The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Thursday 1st June.


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Top events in London on Thu 1st Jun 2023

Experience live stone carving by stonemasonry apprentices and students, have-a-go at lettering and carving in stone.
2023-06-01
10am to 5pm
 
Barbican
Wren300 - Live Stone Carving Competition
Barbican
Bombproof vaults, a cavernous library and shelves upon shelves of natural history treasures. A behind-the-scenes tour.
2023-06-01
2pm to 3:30pm
 
Picadilly
Linnean Society Treasures Tour
Picadilly
A monthly late opening of the restored Roman temple found near Bank in the City of London in the 1950s, and recently restored to its original subterranean location.
2023-06-01
5pm to 8pm
 
City of London
Monthly late opening at the London Mithraeum
City of London
On the first Thursday of the month, Holborn's Novelty Automation has a bar in the store for their late-night opening.
2023-06-01
6pm to 9pm
 
Holborn
Monthly bar night at Novelty Automation
Holborn
This talk will consider Dance’s scheme and its visual afterlives not simply as relics of a failed planning exercise, but as examples of a ‘paper architecture’ that helped to configure expectations about London’s future form.
2023-06-01
6:30pm to 8pm
 
Euston
Visions of a Future London: George Dance the Younger’s Proposals for the Port of London, 1796-1803
Euston
Dr Clare Smith will be examining the depiction of murder and murderers in art, and considering art that has been produced by murderers.
2023-06-01
7pm to 8:15pm
 
Covent Garden
Covent Garden
Former Christmas Lecturer Helen Czerski explores on of the earth's most complex systems: the ocean.
2023-06-01
7pm to 8:30pm
 
Hanover Square
Blue machine: Uncovering the ocean's power
Hanover Square

Online events / webinars

Join curators Jessica Harrison-Hall and Julia Lovell as they introduce the context, scope, themes and highlight objects of the extraordinary Citi exhibition, China’s hidden century.
4:30pm to 5:30pm
 

 

Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon

PerAnkh – The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive
An exhibition exploring Pan-African cinema and its relationship with Black British cinema and culture.
PerAnkh – The June Givanni PanAfrican Cinema Archive
11am to 6pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 4th June
2023-04-15
2023-06-04
Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA
The exhibition showcases Feliks Topolski’s lifelong commitment to reportage.
Punks, Princes and Protests: The Chronicles of Feliks Topolski RA
12pm to 6pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sat, 15th July
2023-05-18
2023-07-15
Gerry Anderson's Century 21
This exhibition will take visitors back in time to a more magical period of retro-futuristic glitz, glamour and adventure, showcasing classic comic artwork based on the worlds of Gerry Anderson.
Gerry Anderson's Century 21
10:30am to 8pm
New Oxford Street
Closing soon Sun, 4th June
2023-03-03
2023-06-04
Private & Public: Finding the Modern British Garden
This exhibition brings together intimate depictions of gardens and greenhouses, public parks and favoured plant specimens by artists of the interwar years.
Private & Public: Finding the Modern British Garden
10am to 5pm
Southwark
Closing soon Sun, 4th June
2023-03-22
2023-06-04
Making History: The Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet
A display of ceramics by Simon Pettet inside the remarkable Dennis Severs House.
Making History: The Ceramic Work of Simon Pettet
2pm to 7pm
Whitechapel
Closing soon Sun, 4th June
2023-05-03
2023-06-04
 Life and death in the archives: St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1123-2023
A free outdoor exhibition of photography, art and history from the archives and collections of St Bartholomew’s Hospital, held by Barts Health NHS Trust Archives.
 Life and death in the archives: St Bartholomew's Hospital, 1123-2023
All Day
City of London
Closing soon Tue, 6th June
2023-05-10
2023-06-06
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance
This exhibition looks again at one of the best-known faces in the National Gallery: Quinten Massys’s 16th-century depiction of an old woman, a painting known as ‘The Ugly Duchess’.
The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sun, 11th June
2023-03-16
2023-06-11
Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance
The first major UK exhibition to explore the exceptional talents of the Renaissance master Donatello, arguably the greatest sculptor of all time.
Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance
10am to 5:45pm
South Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 11th June
2023-02-11
2023-06-11
Kumihimo: Japanese Silk Braiding by Domyo
Discover the past, present and possible futures of kumihimo, an intricate, decorative braided cord from Japan, in the first major UK exhibition exploring this ancient yet contemporary Japanese art.
Kumihimo: Japanese Silk Braiding by Domyo
10am to 8pm
Kensington
Closing soon Sun, 11th June
2023-02-23
2023-06-11
Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different
Artist Nalini Malani, our first National Gallery contemporary fellow, presents new ways of seeing well-known works of art.
Nalini Malani: My Reality is Different
10am to 6pm
Trafalgar Square
Closing soon Sun, 11th June
2023-03-02
2023-06-11

Exhibitions opening soon


What's on in London

Walking tours of London on Thursday 1st June 2023

Visit the Ministry of Magic, The Leaky Cauldron, Diagon Alley and Platform 9¾, all on this half-day guided tour of the wizarding world.
 9am to 12pm
 
 Whitehall
2023-06-01
2023-06-01
Join a group of fellow muggles for a walking tour and see the real-life locations that inspired sets such as Diagon Alley, the Leaky Cauldron, and the Ministry of Magic.
 Starts at 11am
 
 City of London
2023-06-01
2023-06-01
An unusual walk around the lesser-known corners of Holborn and Bloomsbury, interwoven with mysteries from the stories of Arthur Machen.
 6:30pm to 8:30pm
 
 Clerkenwell
2023-06-01
2023-06-01
Dare to discover the legend of London’s notorious Jack the Ripper on a tour like no other.
 7:30pm to 9:15pm
 
 Whitechapel
2023-06-01
2023-06-01