeological evidence from the time, challenging the biased historical accounts written after Nero’s death that have shaped his legacy. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2021-10-22
Nero - The man behind the myth
£18  
The largest and most comprehensive retrospective of Paula Rego’s work to date. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2021-10-22
Paula Rego
Step up and discover the footwear phenomenon that has challenged performance design, inspired subcultures and shaken the world of fashion. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2021-10-22
Sneakers Unboxed: Studio to Street
The annual international open exhibition of the UK Coloured Pencil Society is this year celebrating 20 years of promoting fine art in coloured pencil. (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Oct)

gallery@oxo
SE1 9PH
2021-10-22
UK Coloured Pencil Society 20th Anniversary Gala Exhibition
An exhibition to celebrate the release of A Field Guide to Larking by Lara Maiklem, author of the bestselling Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames (Ending Soon Sat, 30th Oct)

Southwark Cathedral
SE1 9DA
2021-10-22
Larking: The Thames and Beyond
As dusk falls, the park will come to life with ghoulish greenery, giant spiders and the odd surprise to delight children and adults of all ages. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

Jubilee Park
E14 5AB
2021-10-22
 Smoke & Spiders
A display of Asante treasures from Ghana, shedding light on 19th-century collecting and the British Empire. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2021-10-22
Asante Goldweights
Five monumental views reunited for the first time in more than 250 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2021-10-22
Bellotto: The Königstein Views Reunited
Come to Kew Gardens this autumn to explore the fascinating plants, art and culture of Japan. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

Kew Gardens
TW9 3AE
2021-10-22
Japan at Kew Gardens
Discover the life and works of John Keats - Londoner, medic and poet - on the bicentenary of his death in 1821. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

Aldgate Square
EC3N 1AF
2021-10-22
Keats200 - Outdoor Exhibition
Featuring over 50 books, documents, film clips and original artworks, the exhibition explores Michael Bond’s creation of Paddington, from his arrival in the UK from Peru, to finding a new home, and his adventures in London. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2021-10-22
Paddington: The Story of a Bear
Come face-to-face with the kings and queens who have shaped British history for over 500 years (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2021-10-22
Tudors to Windsors: British Royal Portraits
This exhibition invites you to step inside the story and characters of one of the world’s most iconic graphic novels: V for Vendetta. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

Cartoon Museum
W1A 3AE
2021-10-22
Discover the shared military heritage between the UK and the Caribbean in this special exhibition exploring the role of West Indian soldiers in the British Army. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Oct)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2021-10-22
West Indian Soldier
An exhibition of works by Zsolt Bodoni, a prominent Hungarian visual artist and painter who primarily works with oil and acrylic on canvas. (Ending Soon Wed, 3rd Nov)

David Kovats Gallery
WC2E 9NG
2021-10-22
Zsolt Bodoni – Hybrids
A display of photographs of London from eight different perspectives, rejecting a single, monolithic view in favour of a fragmentary, multifarious mosaic. (Ending Soon Thu, 4th Nov)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2021-10-22
Londons – The Polycentric City
A model of Japan's newest 'bullet train' is on display inside Japan House for a few weeks. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Nov)

Japan House
W8 5SA
2021-10-22
'Series N700S' Shinkansen railway model
A new photographic art display exploring contemporary relationships with spiritualism, reality and surrealism, through a Black British lens. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Nov)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2021-10-22
An Ode to Afrosurrealism
This exhibition explores the pioneering design strategy and lasting legacy of the historic Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Nov)

Japan House
W8 5SA
2021-10-22
Tokyo 1964: Designing Tomorrow
The Kasama Potters project brings together thirty-four Japanese ceramicists from Kasama. (Ending Soon Mon, 8th Nov)

Islington Square
N1 1AB
2021-10-22
Kasama Potters Project
An exhibition of rarely seen paintings on paper from the final years of Mark Rothko’s life. (Ending Soon Fri, 12th Nov)

Pace Gallery
2021-10-22
Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing Away
An outdoor exhibition of sculpture that reasserts the liveliness of ordinary things. (Ending Soon Fri, 12th Nov)

Canada Square Park
E14 5AB
2021-10-22
On the Other Hand
In response to the climate emergency, artists Ackroyd & Harvey have installed Beuys’ Acorns, a group of 100 oak trees, on Tate Modern’s South Terrace (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Nov)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2021-10-22
Beuys’ Acorns
This group exhibition and artist led research project unearths and interrogates our connection with our habitats and ecosystems, both global and local.  (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Nov)

Orleans House Gallery
TW1 3DJ
2021-10-22
Remember the Future
This exhibition brings together a selection of watercolours, etchings and screenprints from throughout her life in the theme of growth (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Nov)

The Garden Museum
SE1 7LB
2021-10-22
Elizabeth Blackadder: Favourite Flowers
The Art of Banksy holds the world’s largest collection of privately owned Banksy art. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Nov)

Belgo
WC2H 9LJ
2021-10-22
The Art of Banksy
This major exhibition is the first to focus on the importance of plaster in his work. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Nov)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2021-10-22
The Making of Rodin
Discover where the real world and the Wizarding World intertwine. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Nov)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2021-10-22
Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
This display reflects on the role of humour in debates around identity, empire and power over the past two hundred years. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Nov)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2021-10-22
Laughing Matters: The State of a Nation
This display of artworks and manuscripts explores the life and interests of Joseph Banks (1743-1820) through some of his extraordinary collections. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Nov)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2021-10-22
The Artistic Legacy of Joseph Banks
This exhibition will display works from throughout the artist’s career and explore how her admiration for William Hogarth has inspired elements of her work. (Ending Soon Fri, 26th Nov)

Hogarth's House
W4 2QN
2021-10-22
Regarding Forests by artist Chrystel Lebas features large-scale photographs taken during her travels around the world. (Ending Soon Thu, 2nd Dec)

St Bartholomew’s Hospital North Wing
EC1A 7BE
2021-10-22
Regarding Forests
Comprising 58 works, this show will be the first posthumous and largest exhibition of Kossoff’s paintings in a commercial setting to date. (Ending Soon Sat, 4th Dec)

Annely Juda Fine Art
W1S 1AW
2021-10-22
Leon Kossoff - A Life in Painting
The Southbank presents the most extensive exhibition of Gerhard Richter’s drawings ever shown in the UK. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Dec)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2021-10-22
Gerhard Richter: Drawings, 1999 – 2021
Here, the artist presents the first ever UK exhibition spanning her life’s work – including live re-performances of iconic works, as well as brand new work for these galleries.  (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Dec)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2021-10-22
Marina Abramović - After Life
This exhibition brings together 31 contemporary painters whose work freely draws on varied image sources, techniques and traditions in order to fashion fresh and compelling works of art that speak to this moment. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Dec)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2021-10-22
Mixing It Up: Painting Today
This exhibition examines the pivotal role of women as both artists and as behind-the-scenes organisers within the Surrealist movement in Britain in the 1930s. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Dec)

Whitechapel Gallery
E1 7QX
2021-10-22
Phantoms of Surrealism
Free  
A photography exhibition of young people in and around Bethnal Green taken in the 1970's by Philip Cunningham.  (Ending Soon Fri, 17th Dec)

Oxford House
E2 6HG
2021-10-22
An exhibition that reflects on the Building Centre's key activities from 1931 to the present day (Ending Soon Fri, 17th Dec)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2021-10-22
 Celebrating 90 years of the Building Centre – 1931 to the present day
Oxford House presents its latest exhibition, featuring photographs by Phillip Cunningham of Bethnal Green in the 1970s. (Ending Soon Fri, 17th Dec)

Oxford House
E2 6HG
2021-10-22
Youth of Yesterday
Free  
An exhibition exploring 400 years of emigration from Britain from the Mayflower to the present day through personal narratives, contemporary art and a range of media. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Dec)

Migration Museum
SE13 7HB
2021-10-22
Departures
An installation exploring two important social questions: who are our buildings and shared spaces for and how do they affect us?  (Ending Soon Thu, 23rd Dec)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2021-10-22
How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative
The exhibition brings together rarely-seen original artwork and costumes, photographs, documents, audio and video to tell the story of Noël Coward's life. (Ending Soon Thu, 23rd Dec)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2021-10-22
Noël Coward: Art & Style
Tate presents a rare chance to experience two of Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Mirror Rooms. These immersive installations will transport you into Kusama’s unique vision of endless reflections. (Ending Soon Thu, 23rd Dec)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2021-10-22
Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirror Rooms
An exhibition about a dentist and Freemason noted for his philanthropy. (Ending Soon Fri, 24th Dec)

Museum of Freemasonry
WC2B 5AZ
2021-10-22
Generous Dentist: Bartholomew Ruspini
This exhibition offers new commissions that take a deeper look at feelings of peace and balance. (Ending Soon Fri, 24th Dec)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2021-10-22
Tranquillity
Heather Phillipson engulfs Tate Britain’s grand central galleries with colour, sound and motion (Ending Soon Wed, 29th Dec)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2021-10-22
RUPTURE NO 1: blowtorching the bitten peach
This exhibition follows the lives of soldiers in Germany over the past 75 years.  (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Dec)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2021-10-22
 Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945
Exploring its origins, adaptations and reinventions over 157 years, this immersive and theatrical show charts the evolution of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland from manuscript to a global phenomenon beloved by all ages. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Dec)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2021-10-22
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser
An outdoor exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the seat of Poland’s diplomatic post in London at 47 Portland Place. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Dec)

Embassy of the Republic of Poland
W1B 1JH
2021-10-22
Exhibition marking 100 years of Polish Embassy
Sixty-five paintings that usually hang in the Picture Gallery at Buckingham Palace and are widely acknowledged to be among the highlights of the Royal Collection have been brought together in a gallery exhibition for the first time. (Ending Soon Fri, 31st Dec)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2021-10-22
Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
Explore the fascinating world of primates in this immersive family friendly exhibition.  (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2021-10-22
Monkey Business
In a new body of work created especially for Sir John Soane’s Museum, contemporary artist Pablo Bronstein presents his unique, seductive and deeply ironic vision of hell. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

Sir John Soane's Museum
WC2A 3BP
2021-10-22
Pablo Bronstein: Hell in its Heyday
Tambourines shake, wine spills, and half-naked figures whirl across the canvas in these paintings of revelry, dance and drama that are brought together in this first exhibition dedicated to Poussin and dance. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2021-10-22
Poussin and the Dance
This exhibition explores the intimate relationship between fashion designer and royal client. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

Kensington Palace
W8 4PX
2021-10-22
Royal Style in the Making
The annual "summer" exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2021-10-22
Summer Exhibition 2021
This exhibition celebrates and explores the iconic role the postcard has played in connecting people for more than a century and a half. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jan)

The Postal Museum
WC1X 0DA
2021-10-22
Wish You Were Here: 151 Years of the British Postcard
An exhibition about the award-winning illustrator of children’s books (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Jan)

Heath Robinson Museum
HA5 1AE
2021-10-22
Korky Paul’s Magic of Illustration
This exhibition presents large scale photographs taken less than two months after the attacks, as the gravity of the 9/11 terror attacks left a new world in their wake. (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Jan)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2021-10-22
Wim Wenders: Photographing Ground Zero
The objects, photographs and oral histories on display tell stories of people moving to and living, working, studying and growing up in Hackney, from the 1960s to today. (Ending Soon Sat, 15th Jan)

Hackney Museum
E8 1GQ
2021-10-22
From designer handbags to despatch boxes, vanity cases to military rucksacks, this exhibition explores our longstanding fascination with the bag. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Jan)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2021-10-22
Bags: Inside Out
£18  
An exhibition celebrating Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi, one of the most experimental and pioneering artists of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Jan)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2021-10-22
Noguchi
This exhibition celebrates the role of architectural models in shaping the spaces we live in. (Ending Soon Fri, 28th Jan)

The Building Centre
WC1E 7BT
2021-10-22
Shaping Space – Architectural Models Revealed
The exhibition invites audiences to consider one of ancient Korea’s most significant, but enigmatic, archaeological sites. (Ending Soon Sat, 29th Jan)

London Mithraeum
EC4N 8AA
2021-10-22
Proposal for Sach’ŏnwang-sa
The exhibition brings together over a dozen of the artist’s best male portraits from collections across the world. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Jan)

Wallace Collection
W1U 3BN
2021-10-22
 Frans Hals: The Male Portrait
A selection of the finest prints from Lloyd's collection that reveal his admiration for the Alpine landscape and his interest in Swiss customs and mythology.  (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Jan)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2021-10-22
Enticing Peaks - Swiss prints from the Lloyd Bequest
In a world-first, a group of rare drawings by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai will go on display at the British Museum.  (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Jan)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2021-10-22
Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything
Documentary photography from the 70s and 80s (Ending Soon Fri, 4th Feb)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives
E1 4DQ
2021-10-22
The Vanished East End
The first major London exhibition by Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta highlights the fragility of one’s right to expression whilst raising urgent questions of censorship, confinement and resistance.  (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Feb)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2021-10-22
Shilpa Gupta
An exhibition that offers a first look at the technologies being developed to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, to help mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. (Ending Soon Thu, 10th Feb)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2021-10-22
Our Future Planet
Photographic exhibition of Londoners and Berliners during the pandemic, documenting their reality.  (Ending Soon Fri, 11th Feb)

99 Bishopsgate
EC2M 3XD
2021-10-22
Stories in Colour: Waiting for Time
Light Years is a special four-part exhibition series in celebration of TPG’s 50th anniversary.  (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Feb)

The Photographers' Gallery
W1F 7LW
2021-10-22
Light Years: The Photographers’ Gallery at 50
Soane Restored reveals the fascinating story of how Pitzhanger – special as an almost intact example of Sir John Soane’s work – was returned to its original vision. (Ending Soon Fri, 18th Feb)

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
W5 5EQ
2021-10-22
Soane Restored
Step back into a dangerous world of plots, espionage and treachery to explore the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth I and Mary, Queen of Scots in their own words. (Ending Soon Sun, 20th Feb)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2021-10-22
Elizabeth and Mary: Royal Cousins, Rival Queens
Free  
Explore the diversity of euphoric experiences and the effect of positive emotion on the body. (Ending Soon Wed, 23rd Feb)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2021-10-22
Joy
London is and always has been a city of makers. Explore their stories in this display. (Ending Soon Thu, 24th Feb)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2021-10-22
London Making Now
An exhibition about the eighteenth-century foundling and sailor George King, whose first-hand account of the battle is being shown for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Feb)

Foundling Museum
WC1N 1AZ
2021-10-22
 Fighting Talk: One Boy’s Journey from Abandonment to Trafalgar
£10  
This exhibition offers an exclusive opportunity to get inside the mind of this great photographer and see nature and humanity in dialogue. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Feb)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2021-10-22
Amazônia
A collection of work exploring artists’ responses to the Battle of Britain and the Blitz as they represented evolving machinery, communications, and urban landscapes, shaped by what was an unprecedented ‘war in the air’. (Ending Soon Sun, 27th Feb)

RAF Museum
NW9 5LL
2021-10-22
In Air and Fire: War Artists, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz
An experimental site-specific exhibition of new work by young British artist, Jonny Briggs. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Mar)

Burgh House and Hampstead Museum
NW3 1LT
2021-10-22
Knots: Jonny Briggs x Burgh House
explores fabulous and rare examples from the mid-1960s era-defining stores and designers. (Ending Soon Sat, 12th Mar)

Fashion and Textile Museum
SE1 3XF
2021-10-22
 Beautiful People: The Boutique in 1960s Counterculture
This exhibition explores the characters, events, places and personal tales of triumph and tragedy that inspired and shaped the novel that made Charles Dickens a household name across the world. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Mar)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2021-10-22
More! Oliver Twist, Dickens and Stories of the City
A display exploring the central role food plays in Black enterprise and identity in South East London.  (Ending Soon Sat, 9th Apr)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2021-10-22
Feeding Black: Community, Power & Place
The first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler. (Ending Soon Sun, 17th Apr)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2021-10-22
Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty
Discover the close-knit world of the Georgian music industry, where not what you knew, but who you knew, was of greatest importance. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st May)

Foundling Museum
WC1N 1AZ
2021-10-22
 Friends with benefits: musical networking in Georgian London
This exhibition will trace more than 200 years of extraordinary experiences and intense activity on a river that has always been essential to the city’s survival. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th May)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2021-10-22
London: Port City
Gaze through the lens of some of the world's best wildlife photographers and marvel at the beauty of our planet.  (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Jun)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2021-10-22
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Explore the 100-year history of the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2021-10-22
On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100
An immersive exhibition exploring the latest cancer research taking place at the Crick - Europe’s largest biomedical research institute under one roof. (Ending Soon Sat, 3rd Dec)

The Francis Crick Institute
NW1 1AT
2021-10-22
Outwitting Cancer - Making Sense of Nature's Enigma
Visit an 'abandoned' Tube station underworld and discover what secrets lurk beneath our busy streets in this Hidden London exhibition. (Ending Soon Mon, 31st Jul)

London Transport Museum
WC2E 7BB
2021-10-22
Hidden London: The Exhibition