The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Friday 5th July.
Top events in London on Fri 5th Jul 2024
Normally you need to pay to visit the gardens, but on a few weekends a year, the gardens are free to visit.
10am to 4pm
East Molesey
Free
Somerset House presents the first exhibition on international fashion powerhouse Charles Jeffrey LOVERBOY, which celebrates 10 years of club to catwalk in 2024.
10am to 5pm
Strand
Six times a year, the private gardens at Lambeth Palace are opened to the public.
12pm to 3pm
Southwark
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The first-ever, walk-through photography exhibition that tells the untold story of how Princess Diana changed the world – through the lens of her official photographer.
10am to 6pm
Wapping
Ends on Mon 2nd September
Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes.
12pm to 6pm
Bethnal Green
Ends on Sun 14th July
This exhibition examines the lives, careers and artists exhibited by art dealers who were driven out of Continental Europe by Nazi rule to seek refuge in Britain.
10am to 5:30pm
St John's Wood
Ends on Fri 6th September
The exhibition explores tea’s complex history and myriad of meanings – from its popularisation and globalisation connected to stories of imperialism and colonial violence.
10am to 5:30pm
Forest Hill
Ends on Sun 7th July
Almost 60 of Sargent’s paintings will be on display, including major portraits that rarely travel
10am to 6pm
Pimlico
Ends on Sun 7th July
Step inside a traditional tailor’s workshop in the East End and immerse yourself in the glitz and glamour of a Carnaby Street boutique at the height of the Swinging Sixties – when London was the world's fashion capital.
10am to 5pm
Poplar
Ends on Sun 7th July
This exhibition examines a collection of works on paper made by British colonialists in nineteenth-century India.
10am to 8pm
Euston
Ends on Fri 12th July
Through personal letters, photographs, sculptures, books and marginalia, Freud and Latin America will investigate the roots of psychoanalysis in the region.
10:30am to 5pm
Hampstead
Ends on Sun 14th July
Mary Beale (1633-1699) was one of Britain’s first professional woman artists and is subject of this exhibition featuring 25 of her works from public and private collections, including some never seen before in public.
9:30am to 6pm
St James
Ends on Fri 19th July
Free
The Last Caravaggio
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, 1610, lent by the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, will be displayed alongside another late work by the Italian artist from the National Gallery Collection, Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, about 1609–10.
10am to 9pm
Trafalgar Square
Ends on Sun 21st July
