What's on in London on Saturday 12th August 2023

Top events happening London

Euston Fire Station open day

This summer London’s fire stations be opening their red doors to the public for a number of open day events across London. Fire stations will be hosting open days throughout the summer months for the local communities. The aim of …

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12:00pm to 5:00pm
Free
Camden

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Nicholas Ferguson / Perspective

After a successful career in Marketing for the Beauty Industry, London-based artist Nicholas Ferguson has since turned to painting. Perspective at The Coningsby Gallery is his first solo show and will showcase a series of striking self-portraits and paintings paired …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 12th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Tottenham Court Road

Luxury and power Persia to Greece

This exhibition explores the relationship between luxury and power in the Middle East and southeast Europe between 550-30 BC. This was a period when the Persian empire of ancient Iran clashed with the cities and kingdoms of Greece before it …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 13th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£15
British Museum, Russell Square

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

Glittering stars, shimmering galaxies, fiery suns and silver moons – wherever you are in the universe, don’t miss Astronomy Photographer of the Year 14. Astronomy Photographer of the Year is an annual competition featuring the world’s greatest space photography. Photographers …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 13th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£10
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich

Where the Land Meets the Sea

An exhibition of works from Damien Hirst’s latest paintings series shown in public for the first time. The series was inspired by Hirst’s lifelong connection to the sea. Drawing influence from Abstract Expressionism, namely Robert Motherwell’s Beside the Sea series …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 18th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Picadilly

Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination

Welcome to the world of Science Fiction. In this immersive genre-defying exhibition you will embark on a once in a lifetime adventure through the cosmos to explore visions of the future through the science of today. Guided by an artificial …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 20th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£20
Science Museum, South Kensington

Isaac Julien - What Freedom is to Me

The first major UK exhibition by one of today’s most compelling artists and filmmakers. Celebrated for his compelling lyrical films and his video art installations, Isaac Julien is one of the leading artists working in film and video today. This …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 20th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£17
Tate Britain, Pimlico

Unforgotten Lives Outdoor Exhibition

Unforgotten Lives, an outdoor summer exhibition created by London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), presents the stories of Londoners of African, Caribbean, Asian and Indigenous heritage who lived and worked in the city between 1560 and 1860. Exploring a range of experiences, …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 24th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
Free
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London

Ibon Aranberri - Unequal Diameters

Unequal Diameters is renowned Basque artist Ibon Aranberri’s first exhibition in the UK. Visitors to the exhibition will be met by an array of objects, films and photographs that recount and reconfigure half-familiar situations and forms, among them a mountaineering …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
Free
Whitechapel

Finding Family

Explore new perspectives on what family is and can be, through this exhibition that showcases the ongoing power of art to challenge and question the world around us. Opening in March, Finding Family questions the idea of family through art …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£9.50
Foundling Museum, Clerkenwell

Animals: Art, Science and Sound

We’ve travelled across deserts and rainforests, deep into the oceans, and up in the skies to understand them. Now, in a major new exhibition, you can see how documenting the animal world has resulted in some of humankind’s most awe-inspiring …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 28th Aug 2023 Closing Soon
£16
British Library, Camden

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