What's on in London on Thursday 8th December 2022

Top events happening London

In Focus: conserving a cast of a 16th century panel

In Focus is a series of lunchtime talks with Sir John Soane’s Museum curators and conservators in which they select an item from Soane’s vast and eclectic collection for an in-depth investigation. You will hear about the history and provenance …

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1:00pm to 2:00pm
£5
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

Imperial Lates: Heads Up

Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the last human footstep on the moon this festive season and explore the science above our heads at Imperial Lates. Highlights include: Explore the future exploration of the moon by making your own festive lunar …

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6:00pm to 9:00pm
Free
South Kensington

Beauty and form: Samurai swords and armour

The creation of Japanese swords and armour is considered to be an art form; however, they are functional as well as beautiful. Join experts from the Royal Armouries who will explain the secrets of their design and manufacture, as well …

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7:00pm to 9:00pm
£25
The King's Gallery, Whitehall

Christmas Lore

Christmas! The food, the drink, the merrimaking, the traditions. This talk will take a seasonal look at the folklore and stories behind Christmas. Expect to feel cosy. This event is a pay what you like affair because folklore is for …

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Starts at 8:00pm
£2.50
Walworth

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

CONEXIÓN

CONEXIÓN is a large scale installation by Dominican artist and architect Lidia León. CONEXIÓN will occupy the length of the nave, comprising panels constructed from tobacco leaves. Together, the panels form a collage inspired by ancient stained glass windows and …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 9th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

An open book: the Foyle unfolded

An exhibition of highlights from the Foyle Special Collections Library, featuring rare books, manuscripts and other items from the 16th century to the present day. The Weston Room The Weston Room incorporates many features from the former Chapel of the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Holborn

Scene Through Wood

‘Scene through Wood’ offers a visual feast of the finest wood engravings of the past 100 years, and celebrates the extraordinary artists, past and present, who made them. Curated by engraver and artist Anne Desmet RA RE, this exhibition from …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£6.60
Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner

Architectural Supermodels, an Exhibition by Piercy&Co

Supermodels – an exhibition of super architectural models by the Piercy&Co studio. Piercy&Co will install eight moving and animated models across the eerie setting of an empty central London building site. Supermodels represents the distillation of 20 years of the …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Islington

William Kentridge

Enter a new, immersive world by the multi-sensory artist and global creative powerhouse William Kentridge. Over the last decade, our single artist shows have captured the imagination of the public. Always large in scale, ambitious in scope and astonishing in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£24.50
Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly

Time is running out - Help us engineer a net zero world

A free exhibition exploring the future of infrastructure and the role of civil engineers in helping society respond to the challenges of climate change and meet net zero targets by 2050. Featuring original hand-drawn illustrations and animations, six children talk …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 16th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Pimlico

Layers of Vision

Layers of Vision explores the experiences and perspectives of blind and partially sighted artists living in a world made for sighted people. In meaningfully co-created and joyful ways, Layers of Vision raises attention to, and challenges,the barriers that people who …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 16th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

Luigi Pericle: A Rediscovery

This autumn, the Estorick Collection presents the work of Luigi Pericle (1916-2001), whose intense, enigmatic imagery was the subject of numerous exhibitions in Britain during the early 1960s. Shortly thereafter Pericle retreated from the art system and for the rest …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 18th Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£7.50
Islington

Collecting during Covid : A selection of books and manuscripts recently acquired by Lambeth Palace Library

This exhibition highlights the Library’s acquisitions during a challenging few years. Recent arrivals build on the Library’s strengths in the fields of devotional literature, topographical writings and the evolution of religious libraries. Highlights include a copy of Quintilian’s Institutiones oratoriae …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 22nd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
Free
Lambeth Palace Library, Southwark

Inspired!

This exhibition examines ways in which visual artists have taken inspiration from the literary arts – poetry, plays, novels, and also music. Focusing primarily on Victorian storytelling, visitors will learn about literary references which may have been commonly understood to …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 23rd Dec 2022 Closing Soon
£8
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

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