What's on in London on Saturday 5th November 2022
Top events happening London
St James's International ConcoursA display of heritage cars in St James the day before the famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The St James’s International Concours will include around 100 of the over 350 veteran cars – all at least 118 years …
9:30am to 3:30pmFreeWhitehall
A display of heritage cars in St James the day before the famous London to Brighton Veteran Car Run. The St James’s International Concours will include around 100 of the over 350 veteran cars – all at least 118 years …
London Sewing Machine Museum - monthly open dayMonthly open day at one of London’s more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. Open for just a few hours on just one day of the month, this marvel of industrial heritage is as …
2:00pm to 5:00pmFreeSewing Machine Museum, Tooting
Monthly open day at one of London’s more curious and delightful museums, devoted to the history of the sewing machine. Open for just a few hours on just one day of the month, this marvel of industrial heritage is as …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Ghost Show: The Haunted HouseGhost Show: The Haunted House is a one-week art exhibition using the classic ‘haunted house experience’ to think about new ways of exhibiting art, supported by Arts Council England. Residing within a bespoke theatrical horror setting in Copeland Park, working …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 5th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreePeckham
Ghost Show: The Haunted House is a one-week art exhibition using the classic ‘haunted house experience’ to think about new ways of exhibiting art, supported by Arts Council England. Residing within a bespoke theatrical horror setting in Copeland Park, working …
Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of MenswearAt a moment of unprecedented creativity in men’s fashion and reflection on gender, this exhibition explores how designers, tailors and artists – and their clients and sitters – have constructed and performed masculinity, and unpicked it at the seams. The …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Nov 2022 Closing Soon£20Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington
At a moment of unprecedented creativity in men’s fashion and reflection on gender, this exhibition explores how designers, tailors and artists – and their clients and sitters – have constructed and performed masculinity, and unpicked it at the seams. The …
Maurice Broomfield: Industrial SublimeMaurice Broomfield’s dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies. The exhibition is in room 100, Photography Centre – The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery. …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeVictoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington
Maurice Broomfield’s dramatic photographs captured factories and their workers in an era of rapid transition, depicting the remnants of the industrial revolution alongside emerging technologies. The exhibition is in room 100, Photography Centre – The Bern and Ronny Schwartz Gallery. …
At Home with the HogarthsIn this exhibition, you will be introduced to the people who lived at Hogarth’s House, their relatives, friends and neighbours. The Hogarth family acquired their second home in 1749, to provide a haven away from their main home in the …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeHogarth's House, Chiswick
In this exhibition, you will be introduced to the people who lived at Hogarth’s House, their relatives, friends and neighbours. The Hogarth family acquired their second home in 1749, to provide a haven away from their main home in the …
A Garland for The QueenThe Queen’s long association with the Southbank Centre began when Princess Elizabeth attended the opening of the Royal Festival Hall at the Festival of Britain in 1951. We look back at memorable events in our shared history: the naming of …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 9th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
The Queen’s long association with the Southbank Centre began when Princess Elizabeth attended the opening of the Royal Festival Hall at the Festival of Britain in 1951. We look back at memorable events in our shared history: the naming of …
Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court LadiesThis masterpiece is considered a milestone in Chinese painting history. Traditionally attributed to Gu Kaizhi (about AD 345-406), it probably dates to between AD 400 and 700. Due to conservation precautions, it can only be displayed for six weeks a …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 13th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeBritish Museum, Russell Square
This masterpiece is considered a milestone in Chinese painting history. Traditionally attributed to Gu Kaizhi (about AD 345-406), it probably dates to between AD 400 and 700. Due to conservation precautions, it can only be displayed for six weeks a …
Accidentally Wes AndersonIn celebration of the launch of the new Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcards, curated by Wally Koval, creator of the Instagram account and 2020 best-selling book, an exhibition of the postcards. From Tokyo to Ohio, step inside the photographs via immersive …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 13th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeWhitechapel
In celebration of the launch of the new Accidentally Wes Anderson Postcards, curated by Wally Koval, creator of the Instagram account and 2020 best-selling book, an exhibition of the postcards. From Tokyo to Ohio, step inside the photographs via immersive …
Augenblick Press: Rain TimeAugenblick Press presents a collection of photographs documenting the self-portraiture of one woman’s penchant for deep-sea submersion via the burgeoning world of rubber fetishism
Exhibition ends on Thursday 17th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeHorse Hospital, Clerkenwell
Augenblick Press presents a collection of photographs documenting the self-portraiture of one woman’s penchant for deep-sea submersion via the burgeoning world of rubber fetishism
Lands of Unknown WarriorsAn exhibition of new paintings by John Woodman inspired by the landscapes from which the Unknown Warrior was chosen. The Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920, representing all who died in the First World War with no …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 19th Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeWestminster Abbey, Pimlico
An exhibition of new paintings by John Woodman inspired by the landscapes from which the Unknown Warrior was chosen. The Unknown Warrior was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1920, representing all who died in the First World War with no …
Londoners Underground: Private Worlds in Public PlacesThe culmination of a five year-long project observing the lives of Londoners – the ordinary and not-so-ordinary – doing that most mundane and democratic of London activities: taking the tube. A portrait of a city in transit, this exhibition celebrates …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 23rd Nov 2022 Closing SoonFreeBarbican Arts Centre, Barbican
The culmination of a five year-long project observing the lives of Londoners – the ordinary and not-so-ordinary – doing that most mundane and democratic of London activities: taking the tube. A portrait of a city in transit, this exhibition celebrates …