What's on in London on Friday 18th March 2022
Top events happening London
A Soldier's Life in the 18th Century
Join Professor Stephen Conway as he explores what daily life was like for the average British soldier in the 18th century. The 18th century presented Britain with a new set of challenges, from wars in far-flung places to the emergence …
Starts at 12:00pmFreeNational Army Museum, Chelsea
Join Professor Stephen Conway as he explores what daily life was like for the average British soldier in the 18th century. The 18th century presented Britain with a new set of challenges, from wars in far-flung places to the emergence …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Leave to Land: The Kitchener Camp Rescue, 1939The Kitchener Camp has been largely forgotten today, but in 1939, this derelict army base on the Kent coast became the scene of an extraordinary rescue in which 4,000 men were saved from the Holocaust. The Leave to Land travelling …
Exhibition ends on Friday 18th Mar 2022 Closing SoonFreeWiener Library, Russell Square
The Kitchener Camp has been largely forgotten today, but in 1939, this derelict army base on the Kent coast became the scene of an extraordinary rescue in which 4,000 men were saved from the Holocaust. The Leave to Land travelling …
Hogarth and EuropeHow William Hogarth and artists across Europe captured the new modernity of the 18th century European society and culture changed dramatically in the mid-18th century. This was an age of opportunity and change, enlightenment and innovation, but also materialism, exploitation …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 20th Mar 2022 Closing Soon£18Tate Britain, Pimlico
How William Hogarth and artists across Europe captured the new modernity of the 18th century European society and culture changed dramatically in the mid-18th century. This was an age of opportunity and change, enlightenment and innovation, but also materialism, exploitation …
Out and About! Archiving LGBTQ+ history at Bishopsgate InstituteBishopsgate Institute will be staging a take-over of The Curve at the Barbican with an installation of objects, ephemera and media highlighting 40 moments and stories in London’s LGBTQ+ history. From placards carried at demonstrations to never-seen-before photographs documenting London’s …
Exhibition ends on Monday 21st Mar 2022 Closing SoonFreeBarbican Arts Centre, Barbican
Bishopsgate Institute will be staging a take-over of The Curve at the Barbican with an installation of objects, ephemera and media highlighting 40 moments and stories in London’s LGBTQ+ history. From placards carried at demonstrations to never-seen-before photographs documenting London’s …
Wladimir Ivanow & Modern Ismaili StudiesThis exhibition follows the pioneering Russian scholar of Ismaili studies, Wladimir Ivanow (1886 – 1970) across the Muslim world. His life and work traced the contours of a transformative and decisive period in modern history – engulfing revolution and the …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Mar 2022 Closing SoonFreeKings Cross
This exhibition follows the pioneering Russian scholar of Ismaili studies, Wladimir Ivanow (1886 – 1970) across the Muslim world. His life and work traced the contours of a transformative and decisive period in modern history – engulfing revolution and the …
Japan's Best Friend: Dog Culture in the Land of the Rising SunThis pop-up will be a release event for curator Manami Okazaki’s new book, Japan’s Best Friend: Dog Culture in the Land of the Rising Sun by Prestel, one of the world’s leading publishers of art and design books. The book …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Mar 2022 Closing SoonFreeClerkenwell
This pop-up will be a release event for curator Manami Okazaki’s new book, Japan’s Best Friend: Dog Culture in the Land of the Rising Sun by Prestel, one of the world’s leading publishers of art and design books. The book …
For the Love of Dog/Pour l'amour du ChienThis exhibition combines photographs taken by Shirley Baker in the UK and her home in France, including pictures of dogs in everyday settings, as well as at dog shows, providing an insight to her affection and admiration for man’s best …
Exhibition ends on Friday 1st Apr 2022 Closing SoonFreePicadilly
This exhibition combines photographs taken by Shirley Baker in the UK and her home in France, including pictures of dogs in everyday settings, as well as at dog shows, providing an insight to her affection and admiration for man’s best …
Caribbean-British Art 1950s - NowA landmark group exhibition spanning a whole ocean and half a century This exhibition will explore work by artists from the Caribbean who made their home in Britain, alongside other British artists who have also made work addressing Caribbean themes …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Apr 2022 Closing Soon£16Tate Britain, Pimlico
A landmark group exhibition spanning a whole ocean and half a century This exhibition will explore work by artists from the Caribbean who made their home in Britain, alongside other British artists who have also made work addressing Caribbean themes …
Virtual Veronese - A virtual reality experienceMany of the paintings you see on our walls would have originally hung in spaces that are very different to the gallery setting you see today. Paolo Veronese’s ‘The Consecration of Saint Nicholas’ was commissioned in 1561 as an altarpiece …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Apr 2022 Closing SoonFreeNational Gallery, Trafalgar Square
Many of the paintings you see on our walls would have originally hung in spaces that are very different to the gallery setting you see today. Paolo Veronese’s ‘The Consecration of Saint Nicholas’ was commissioned in 1561 as an altarpiece …
America in CrisisAmerica in Crisis brings together 40 leading American photographers and over 120 works exploring social change in the U.S from the 1960s till today. America in Crisis was a ground-breaking group initiative originally conceived in 1969 to assess the state …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 3rd Apr 2022 Closing Soon£8Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea
America in Crisis brings together 40 leading American photographers and over 120 works exploring social change in the U.S from the 1960s till today. America in Crisis was a ground-breaking group initiative originally conceived in 1969 to assess the state …
Time BeingTime Being is an exhibition of a meditative 14-minute film made by Ruairà Corr, a creative maker who works through co-production, and artist Deborah Robinson. It is the first in-person activity in Peltz Gallery since before the pandemic. Time Being …
Exhibition ends on Friday 8th Apr 2022 Closing SoonFreeEuston
Time Being is an exhibition of a meditative 14-minute film made by Ruairà Corr, a creative maker who works through co-production, and artist Deborah Robinson. It is the first in-person activity in Peltz Gallery since before the pandemic. Time Being …