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Displayed in date order by how soon they close.

£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
2023-10-31
Christy
The Belgravia Pumpkin Trail will comprise a winding series of stores boasting spooky and fun festive window displays throughout the neighbourhood. (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Oct)

Various locations
2023-10-31
Halloween pumpkin trail in Belgravia
A free photography exhibition that seeks to explore the interconnectivity of Peckham and its people. (Ending Soon Tue, 31st Oct)

Peckham Levels
SE15 4ST
2023-10-31
Peckham is a place called Home
This temporary display highlights the contribution of the Indian Army across the globe during the First World War. (Ending Soon Sun, 5th Nov)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2023-10-31
British Indian Army: Soldiers of the First World War
Exhibited for the first time - ex-issue police riot helmets transformed by contemporary artists (Ending Soon Tue, 7th Nov)

Saatchi Gallery
SW3 4RY
2023-10-31
R.I.O.T. Reclamation In Our Time
An exhibition of highlights from The Pearson Silver Collection devoted to post-World War II British designer silver. (Ending Soon Fri, 10th Nov)

Noonans Mayfair
W1J 8BQ
2023-10-31
Pearson Silver Collection highlights exhibition
An exhibition in the foyer of One Canada Square office block of photos taken by Daily Mirror photojournalists over the decades. (Ending Soon Tue, 14th Nov)

One Canada Square
E14 5AB
2023-10-31
A fragile 1,500 Chinese scroll goes on display for a few weeks each year. (Ending Soon Wed, 15th Nov)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-10-31
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies
A meditative exploration of our collective unconscious through the eyes of artificial intelligence (Ending Soon Wed, 15th Nov)

Illusionaries
E14 5AR
2023-10-31
Latent Spaces
A display exploring the underrepresented history of Indian indenture in the British Caribbean. (Ending Soon Sun, 19th Nov)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
An exhibition, in collaboration with the BBC, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who and its life at Riverside Studios. (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Dec)

Riverside Studios
W6 9BN
2023-10-31
An exhibition celebrating the Royal Asiatic Society’s bicentenary and its involvement in the study of science, literature, religion, and the arts of Asia since 1823. (Ending Soon Fri, 15th Dec)

Brunei Gallery, SOAS
WC1H 0XG
2023-10-31
Extraordinary Endeavors
An exhibition about the British priest who nearly became Pope. (Ending Soon Fri, 15th Dec)

Lambeth Palace Library
SE1 7JT
2023-10-31
Reformation Cardinal
This exhibition celebrates three generations of women silversmiths from the Sultanate of Oman, showcasing their silver work and personal testimonies. (Ending Soon Sun, 17th Dec)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-10-31
Making their mark: women silversmiths from Oman
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
2023-10-31
"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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
Inventing the Future
An exhibition of works by Italian artist Sergio Lombardo (b.1939, Rome). (Ending Soon Fri, 22nd Dec)

Cardi Gallery
W1S 4EX
2023-10-31
This exhibition offers a glimpse into a past of tourism posters that resonates with the present. (Ending Soon Thu, 28th Dec)

Embassy of Japan in the UK
W1J 7JT
2023-10-31
Wanderlust: Travel Japan through Vintage Posters
An exhibition of paintings showing many of Britain's folk traditions. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

The Last Tuesday Society / Viktor Wynd's Museum of Curiosities
E8 4RP
2023-10-31
Ben Edge's British Folk Paintings
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
2023-10-31
It All Starts With a Thread
Featuring over 200 items, this exhibtion presents historical items and royal, military, ecclesiastical, and theatrical costumes, and fine examples of modern jewellery, silversmithing, and embroidery. (Ending Soon Sun, 31st Dec)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2023-10-31
Treasures of Gold and Silver Wire
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
The Art of Banksy
Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, this exhibition charts the shifting landscape of Black British culture and the unique contribution it has made to Britain’s rich fashion design history.  (Ending Soon Sun, 7th Jan)

Somerset House
WC2R 1LA
2023-10-31
The Missing Thread
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
 A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography
A major exhibition of work by British artist Claudette Johnson (born 1959) at The Courtauld Gallery. (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2023-10-31
Claudette Johnson: Presence
A group exhibition exploring the relationship between gender and ecology, highlighting the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Barbican Arts Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2023-10-31
RE/SISTERS A Lens on Gender and Ecology
A British artist's brash and tender exploration of what makes us human (Ending Soon Sun, 14th Jan)

Tate Britain
SW1P 4RG
2023-10-31
Sarah Lucas Happy Gas
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
2023-10-31
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
£20  
This exhibition, the first major retrospective of Hals in more than thirty years, means a new generation can discover why he deserves his place as one of the greatest painters in Western art. (Ending Soon Sun, 21st Jan)

National Gallery
WC2N 5DN
2023-10-31
Frans Hals
The exhibition includes ten themed galleries with classics from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs to contemporary releases such as Encanto, including the latest members of the Disney family—Pixar, Star Wars and Marvel. (Ending Soon Mon, 22nd Jan)

ExCeL London
E16 1XL
2023-10-31
Disney 100 Exhibition
A display celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. (Ending Soon Thu, 25th Jan)

Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater
EC2V 5AE
2023-10-31
Heritage Gallery Exhibition – Shakespeare
The first major retrospective of R.B. Kitaj in the UK for a decade features over 40 paintings, pastels and drawings, covering all major periods of his work. (Ending Soon Fri, 26th Jan)

Piano Nobile
W11 4LW
2023-10-31
R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles
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
2023-10-31
Slavery & the Bank
This exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary painting and photography. (Ending Soon Sun, 28th Jan)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
The genius of nature botanical drawings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues
This is an ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and DNA ancestry. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2023-10-31
Genetic Automata
Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

Barbican Arts Centre
EC2Y 8DS
2023-10-31
Julianknxx Chorus in Rememory of Flight
This display presents an outstanding group of around twenty Venetian drawings from The Courtauld’s collection. (Ending Soon Sun, 11th Feb)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2023-10-31
La Serenissima: Drawing in 18th century Venice 
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
2023-10-31
REBEL: 30 Years of London Fashion
Explore the design and history of the Royal Festival Hall foyers, and discover the people behind them, in this free Archive Studio exhibition. (Ending Soon Sat, 17th Feb)

Royal Festival Hall
SE1 8XX
2023-10-31
An immersive exploration of AI Gods, spirituality, and Silicon Valley’s techno-religion. (Ending Soon Sat, 17th Feb)

arebyte Gallery
E14 0LG
2023-10-31
Zach Blas: CULTUS
Whether subverting, inverting, celebrating or exploding – this intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books. (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Feb)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-10-31
An exhibition showcasing the creativity and imagination of young people responding to Édouard Manet’s A Bar at the Folies-Bergère (1882).  (Ending Soon Sun, 18th Feb)

Courtauld Institute of Art
WC2R 0RN
2023-10-31
Reworking Manet
Journey through the enchanting, mysterious and sometimes monstrous makings of fantasy.  (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

British Library
NW1 2DB
2023-10-31
Fantasy: Realms of Imagination
This exhibition will present the landscape and nature paintings and sculptures of Frank Walter. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Garden Museum
SE1 7LB
2023-10-31
One of the 20th century’s most captivating painters responds to a world in turmoil (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2023-10-31
Philip Guston
£16.50  
Dulwich Picture Gallery presents a new body of work by the renowned artist Sara Shamma.  (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

Dulwich Picture Gallery
SE21 7AD
2023-10-31
Sara Shamma
UVA’s experimental practice uses light, space, sound and custom-made “kinetic instruments” to create dynamic, immersive experiences and atmospheric performances. (Ending Soon Sun, 25th Feb)

180 Studios
WC2R 1EA
2023-10-31
UVA: Synchronicity
A special exhibition about a little-known local scientific invention with a huge global impact: the development of artificial silk. (Ending Soon Thu, 29th Feb)

Museum of Richmond
TW9 1TP
2023-10-31
Artificial Silk: From Kew to the World
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
2023-10-31
How to Build a Low-Carbon Home
An exploration into the overlooked world of historical boy’s dress through a collector’s eye. (Ending Soon Sat, 2nd Mar)

Fashion and Textile Museum
SE1 3XF
2023-10-31
Oh Boy! Boy’s Dress 1760-1930
This exhibition explores printed propaganda textiles over more than two centuries, from the French Revolution to Brexit. (Ending Soon Sat, 2nd Mar)

Fashion and Textile Museum
SE1 3XF
2023-10-31
The forgotten story of the Indian Army camps at Hampton Court Palace (Ending Soon Sun, 3rd Mar)

Hampton Court Palace
KT8 9AU
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
Unforgotten Lives
Showcasing prints and drawings from Genoa's golden age, this display spotlights an artistic powerhouse that rivalled Venice, Florence and Rome. (Ending Soon Mon, 1st Apr)

British Museum
WC1B 3DG
2023-10-31
Superb line prints and drawings from Genoa 1500–1800
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
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
DIVA
The Devil is in the Detail will display one of the most important series of woodcuts in Albrecht Dürer’s career, the Great Passion, which is rarely seen in its complete set, as well as several other key works from the era.  (Ending Soon Wed, 10th Apr)

Strawberry Hill
TW1 4ST
2023-10-31
The Devil is in the Detail
An exhibition to mark the film's 30th anniversary. (Ends on Sun, 14th Apr)

Cartoon Museum
W1A 3AE
2023-10-31
30 Years of The Wrong Trousers
£27.40  
A multimedia exhibition that combines visuals, sound, and augmented reality to animate the cultural heritage and spirit of South Korea's Seoul.  (Ends on Sun, 14th Apr)

Borough Yards
SE1 9AD
2023-10-31
Delight
A monumental sculptural installation made of thousands of metal bottle tops and fragments. (Ends on Sun, 14th Apr)

Tate Modern
SE1 9TG
2023-10-31
El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon
Discover over 100 years of intrigue, deceit and real-life secret agents. (Ends on Sun, 14th Apr)

Imperial War Museum
SE1 6HZ
2023-10-31
Spies, Lies and Deception
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
2023-10-31
Turner and Bonington: Watercolours from the Wallace Collection
This exhibition explores notions of beauty across time and cultures. (Ends on Sun, 28th Apr)

Wellcome Collection
NW1 2BE
2023-10-31
The Cult of Beauty
Explore how music shapes our lives in this interactive exhibition. (Ends on Mon, 6th May)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2023-10-31
Turn It Up: The power of music
How do you develop a vaccine quickly and effectively to combat a global pandemic?  (Ends on Sun, 12th May)

Science Museum
SW7 2DD
2023-10-31
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
2023-10-31
An exhibition about the west London hive of workshops and design studios that fed into some of the country’s most iconic Sci-Fi films and TV shows. (Ends on Sun, 2nd Jun)

Gunnersbury Park and Museum
W5 4NH
2023-10-31
 Set to Stun: Designing & Filming Sci-Fi in West London
£18  
The first major UK exhibition to map the design evolution of the skateboard from the 1950s to today – a story of design, daring and disobedience. (Ends on Sun, 2nd Jun)

The Design Museum
W8 6AG
2023-10-31
Skateboard
A forest rodeo, a hidden stargazer and a mason bee at work are just a few of the awe-inspiring images featured in the 59th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. (Ends on Sun, 30th Jun)

Natural History Museum
SW7 5BD
2023-10-31
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
The exhibition explores tea’s complex history and myriad of meanings – from its popularisation and globalisation connected to stories of imperialism and colonial violence. (Ends on Sun, 7th Jul)

Horniman Museum
SE23 3PQ
2023-10-31
 茶, चाय, Tea (Chá, Chai, Tea)
For the first time, this exhibition will uncover the major contribution of Jewish designers in making London an iconic fashion city. (Ends on Sun, 7th Jul)

Museum of London Docklands
E14 4AL
2023-10-31
Fashion City: How Jewish Londoners shaped global style
From Hokusai to Pokémon, Studio Ghibli, robots and beyond, the exhibition takes young visitors on an atmospheric and playful journey revealing the influence of folklore on Japan’s art and design. (Ends on Sun, 11th Aug)

Young V&A
E2 9PA
2023-10-31
Japan: Myths to Manga
This exhibition follows the lives of British soldiers in Germany over the past 75 years. (Ends on Wed, 21st Aug)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2023-10-31
 Foe to Friend: The British Army in Germany since 1945
This exhibition explores some of the ways in which Shakespeare has shaped how we think about soldiers and the Army, and how we imagine war and its consequences today. (Ends on Sun, 1st Sep)

National Army Museum
SW3 4HT
2023-10-31
Shakespeare and War