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.

A Celebration of BBC Television made at Riverside Studios (Ending Soon Sun, 24th Jul)

Riverside Studios
W6 9BN
2022-07-20
Time Lords to Top of the Pops
This special display explores the history of Irish regiments and their soldiers. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Jul)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2022-07-20
Harp and Crown
Visit the museum to see the temporary displays that will feature Royal themed products and packaging from the past 200 years. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Jul)

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
W11 1QT
2022-07-20
Jubilation: 200 Years of Royal Souvenirs
An exhibition centring around Mary Gillick’s portrait of Elizabeth II for the first ever coin featuring The Queen, designed 70 years ago in 1952 and issued in 1953.  (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Jul)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2022-07-20
Mary Gillick modelling The Queen's portrait
£24  
One of the first-ever exhibitions to explore Raphael's complete career. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Jul)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2022-07-20
Raphael
This exhibition explores medical themes in literature, looking at those who've left the world of medicine behind to become some of our best-loved wordsmiths. (Ending Soon Fri, 12th Aug)

Royal Society Of Medicine London
W1G 0AE
2022-07-20
From Shakespeare to Shelley: How medicine influenced literature
An exhibition that explores the possibilities of traditional Korean paper, or hanji. (Ending Soon Fri, 12th Aug)

Korean Cultural Centre UK
WC2N 5BW
2022-07-20
Over 400 objects from Tiffany’s archives go on display at the Saatchi Gallery. (Ending Soon Fri, 19th Aug)

Saatchi Gallery
SW3 4RY
2022-07-20
Vision & Virtuosity by Tiffany
Explore five centuries of UK news through broadsheets, blogs and objects from our own collection and examine era-defining stories close-up. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Aug)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2022-07-20
Breaking the News
Run without interruption since 1769, the Summer Exhibition showcases art in all forms, from prints, painting, film and photography, to architectural works and sculpture. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Aug)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2022-07-20
Summer Exhibition 2022
An exhibition based around the disputed claims that the Dutch painter Philips Wouwerman was a plagiarist. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Aug)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2022-07-20
True Crime: The Case of Philips Wouwerman
A display of infographics illustrating 19th-century news themes (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Aug)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2022-07-20
Visualising Victorian News
Enter into the world of superheroes in this first major exhibition to explore the representation of foundlings, orphans, adoptees, and foster children in comics, graphic novels and sequential art from around the globe. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

Foundling Museum
WC1N 1AZ
2022-07-20
 Superheroes, Orphans & Origins: 125 years in comics
The name Bruce Gilden is synonymous with striking images - his unique and confrontational style has made him a stand-out Icon in the pantheon of legendary American street photographers. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

Leica Gallery
W1K 6JD
2022-07-20
Brice Gilden - Wall Portraits
Explore the 100-year history of the prestigious Royal Academy of Dance. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2022-07-20
On Point: Royal Academy of Dance at 100
In this exhibition, learn more about printmaking in Rudolf's court in Prague during the highpoint of innovative and ambitious prints made from around 1580 until the early years of the 17th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2022-07-20
Printmaking in Prague - art from the court of Rudolf II
The exhibition considers what we might learn from plant behaviour, and the impacts of colonial expeditions on the exploitation of natural resources and indigenous knowledges.  (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Aug)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2022-07-20
Rooted Beings
Whether you are a fanatical supporter, part-time punter or sporting sceptic, visitors to this exhibition will enjoy discovering the remarkable design stories behind the world's beautiful game. (Ending Soon Mon, 29th Aug)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2022-07-20
Football: Designing the Beautiful Game
This exhibition of art, science, design, music and philosophy invites you to experience different global perspectives on our shared planet, and consider Earth as a community we all belong to.  (Ending Soon Mon, 29th Aug)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2022-07-20
Our Time on Earth
This landmark exhibition will rewrite the history of the revolutionary art movement. (Ending Soon Mon, 29th Aug)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2022-07-20
Surrealism Beyond Borders
This exhibition highlights the sporting, economic and wellbeing opportunities generated by the Games, the journey of the Paralympics movement and the remarkable changes to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Aug)

Lee Valley VeloPark
E20 3AB
2022-07-20
London 2012 exhibition
Pitzhanger’s new exhibition by Rana Begum RA explores the perception of light, colour and form within sculpture, painting and installation. (Ending Soon Wed, 31st Aug)

Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery
W5 5EQ
2022-07-20
Rana Begum - Dappled Light
The exhibition explores women international thinkers and their work at a fundamental moment in the imagining of international relations. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Sep)

LSE Library
WC2A 2HD
2022-07-20
Women's International Thought
A retrospective exploring the often-surprising history of one of the UK’s oldest and most revered applied arts organisations. (Ending Soon Sat, 3rd Sep)

Fashion and Textile Museum
SE1 3XF
2022-07-20
150 Years of the Royal School of Needlework: Crown to Catwalk
Celebrate the work of designer Bethany Williams with this new exhibition embracing the discussion of social and environmental issues. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2022-07-20
Bethany Williams: Alternative Systems
A major collection of works by Edvard Munch shown in the UK for the first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2022-07-20
Edvard Munch. Masterpieces from Bergen
Sculpture, painting, print, photography, film and installation art come together, to reveal places, cultures and times for which the ‘woman in the window’ had a particular meaning, with responses ranging from empathy to voyeurism.  (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2022-07-20
Reframed: The Woman in the Window
Step onto the island of Inujima in this exhibition which explores how an extraordinary living art project has transformed the island’s landscape and lives of its inhabitants. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

Japan House
W8 5SA
2022-07-20
Symbiosis: Living Island
The Garden Museum’s summer exhibition will celebrate Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved classic children’s book The Secret Garden. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

Garden Museum
SE1 7LB
2022-07-20
The Secret Garden
This intriguing new display highlights over 50 works engraved on wood by the Brothers Dalziel firm, illustrating literary and commercial work published throughout the Victorian period. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Sep)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2022-07-20
Victorian illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel
The exhibition showcases a series of works by Anna Marongiu, a Sardinian artist who created 262 illustrations of The Pickwick Papers between 1928–1929. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Sep)

Charles Dickens Museum
WC1N 2LX
2022-07-20
Picturing Pickwick: The Art of The Pickwick Papers
Discover how design can support an ageing population – and indeed our own future selves – to meet their needs, interests and aspirations with greater agency and joy. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Sep)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2022-07-20
The Future of Ageing
The Hiroshima panels have been brought to this country by Artists for Peace. (Ending Soon Fri, 16th Sep)

Daiwa Foundation Japan House
NW1 4QP
2022-07-20
Hiroshima by Iri Maruki and Toshiko Akamatsu
The exhibition charts in items of all kinds the rise of British Blues music from its US and African roots in the 20th Century through to artists performing today. (Ending Soon Sat, 17th Sep)

Barbican Arts Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2022-07-20
British Blues Exhibition
Find out more about Epping Forest’s grazing history, how the ‘cow saved the Forest’ in 1874 and grazing management today.  (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)

Epping Forest Visitor Centre
E4 7QH
2022-07-20
Cow in the woods
An exhibition exploring ideas around repair, care and healing. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)

Somerset House
WC2R 1LA
2022-07-20
Eternally Yours
This is the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to the work of Black artists who use fantastical elements to address racial injustice and explore alternative realities. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2022-07-20
In the Black Fantastic
Life in a cup presents a fascinating beverage story and explores the traditions that make coffee a way of life in parts of the Islamic world. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2022-07-20
Life in a cup - coffee culture in the Islamic world
The first major retrospective of Sickert at Tate in over 60 years, this exhibition explores how he had an often radical, distinctive approach to setting and subject matter. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Sep)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2022-07-20
Walter Sickert
The vast array of floral designs on show span the centuries dating back to the late 16th Century. (Ending Soon Sat, 24th Sep)

Fan Museum
SE10 8ER
2022-07-20
A Bouquet of Fans
A dynamic history, a precarious present: navigate Venice's iconic waterways at the National Maritime Museum (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)

National Maritime Museum
SE10 9NF
2022-07-20
Canaletto's Venice Revisited
An exhibition that explores female spiritual beings in world belief and mythological traditions around the globe. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)

The British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2022-07-20
Feminine power - The divine to the demonic
Korean artist JeeYoung Lee has created an environment inspired by memories, dreams, emotions, and her personal experience. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)

Now Gallery
SE10 0SQ
2022-07-20
Maiden Voyage JeeYoung Lee
Showcasing a selection from The Courtauld’s collection of works on paper, this display will explore the world of 16th century Flemish print production. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Sep)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2022-07-20
Traces: Renaissance Drawings for Flemish Prints
This exhibition outlines the milestones in the research and treatment of diabetes before the discovery of insulin.  (Ending Soon Fri, 30th Sep)

Royal Society Of Medicine London
W1G 0AE
2022-07-20
 Diabetes: Towards the Discovery of Insulin
This exhibition celebrates both the release of The Legend of luther Arkwright alongside the history of the character and previous installments of the series. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Oct)

Cartoon Museum
W1A 3AE
2022-07-20
£8  
Take a journey around the globe to learn how gold elevated art in manuscripts and books. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Oct)

The British Library
NW1 2DB
2022-07-20
Gold
Free  
Jyll Bradley’s new interactive commission links the urban landscape of the Southbank Centre to the hop gardens of Kent. (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Oct)

Hayward Gallery
SE1 8XX
2022-07-20
The Hop
For the first time, Picasso’s ‘Woman with a Book’ (1932) from the Norton Simon Museum, California, will be brought together with the painting that inspired it, ‘Madame Moitessier’ by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. (Ending Soon Sun, 9th Oct)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2022-07-20
Picasso Ingres: Face to Face
Experience Cornelia Parker’s mesmerising large-scale installations (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Oct)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2022-07-20
Cornelia Parker
Free  
In the Air explores our relationship with the air around us. Moving freely across borders and through bodies, air is both vital to our existence and a threat to our health.  (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Oct)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2022-07-20
In the Air
This exhibition displays American 20th-century hand-drawn animation alongside French 18th-century art to reveal the surprising and enchanting connections between these two artistic movements. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Oct)

Wallace Collection
W1U 3BN
2022-07-20
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
For the first time, see the North American painter’s work this side of the Atlantic. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Oct)

Royal Academy of Arts
W1J 0BD
2022-07-20
Milton Avery - American Colourist
This outdoor exhibition featured 28 chimps dotted around the South Bank. (Ending Soon Fri, 21st Oct)

various locations
2022-07-20
Chimps Are Family
Encounter a little known and rarely seen side of Britain’s greatest artist. (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Oct)

Turner's House
TW1 2LR
2022-07-20
Between the Sheets: Turner's Nudes
Life Through a Royal Lens explores the Royal Family through photography and brings together some of the most iconic images ever taken of the Royal Family to Kensington Palace (Ending Soon Sun, 30th Oct)

Kensington Palace
W8 4PX
2022-07-20
Life Through a Royal Lens
In this exhibition, you will be introduced to the people who lived at Hogarth’s House, their relatives, friends and neighbours. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Nov)

Hogarth's House
W4 2QN
2022-07-20
At Home with the Hogarths
The show traces how menswear has been fashioned and refashioned over the centuries, and how designers, tailors and artists – and their clients and sitters – have constructed and performed masculinity, and unpicked it at the seams. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Nov)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2022-07-20
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear
A display of photographs capturing factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition. (Ending Soon Sun, 6th Nov)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2022-07-20
Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime
With a wealth of material from the Cathedral's archives, the exhibition tells stories of 200 years of Jubilees alongside photographs, prints, paintings, and treasures, including vestments used for these magnificent occasions. (Ending Soon Thu, 1st Dec)

St Paul's Cathedral
EC4M 8AD
2022-07-20
Jubilee - St Paul's, the Monarch and the Changing World
This exhibition comprised a unique collection of medical satire prints from the mid-18th century to the 1980s. (Ending Soon Fri, 2nd Dec)

Royal College of Physicians Museum
NW1 4LE
2022-07-20
A taste of one's own medicine
An exhibition exploring the trail-blazing research that is turning the tide on cancer (Ending Soon Sat, 3rd Dec)

The Francis Crick Institute
NW1 1AT
2022-07-20
Outwitting Cancer - Making Sense of Nature's Enigma
A display honouring the music, people and places central to the grime scene and its roots in East London. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Dec)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2022-07-20
Grime Stories: from the corner to the mainstream
A display celebrating one of the city's most iconic sporting heroes, both on and off the pitch. (Ending Soon Sun, 4th Dec)

Museum of London
EC2Y 5HN
2022-07-20
Harry Kane: I want to play football
£8  
This exhibition examines ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and also music. (Ending Soon Fri, 23rd Dec)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2022-07-20
Inspired!
Free  
Spanning centuries, the unexpected treasures on display in the Art Deco library include hand-drawn illustrations, curious texts and beguiling bindings. (Ending Soon Fri, 23rd Dec)

Museum of Freemasonry
WC2B 5AZ
2022-07-20
Treasures
This world-first, object-rich exhibition reveals the past, present and future of how cancer is prevented, detected and treated. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Dec)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2022-07-20
Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope
An exhibition exploring the Elstree Extension through the Northern Heights that was suspended during World War 2, and never restarted. (Ending Soon Sat, 31st Dec)

Elstree and Borehamwood Museum
WD6 1EB
2022-07-20
Off the Rails: The Line that never was
Discover the ground-breaking technology that changed the post forever in a new exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Jan)

The Postal Museum
WC1X 0DA
2022-07-20
Sorting Britain: The Power of Postcodes
This display brings together items reflecting the varied interests and achievements of the polymath Charles Jennens. (Ending Soon Tue, 3rd Jan)

Foundling Museum
WC1N 1AZ
2022-07-20
Charles Jennens: Patron & Polymath
Celebrating the life and work of one of the best loved children's authors of the 20th century. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2022-07-20
Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature
New research into IWM’s photography archive demonstrates just how keenly The Queen’s role as monarch has been shaped by her wartime experiences. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2022-07-20
The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee at IWM London
The first exhibition of Lucian Freud’s work in the home of his grandfather, Sigmund Freud, and aunt, Anna Freud (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jan)

Freud Museum
NW3 5SX
2022-07-20
Lucian Freud: The Painter and His Family
An installation of six large-scale clay columns inspired by traditional architectural practices in Chile, by Swedish-Chilean artist Anton Alvarez (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Feb)

100 Bishopsgate
EC2M 1GT
2022-07-20
The Remnants by Anton Alvarez
The historical map collections at London Metropolitan Archives show the development of the city in incredible detail, from the late sixteenth century to the present day. (Ending Soon Wed, 29th Mar)

London Metropolitan Archives
EC1R 0HB
2022-07-20
Magnificent Maps of London
Africa Fashion explores the vitality and global impact of a fashion scene as dynamic and varied as the continent itself. (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Apr)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2022-07-20
Africa Fashion
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
2022-07-20
Hidden London: The Exhibition
This exhibition follows the challenging journeys of rehabilitation and recovery taken by soldiers who have suffered a life-changing physical or mental injury. (Ending Soon Mon, 28th Aug)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2022-07-20
Road to Recovery
This exhibition explores the history of transatlantic slavery through its connections with the Bank of England and the wider City of London. (Ending Soon Fri, 26th Jan)

Bank of England Museum
EC2R 8AH
2022-07-20
Slavery & the Bank
This exhibition follows the lives of British soldiers in Germany over the past 75 years. (Ends on Wed, 21st Aug)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2022-07-20
 Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945