What's on in London on Saturday 13th January 2024

Top events happening London

NHS SOS

Join Gavin Francis, author and GP, in conversation with Michael Rosen, one of the UK’s best-known children’s authors, to find out why they think Britain’s health service is worth saving. They will share professional and deeply personal perspectives on Covid …

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3:00pm to 4:30pm
Free
Camden

Public Programme Launch 2024: This thing called science

Brace yourselves for a journey into the captivating realm of scientific philosophy, infused with the kind of creative explosions that’ll leave you in sheer awe. We’re launching the 2024 Programme in true Ri style with an explosive event, whilst also …

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7:00pm to 8:30pm
£5.82
Mayfair

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Claudette Johnson: Presence

A major exhibition of work by British artist Claudette Johnson (born 1959) is now open at The Courtauld Gallery. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson is considered one of the most significant figurative artists of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 14th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£13
Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand

Sarah Lucas Happy Gas

A British artist’s brash and tender exploration of what makes us human One of the leading figures of her generation, Lucas is internationally celebrated for her bold and irreverent work, often exploring the human body, mortality, and very British experiences …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 14th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£17
Tate Britain, Pimlico

The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea

From across the sea, an art revolution is coming. Discover the art of the Van de Veldes at the Queen’s House. The National Maritime Museum holds the largest collection of the Van de Veldes’ artwork in the world and is …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 14th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Queen's House, Greenwich

A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography

Bringing together 36 artists from different generations and geographies, this exhibition explores how photography and video have allowed artists to examine legacies of the past while imagining more hopeful futures. Unfolding across seven thematic sections, the exhibition highlights contemporary perspectives …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 14th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£17
Tate Modern, Southwark

RE/SISTERS A Lens on Gender and Ecology

A group exhibition exploring the relationship between gender and ecology, highlighting the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet. Featuring around 50 international women and gender non-conforming artists, RE/SISTERS is a new exhibition featuring …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 14th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£17.50
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Climate Change: America and the World Exhibition

From unprecedented droughts in East Africa and devastating floods in Pakistan, to heatwaves in the United Kingdom and wildfires in Canada, the disastrous impacts of climate change can be felt around the world. These events affect some communities more than …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 19th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Holborn

The Glowbot Garden

A spectacular, promenade experience featuring a series of huge interactive creatures will take over the Strand Aldwych pedestrianised area. The Glowbot Garden is an opportunity for people to meet a host of inflatable, pneumatically controlled creatures, many of which are …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 20th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Strand

AI: Who's Looking After Me?

An exhibition that takes a questioning, surprising and playful look at the ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already shaping so many areas of our lives – from our healthcare and justice systems to how we look after our pets. Who …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 20th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Science Gallery London, Southwark

David Hockney: Drawing from Life

The Gallery’s autumn programme will see the return of the five-star exhibition, ‘David Hockney: Drawing from Life’, which was staged for just 20 days before the Gallery’s closure due to Covid in March 2020. The exhibition explores the artist’s work …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 21st Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£23.50
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

Frans Hals

Four hundred years since they were painted, Frans Hals’s portraits still breathe with life. There’s the hint of a smile, a hand resting nonchalantly on a hip, and just occasionally, a burst of laughter. Hals was one of the most …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 21st Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£20
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

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