What's on in London on Sunday 1st January 2023
Top events happening London
New Year's Day paradeFollowing two years of curbs from Covid restrictions the annual turn-of-year tradition is returning to the streets of London in all its glory. More than 8,000 performers, representing 20 nations, will fill the West End with culture, colour, entertainment, and music. …
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Following two years of curbs from Covid restrictions the annual turn-of-year tradition is returning to the streets of London in all its glory. More than 8,000 performers, representing 20 nations, will fill the West End with culture, colour, entertainment, and music. …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Sorting Britain: The Power of PostcodesFrom wartime tech pioneers to Poco the Postcode Elephant, uncover the surprising story of the postcode. Sorting Britain delves into the Post Office innovation that revolutionised how post was processed, sorted, and delivered and its unintended outcomes for life in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 1st Jan 2023 Closing Soon£16The Postal Museum, Farringdon
From wartime tech pioneers to Poco the Postcode Elephant, uncover the surprising story of the postcode. Sorting Britain delves into the Post Office innovation that revolutionised how post was processed, sorted, and delivered and its unintended outcomes for life in …
The Gingerbread CityThis year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical. This year, the Museum of Architecture is taking a global perspective and has challenged participating architects …
Exhibition ends on Monday 2nd Jan 2023 Closing Soon£15.38Belgravia
This year’s exhibition presents not just one edible city but five miniature cities across five different climate zones: Polar, Continental, Temperate, Dry and Tropical. This year, the Museum of Architecture is taking a global perspective and has challenged participating architects …
Charles Jennens: Patron & PolymathThis display brings together items reflecting the varied interests and achievements of the polymath Charles Jennens. Charles Jennens is best known as the librettist of Handel’s Messiah, but he had a range of intellectual interests. This display brings together portraits, …
Exhibition ends on Tuesday 3rd Jan 2023 Closing Soon£10.50Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell
This display brings together items reflecting the varied interests and achievements of the polymath Charles Jennens. Charles Jennens is best known as the librettist of Handel’s Messiah, but he had a range of intellectual interests. This display brings together portraits, …
Toys, Tech and Tamagotchis: Christmas Bestsellers of the 20th CenturyThe display shows the most exciting new toys to come to the market throughout the 20th Century – those at the top of every child’s Christmas list. It also comments on returning trends and popularities such as the Furby, Barbie, …
Exhibition ends on Friday 6th Jan 2023 Closing Soon£9Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill
The display shows the most exciting new toys to come to the market throughout the 20th Century – those at the top of every child’s Christmas list. It also comments on returning trends and popularities such as the Furby, Barbie, …
Fred Tschida: SphereFred Tschida’s spinning, glowing work is recreated at a technically ambitious scale. In this work, two six and a half-metre tall rings of brilliant gas-filled tube rotate to produce the illusion, when photographed, of a giant glowing orb.
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing SoonFreeSouthbank Centre, Southwark
Fred Tschida’s spinning, glowing work is recreated at a technically ambitious scale. In this work, two six and a half-metre tall rings of brilliant gas-filled tube rotate to produce the illusion, when photographed, of a giant glowing orb.
Winter PastThe museum’s Rooms Through Time, restyled to reveal how winter has changed London homes through the last 400 years. This year, the Museum’s curators are also excited to unveil two brand new stories for the festival: a family warming up …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing SoonFreeThe Museum of the Home, Bethnal Green
The museum’s Rooms Through Time, restyled to reveal how winter has changed London homes through the last 400 years. This year, the Museum’s curators are also excited to unveil two brand new stories for the festival: a family warming up …
Winslow Homer: Force of NatureFor the first time in the UK, we present an overview of Winslow Homer (1836-1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing Soon£12National Gallery, Trafalgar Square
For the first time in the UK, we present an overview of Winslow Homer (1836-1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in …
Neighbours in Space and Time: Grafton Architects at the Soane MuseumSir John Soane’s Museum is delighted to be collaborating with Grafton Architects on an exhibition that explores the relationship between two of the principal buildings on Lincoln’s Inn Fields: Grafton’s Marshall Building for the London School of Economics and Political …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing SoonFreeSir John Soane's Museum, Holborn
Sir John Soane’s Museum is delighted to be collaborating with Grafton Architects on an exhibition that explores the relationship between two of the principal buildings on Lincoln’s Inn Fields: Grafton’s Marshall Building for the London School of Economics and Political …
Jakob Kvist: Dichroic SphereA geodesic dome with a single energy-efficient light bulb at its centre casts multicoloured light in every direction. Dichroic Sphere is a light sculpture by Danish light artist and designer Jakob Kvist. It consists of an aluminium geodesic dome structure, …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing SoonFreeSouthbank Centre, Southwark
A geodesic dome with a single energy-efficient light bulb at its centre casts multicoloured light in every direction. Dichroic Sphere is a light sculpture by Danish light artist and designer Jakob Kvist. It consists of an aluminium geodesic dome structure, …
Fuseli and the Modern Woman: Fashion, Fantasy, FetishismOne of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, Henry Fuseli, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Courtauld. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Fuseli spent a formative period in Rome in the 1770s before settling …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 8th Jan 2023 Closing Soon£13Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand
One of the most original and eccentric artists of the 18th century, Henry Fuseli, is the subject of a new exhibition at The Courtauld. Born in Zurich, Switzerland, Fuseli spent a formative period in Rome in the 1770s before settling …