What's on in London on Friday 17th February 2023

£17  Alexander the Great: The Making of a Myth

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?

£16.50  The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain

Through some of our country’s most provocative artists, this exhibition presents an alternative perspective on modern Britain.

£20  Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

A major exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Free  Turner on Tour

For the first time in a century, two ground-breaking paintings by Turner are coming home for a special exhibition.

£18.50  Objects of Desire: Surrealism and Design 1924 – Today

Delve into the dreamlike relationship between Surrealism and design in this century-spanning celebration of surrealist objects of desire.

£10.50  Tiny Traces: African & Asian Children at London’s Foundling Hospital

Explore newly uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital.

Free  This is England

See portraits of the full England football squad and manager by artist Matt Small.

£3  St Mary le Strand Speaks! Sound and Light Installation

The Church’s gold apse and white-flowered, coffered, ceiling, will be flooded with exploratory light and reverberate to the sublime sound of George Frederic Handel.

Free  Art on paper since 1960 - the Hamish Parker collection

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.

£17  Japan: Courts and Culture

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.