Welcome to the IanVisits alternative guide to London.
Lectures, talks, heritage events, organised walks and other random geeky miscellany.
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
The exhibition explores women international thinkers and their work at a fundamental moment in the imagining of international relations. (Ends on Fri, 2nd Sep)
LSE Library
A retrospective exploring the often-surprising history of one of the UK’s oldest and most revered applied arts organisations. (Ends on Sat, 3rd Sep)
Fashion and Textile Museum
Celebrate the work of designer Bethany Williams with this new exhibition embracing the discussion of social and environmental issues. (Ends on Sun, 4th Sep)
The Design Museum
A major collection of works by Edvard Munch shown in the UK for the first time. (Ends on Sun, 4th Sep)
Courtauld Institute of Art
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. (Ends on Sun, 4th Sep)
Japan House
To mark the 150th anniversary of Heath Robinson's birth, an exhibition of a selection of his cartoons representing the wide range of his subjects and spanning his humorous output from 1905 to 1943. (Ends on Sun, 4th Sep)
Heath Robinson Museum
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. (Ends on Sun, 4th Sep)
The British Museum
£8
Inspired!
This exhibition examines ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and also music. (Ends on Sun, 11th Sep)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
The exhibition showcases a series of works by Anna Marongiu, a Sardinian artist who created 262 illustrations of The Pickwick Papers between 1928–1929. (Ends on Sun, 11th Sep)
Charles Dickens Museum
Free
Cow in the woods
Find out more about Epping Forest’s grazing history, how the ‘cow saved the Forest’ in 1874 and grazing management today.
(Ends on Sun, 18th Sep)
Epping Forest Visitor Centre
Free
Eternally Yours
An exhibition exploring ideas around repair, care and healing. (Ends on Sun, 18th Sep)
Somerset House
£13.50
In the Black Fantastic
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. (Ends on Sun, 18th Sep)
Hayward Gallery
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. (Ends on Sun, 18th Sep)
The British Museum
£18
Walter Sickert
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. (Ends on Sun, 18th Sep)
Tate Britain
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. (Ends on Mon, 19th Sep)
Barbican Library
A dynamic history, a precarious present: navigate Venice's iconic waterways at the National Maritime Museum (Ends on Sun, 25th Sep)
National Maritime Museum
An exhibition that explores female spiritual beings in world belief and mythological traditions around the globe. (Ends on Sun, 25th Sep)
The British Museum
Korean artist JeeYoung Lee has created an environment inspired by memories, dreams, emotions, and her personal experience. (Ends on Sun, 25th Sep)
Now Gallery
This exhibition celebrates both the release of The Legend of luther Arkwright alongside the history of the character and previous installments of the series. (Ends on Sun, 2nd Oct)
Cartoon Museum
£8
Gold
Take a journey around the globe to learn how gold elevated art in manuscripts and books. (Ends on Sun, 2nd Oct)
The British Library
