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.

This exhibition chronicles the evolution of music photography over the last 70 years. It showcases iconic rock and roll images and the photographers who shot them. (Ending Soon Mon, 25th Sep)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2023-09-25
In The Moment: The Art of Music Photography
This exhibition brings together highly skilled artists whose works show the respect for tradition and spirit of innovation, in a variety of materials including textiles, leather, paper and pearl. (Ending Soon Fri, 29th Sep)

Embassy of Japan in the UK
W1J 7JT
2023-09-25
Aizome - The Craft of Japanese Indigo-dyeing
This exhibition in the Chapter House will reveal the key elements of the royal ceremony which has taken place at the Abbey for nearly a thousand years. (Ending Soon Sat, 30th Sep)

Westminster Abbey
SW1P 3PA
2023-09-25
Coronation exhibition
Featuring angels, saints, biblical figures and mythological deities, these drawings celebrate those who are in some way superhuman, or close to godly. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Oct)

Leighton House Museum
W14 8LZ
2023-09-25
Evelyn De Morgan: The Gold Drawings
An unprecedented exhibition, revealing – for the first time – extraordinary photographs taken by Paul McCartney. (Ending Soon Sun, 1st Oct)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2023-09-25
Paul McCartney - Photographs  1963–64 Eyes of the Storm
This display showcases drawings, paintings, sculpture and decorative arts that are not what they seem.  (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Oct)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2023-09-25
Art and Artifice: Fakes from the Collection
In a global first, the resilience and innovation of 19th-century China is revealed in a major new exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Oct)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-09-25
China's hidden century
This exhibition explores what the Georgians wore, from the practical dress of laundry maids to the glittering gowns worn at court. (Ending Soon Sun, 8th Oct)

The Queen's Gallery
SW1A 1AA
2023-09-25
Style & Society: Dressing the Georgians
A solo exhibition of work by new media artist Jinjoon Lee as part of a yearlong celebration of the 140th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and the UK.  (Ending Soon Fri, 13th Oct)

Korean Cultural Centre UK
WC2N 5BW
2023-09-25
Audible Garden
The narratives featured in the exhibition will prompt visitors to consider what new possibilities emerge when they are invited as readers to become a part of the story themselves. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Oct)

British Library
NW1 2DB
2023-09-25
Digital Storytelling
This exhibition explores our devotion to four-legged friends across the centuries. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Oct)

Wallace Collection
W1U 3BN
2023-09-25
Portraits of Dogs: From Gainsborough to Hockney
Visit this re-creation of Wren’s St Paul’s working ‘office’ and experience the intensity of a significant moment in the Capital’s history, the rebuilding of London and the new St Paul’s cathedral after the 1666 fire. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Oct)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2023-09-25
Wren at Work - Wren300 Exhibition
An exploration of the life and career of Yevonde, the pioneering London photographer who spearheaded the use of colour photography in the 1930s. (Ending Soon Sun, 15th Oct)

National Portrait Gallery
WC2H 0HE
2023-09-25
Yevonde - Life and Colour
Explore the vibrant diversity of Japanese graphic arts in this bold exhibition which bridges the worlds of fine art, commercial illustration and counterculture. (Ending Soon Sun, 22nd Oct)

Japan House London
W8 5SA
2023-09-25
WAVE: Currents in Japanese Graphic Arts
Photographer Philip Cunningham's exhibition of people, places and community activism in 1970s East London.  (Ending Soon Fri, 27th Oct)

Oxford House
E2 6HG
2023-09-25
Philip Cunningham’s ‘Lost East End’
A 1.5 metre long model of a Polacanthus, an armoured 125-million-year-old dinosaur found in the UK, will be on show for the first time as part of the Brick Dinos exhibition. (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Oct)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2023-09-25
Brick Dinos
This exhibition explores the relationship of Rego’s work titled Crivelli’s Garden to the 15th-century altarpiece that inspired it.  (Ending Soon Sun, 29th Oct)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2023-09-25
Paula Rego: Crivelli's Garden
£9  
Christy, the near 175-year-old British heritage brand credited with creating towelling as we know it today, is the centre of a two-month exhibition at London’s Museum of Brands. (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Oct)

Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising
W11 1QT
2023-09-25
Christy
A display exploring the underrepresented history of Indian indenture in the British Caribbean. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Nov)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2023-09-25
Indo + Caribbean: The creation of a culture
Gregor Sailer's photography exhibition explores the new Arctic trade routes opening due to melting ice cap. (Ending Soon Fri, 24th Nov)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2023-09-25
The Polar Silk Road
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
SW7 2RL
2023-09-25
Re:Imagining Musicals
‘The Mews-eum’ tells the story of 4 Doughty Mews from humble stables to a quiet residential oasis, and now as a centre for exploring the cultural heritage of Egypt. (Ending Soon Wed, 29th Nov)

The Egypt Exploration Society
WC1N 2PG
2023-09-25
An exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Chilean military coup. (Ending Soon Wed, 20th Dec)

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
WC2A 2AE
2023-09-25
"Hidden in Plain Sight" is UCL Library Services' free public exhibition highlighting underrepresented voices in our historic and modern library collections.  (Ending Soon Thu, 21st Dec)

UCL Main Library
WC1H 0AL
2023-09-25
Hidden in Plain Sight: Liberating our Library Collections
This exhibition celebrates the Tercentenary of the Constitutions of the Freemasons. (Ending Soon Thu, 21st Dec)

Museum of Freemasonry
WC2B 5AZ
2023-09-25
Inventing the Future
Explore thread as a method and metaphor for connection, collaboration and conversation in this exhibition by ten students. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

Whitechapel Gallery
E1 7QX
2023-09-25
It All Starts With a Thread
This exhibition brings together a group of new and existing sculptures to explore Black women’s labour across histories and geographies. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Jan)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2023-09-25
Art Now: Rhea Dillon: An Alterable Terrain
This exhibition explores the worldwide effort to develop vaccines at pandemic speed. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2023-09-25
Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine
This exhibition will invite visitors to further their understanding of the Troubles through the multiple perspectives of individuals affected by the conflict. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2023-09-25
The Art of Banksy is the world’s largest collection of original and authenticated Banksy artworks showcasing more than 110 pieces including prints, canvases, unique works and ephemera, many of which are on display for the very first time. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

The Art of Banksy exhibition
W1B 5HB
2023-09-25
The Art of Banksy
Four times heavier than Dippy the Diplodocus, 12 metres longer than Hope the blue whale and making its European debut, prepare to meet titanosaur and learn all about life as the biggest dinosaur. (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2023-09-25
Titanosaur at the Natural History Museum
Bringing together 36 artists from different generations and geographies, this exhibition explores how photography and video have allowed artists to examine legacies of the past while imagining more hopeful futures. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2023-09-25
 A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography
From across the sea, an art revolution is coming. Discover the art of the Van de Veldes at the Queen's House (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Queen's House
SE10 9NE
2023-09-25
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
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
2023-09-25
Slavery & the Bank
This exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary painting and photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2023-09-25
Capturing The Moment
This display of prints by American artist Ed Ruscha focuses on his prevailing interest in the physical world around him. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-09-25
Ed Ruscha roads and insects
Revel in the beauty of nature at this display of works by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues – one of the most gifted botanical artists of his age. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-09-25
The genius of nature botanical drawings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
This exhibition will be one of the most wide-ranging surveys of contemporary fashion culture ever staged in the UK. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2023-09-25
REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
How can we design our homes to respond to the climate emergency? Discover how architects are reimagining wood, stone and straw to design homes fit for the future. (Ending Soon Thu, 29th Feb)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2023-09-25
How to Build a Low-Carbon Home
The forgotten story of the Indian Army camps at Hampton Court Palace (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Hampton Court Palace
KT8 9AU
2023-09-25
The Indian Army at the Palace
The first UK exhibition dedicated to the work of French couturière, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, charting the establishment of the House of CHANEL and the evolution of her iconic design style. (Ending Soon Sun, 10th Mar)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2023-09-25
Gabrielle Chanel. Fashion Manifesto
This exhibition presents the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860 and are recorded in London’s archives. (Ending Soon Wed, 27th Mar)

London Metropolitan Archives
EC1R 0HB
2023-09-25
Unforgotten Lives
This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers. (Ending Soon Fri, 5th Apr)

Barbican Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2023-09-25
Concrete and Clay - Archiving the Barbican
£20  
Expect an explosion of over the top fashions at the V&A Museum this summer, as it brings together a collection of outfits worn by celebrities under the title of "divas". (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Apr)

Victoria and Albert Museum
SW7 2RL
2023-09-25
DIVA
This free display brings together ten works by the two artists: with four views of Yorkshire by Turner and five scenes of Normandy and Venice by Bonington. (Ends on Sun, 21st Apr)

Wallace Collection
W1U 3BN
2023-09-25
Turner and Bonington: Watercolours from the Wallace Collection
How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic?  (Ends on Sun, 12th May)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2023-09-25
Injecting Hope: The race for a COVID-19 vaccine
The museum exhibition features first-hand accounts of the horrors and moments of hope faced by doctors tackling the impact of the virus. (Ends on Fri, 24th May)

Royal College of Physicians Museum
NW1 4LE
2023-09-25