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: Tuesday, 2nd January 2024?
Displayed in date order by how soon they close.
£15.38
The Gingerbread City
This year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical. (Ending Soon Mon, 2nd Jan)
Motcomb House
The display shows the most exciting new toys to come to the market throughout the 20th Century – those at the top of every child’s Christmas list. (Ending Soon Fri, 6th Jan)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
One of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, Henry Fuseli, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Courtauld. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)
Courtauld Institute of Art
The first major survey of Carolee Schneemann’s work in the UK, tracing her diverse, transgressive and interdisciplinary expression over six decades. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)
Barbican Centre
A geodesic dome with a single energy-efficient light bulb at its centre casts multicoloured light in every direction. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)
Southbank Centre
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
With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, the great American Realist painter confronted the leading issues facing the United States. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Jan)
National Gallery
A free exhibition dedicated to celebrated British photojournalist Bill Brandt (1904-83). (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Jan)
Tate Britain
An exhibition of TV and film costume designs sketches from the Ann and John Bloomfield collection. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Jan)
BFI Southbank
‘Discover Manet and Eva Gonzalès’ is the first in a series of exhibitions that look at a single painting from fresh and unexpected perspectives. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Jan)
National Gallery
The oldest document held in the City of London Corporation’s extensive archives will go on rare public display. (Ending Soon Thu, 19th Jan)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
A display of photographs taken between 1857 and 1970, capturing the archaeological site of Hampi. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Jan)
British Library
The New Black Vanguard features 15 international Black photographers contributing to a new vision of the Black figure and reframing representation in art and fashion. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Jan)
Saatchi Gallery
This exhibition celebrates the completion of the British Museum's digitisation project and showcases the extraordinary variety of printmaking (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Jan)
British Museum
A celebration of the huge contribution made to music and culture by Black British musical families, curated by the Black Music Coalition. (Ending Soon Wed, 25th Jan)
Barbican Library
To mark the anniversary of Tutankhamun's discovery, the British Museum has commissioned a work by Egyptian graffiti artist Nofal O. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Jan)
British Museum
This outdoor photographic exhibition celebrates how Marble Hill has been enjoyed by the local community since becoming a public park. (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Jan)
Marble Hill House
A video projection each evening showing the moment in 1814 when an elephant walked across the frozen Thames. (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Jan)
Dirty Lane Gate
£12.50
Museum of the Moon
Luke Jerram returns to the Old Royal Naval College with his incredible artwork Museum of the Moon. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
Old Royal Naval College
Visit the Woven Cities display to see the brand-new London Woven Crest alongside the crests from Amsterdam and Rome. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Feb)
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
He built an empire that stretched across the world. Rode across the sky on a flying chariot. And descended to the bottom of the sea in a glass bell. Or did he? (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Feb)
The British Library
A major exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Feb)
The British Museum
Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century-spanning celebration of surrealist objects of desire. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Feb)
The Design Museum
Free
This is England
See portraits of the full England football squad and manager by artist Matt Small. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Feb)
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
Free
Turner on Tour
For the first time in a century, two ground-breaking paintings by Turner are coming home for a special exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Feb)
National Gallery
From Lucian Freud to Kiki Smith, life drawing to minimalism and etching to collage, this exhibition spans an intriguing range of styles and techniques used in art on paper from 1960 to today. (Ending Soon Sat, 25th Feb)
British Museum
Tate Britain celebrates the return of Yiadom-Boakye's 2020 major survey which was sadly cut short by lockdown (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
Tate Britain
The exhibition includes rare pieces of porcelain and lacquer, samurai armour, embroidered screens and diplomatic gifts from the reigns of James I to Her Majesty The Queen. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
The Queen's Gallery
Rebel Rebel, the first major UK commission by Iranian artist Soheila Sokhanvari, celebrates and commemorates feminist icons from pre-revolutionary Iran. (Ending Soon Sun, 26th Feb)
Barbican Centre
Free
The Lost Rhino
This virtual rhino will be roaming in a digital world within the Museum’s Jerwood Gallery as part of a new art exhibition from artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg. (Ending Soon Tue, 28th Feb)
Natural History Museum
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
At the heart of Ilford Limited is analogue photography and this display shows the beauty of Ilford film as a tool to experiment, make portraits and capture people’s stories. (Ending Soon Sat, 11th Mar)
Redbridge Museum
£22
Cezanne
Tate Modern presents a once-in-a-generation exhibition of paintings, watercolours and drawings by Paul Cezanne. (Ending Soon Sun, 12th Mar)
Tate Modern
The life and work of renowned 19th-century naval surgeon and physician, Sir William Beatty, is explored in all its fascinating – and often grisly. (Ending Soon Sat, 25th Mar)
Discover Greenwich Visitor Centre
£16
Maria Bartuszová
Delicate, evocative plaster sculptures inspired by the natural world (Ending Soon Sun, 16th Apr)
Tate Modern
Free
Chinese and British
An exhibition about the history and impact of the Chinese community in the UK, and to understand what it really means to be Chinese and British. (Ending Soon Sun, 23rd Apr)
British Library
Thamesmead Codex celebrates the voices and local community of Thamesmead, London (Ending Soon Sun, 7th May)
Tate Modern
A new series of fresco paintings by Hannah Quinlan and Rosie Hastings (Ending Soon Sun, 7th May)
Tate Britain
Explore a forest of towering woven sculptures (Ending Soon Sun, 21st May)
Tate Modern
Free
War Games
The UK’s first exhibition to explore what video games can tell us about conflict. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th May)
Imperial War Museum
The V&A's first exhibition to celebrate the colourful and dynamic popular culture of South Korea, following its early origins to its place on the global stage today. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Jun)
Victoria and Albert Museum
Free
Yinka Ilori
Dive into the colourful world of artist/designer Yinka Ilori through installations, patterns and graphics that aim to shape and inspire a joyful and playful experience. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Jun)
The Design Museum
Discover the natural world in all its wonder and diversity at the newly redesigned Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition (Ending Soon Sun, 2nd Jul)
Natural History Museum
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
Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 13th Aug)
National Maritime Museum
This display celebrates the glittering world of musical theatre, exploring the evolution and craftmanship of iconic musicals (Ending Soon Mon, 27th Nov)
Victoria and Albert Museum
This exhibition explores the worldwide effort to develop vaccines at pandemic speed. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)
Science Museum
How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic? (Ends on Sun, 12th May)
Science Museum
