What's on in London on Tuesday 12th April 2022

Top events happening London

The hopes and hype of psychedelic therapy for depression

We’ve long been trying to find a cure for depression. From the ancient Greeks to Freud, and from therapy rooms to the Prozac revolution, how far have we come? In this talk, Alex Riley explores the latest research on psychedelic …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£17.03
Royal Institution (inc Faraday Museum), Mayfair

Exploring the Garden Designs of John Codrington and Humphrey Waterfield

For this talk writer Jean Cornell shares the story of two painter-gardeners of the 1930s: Humphrey Waterfield and John Codrington. Waterfield was an artist and garden designer, who most famous creation is Le Clos du Peyronnet at Menton, one of …

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7:00pm to 8:00pm
£15
The Garden Museum, Southwark

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Performance by Rankin

An exhibition of photography of the enormous talent and resilience of London’s theatreland, the cultural heart of the city, as it emerges from a devastating pandemic shutdown. Created in partnership with Official London Theatre and Fujifilm House of Photography. From …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 12th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Covent Garden

Animal Therapy: The Cats of Louis Wain

Anticipating the release of the biopic The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, Bethlem Museum is placing dozens of works on display by an artist and illustrator once considered to be a national treasure. Animal Therapy: The Cats of Louis Wain …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 13th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Bethlem Museum of the Mind, Beckenham

The Allure of Lace

The first floor galleries, with their elegant, paneled interiors, will, from Winter through to early-Springtime, play host to a sensational exhibition of the Museum’s finest lace fans. Aptly titled The Allure of Lace, the exhibition (curated by the Museum’s Founder …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 16th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£5
Fan Museum, Greenwich

Helen Frankenthaler: Radical Beauty

The first major UK exhibition of woodcuts by leading Abstract Expressionist, Helen Frankenthaler. Frankenthaler (1928-2011) is recognized among the most important American abstract artists of the 20th century, widely credited for her pivotal role in the transition from Abstract Expressionism …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 17th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£16.50
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich

Francis Bacon: Man and Beast

Explore Francis Bacon’s visceral paintings, where the line between human and animal is constantly blurred, reminding us that our primal instincts lie just below the surface. Irish-born artist Francis Bacon was the horse-breeder’s son who became one of the most …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 17th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£24.50
Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly

Increments presents: Still (2022)

A vertical light and sound installation explores how the digital revolution has hindered our access to, and feelings of, raw instinctive emotion and connection. The first exhibition in newly opened LGBTQ+ gallery This Is Architecture, This Is Art, a new …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 17th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
New Cross

Kehinde Wiley

Kehinde Wiley is an American artist best known for his portraits that render people of colour in the traditional settings of Old Master paintings. Most famously, in 2017, he was commissioned to paint Barack Obama, becoming the first Black artist …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 18th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Bob Marley One Love Experience

Described as an "interactive experience", this exhibition showcases unseen Marley photographs and memorabilia with a focus on his lifestyle, passions, influences, and legacy. Fans will venture through the exhibition, greeted by different elements of Bob Marley’s multi-faceted life, the One …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 18th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£18
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Harry Potten exhibition in Covent Garden

Throughout April and the Easter Holidays, visitors can step into the world of Harry Potter through a range of photo opportunities including a giant wand installation, Platform 9¾ interactive photo moment and a LEGO installation, with more to be announced. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 24th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

Dredd @45

2022 sees the celebration of 45 years of Judge Dredd, one of the world’s most recognisable comic book characters, and 2000 AD – the ‘galaxy’s greatest comic’. Created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, Judge Dredd is the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 24th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£8.50
Cartoon Museum, New Oxford Street

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