What's on in London on Monday 18th April 2022

Top events happening London

Steaming Open Day

An open day of a Victorian steam pumping engine built to serve a local sewage plant. The engine will be running: 12:30 – 1.15pm 2.00 – 2.45pm 3.30 – 4.15pm The park is also full of the fascinating remains of …

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11:00am to 3:00pm
Free
South Tottenham

Easter Chair Heaving

Easter Chair Heaving returns to Greenwich, as the Blackheath Morris Men perform the old tradition of hoisting a lady aloft on a chair. Chair Heaving is thought to be an old tradition that was frowned upon by the Victorians – …

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12:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Cutty Sark, Greenwich

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

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

Beethoven

Against the backdrop of war and revolution raging in Europe and the United States, a young man grew up in Bonn inspired by the ideals of freedom, and went on to compose some of the greatest works of music ever …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 24th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£8
British Library, Camden

Body Vessel Clay

For their 10th annual exhibition, Two Temple Place will showcase the ceramic medium through artworks by three generations of Black women artists working in clay. Body Vessel Clay spans 70 years of ceramics, celebrating the medium in new and surprising …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 24th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Two Temple Place, Strand

The Arks of Gimokudan by Leeroy New

Filipino artist-designer Leeroy New presents his first UK large-scale installation, The Arks of Gimokudan, a major new commission by Somerset House to mark the occasion of Earth Day 2022. ​ This striking outdoor installation features a fleet of three ships, …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 26th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Somerset House, Strand

RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show

World-class photography and art is brought together in one show returning to Saatchi Gallery. At the 2022 show, a diverse range of subjects will be presented by participants ranging from plants that have grown on the sites of the Great …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 29th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
£8
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Photographing Protest: Resistance Through a Feminist Lens

This exhibition showcases images by photographers who have used their cameras to support political struggle and social change in Britain from 1968 to today. The exhibition centres the voices and perspectives of women and nonbinary photographers, and those who have …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 30th Apr 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Bethnal Green

Friends with benefits: musical networking in Georgian London

Discover the close-knit world of the Georgian music industry, where not what you knew, but who you knew, was of greatest importance. From opera, oratorios, and open-air events, to private parties, balls, and benefit concerts, music was an essential element …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st May 2022 Closing Soon
£10.50
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

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