What's on in London on Wednesday 8th February 2023

Top events happening London

RCP Museum Late - February

Explore the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) museum and brand new exhibition ‘Unfamiliar’ after hours. *Discover new exhibition ‘Unfamiliar’* The RCP museum is delighted to introduce photographer Theo Deproost and physician associate Debbie Jegede. Together, Theo and Debbie identified objects …

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5:30pm to 8:00pm
Free
Camden

Richer Histories: Black British Lives in the 18th Century

A panel discussion about the presence and diverse experiences of Black people in Georgian Britain. By the late eighteenth century, it is estimated over 15,000 Black people lived in Britain – the result of free and forced migrations; the transatlantic …

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Starts at 7:00pm
£10
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Beyond Visible - Solo show by Gao Xintong

Gao Xintong’s research draws inspiration from the art of great Western masters including Picasso and Boccioni, to name but a few, and the centuries-old practice of Shan-Shui 山水 – traditional Chinese landscape painting. As a young artist from China currently …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 8th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Picadilly

DRÔLE: An Exhibition of Rare Clown Costume & Ephemera

Time to rein in the clowns! They’ve unearthed some of the rare costumes and ephemera collection, safely guarded by The Clowns Gallery for Clowns International, the organisation behind the Grimaldi Church Service, as well as Herbert Migdoll’s photography of The …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 11th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Horse Hospital, Clerkenwell

'A Sense of Wonder': The Curious Robot World of Matt Dixon

Discover a magical and playful world inhabited by a series of rusty robots at Pitzhanger this autumn. Within utopian and dystopian landscapes, encounter the robots as they experience the best of human emotions: wonder, kindness, empathy, friendship, and love. Experience …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£12
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, Ealing

In Plain Sight

‘In Plain Sight’ is a major new exhibition exploring the different ways we see and are seen by others. It questions the central place that sight holds in human society through the different experiences of sighted, partially sighted and blind …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

Making Modernism

Making Modernism is the first major UK exhibition devoted to pioneering women working in Germany in the early 1900s: Paula Modersohn-Becker, KÓ“the Kollwitz, Gabriele Münter and Marianne Werefkin. Celebrated in their native homelands, this exhibition will introduce their innovative paintings …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 12th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£19
Royal Academy of Arts, Picadilly

Tiny Traces: African & Asian Children at London's Foundling Hospital

Explore newly uncovered stories of African and Asian children in the care of the eighteenth-century Foundling Hospital. Tiny Traces presents a rich history of London life from 1739-1820, a key period in Britain’s colonial past. Follow the stories of more …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£10.50
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

This is England

See portraits of the full England football squad and manager by artist Matt Small. One month before the World Cup in Qatar, This is England features the most successful national men’s team since the World Cup winners of 1966, after …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

Hieroglyphs: unlocking ancient Egypt

A major exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. — For centuries, life in ancient Egypt was a mystery. We could only glimpse into this hidden world, until the discovery of the Rosetta Stone …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£20
British Museum, Russell Square

The Horror Show! A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain

Through some of our country’s most provocative artists, this exhibition presents an alternative perspective on modern Britain. Told in three acts – Monster, Ghost and Witch – it takes audiences on a heady ride through the past 50 years of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
£16.50
Somerset House, Strand

Turner on Tour

For the first time in a century, two ground-breaking paintings by Turner are coming home for a special exhibition. The pair – ‘Harbour of Dieppe: Changement de Domicile’ and ‘Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat: Evening’ – left Britain for …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Feb 2023 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

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