What's on in London on Wednesday 24th January 2024

Top events happening London

Christie's Lates

Christie’s Lates returns on 24 January 2024 with a new edition celebrating Mark Knopfler’s legendary guitar collection. Join them after hours for a vibrant line-up of panel discussions and demonstrations set to the sound of Dire Straits’ timeless tracks against …

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5:00pm to 10:00pm
Free
Christie's, St James

Places, people and pageants: Writing and performing local histories

Local history has often been marginalised from ‘mainstream’ academic history, but it has flourished in adult education, and has been at the centre of productive interdisciplinary developments in both teaching and research. It has also been a substantial vector of …

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6:00pm to 8:00pm
Free
Euston

Billy in the Wars

Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman discusses his experiences of growing up in London during the Second World War. In the midst of the Second World War, a young Bill Wyman (then known as William Perks) was growing up in Sydenham, …

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Starts at 6:30pm
£15
National Army Museum, Chelsea

IWM In Conversation With: Jon Silverman and Robert Sherwood

Join Jon Silverman and Robert Sherwood as they discuss their new book, Safe Haven: The United Kingdom’s Investigations into Nazi Collaborators and the Failure of Justice, chaired by IWM’s Head of Public History James Bulgin. Jon and Robert will explore …

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6:30pm to 8:30pm
£15
Imperial War Museum, Southwark

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Heritage Gallery Exhibition - Shakespeare

A display celebrating the 400th anniversary of the publication of William Shakespeare’s First Folio. You’ll have the opportunity to see: The First Folio and a parish register containing the burial of Edmund Shakespeare, William’s nephew The Shakespeare deed (one of …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 25th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

Slavery & the Bank

This exhibition explores the history of transatlantic slavery through its connections with the Bank of England and the wider City of London. For over 300 years, the slave trade tore more than 12 million African people from their homes and …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 26th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Bank of England Museum, City of London

R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles

The first major retrospective of R.B. Kitaj in the UK for a decade features over 40 paintings, pastels and drawings, covering all major periods of his work, from student days at the Royal College of Art, to his final contemplative …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 26th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Notting Hill

Winter Lights at Canary Wharf

For their eighth edition, the illuminated trail will take you on a journey through 12 spectacular installations, as well as their ever-popular permanent light artworks. Showcasing some of the most innovative light artists across the globe, our lineup shines a …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 27th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Poplar

Heralding Spring with snowdrop trails

Visit the Chelsea Physic Garden during a celebration of the earliest spring blooms, the coming of warmer weather and lighter days. Pick up a map and follow the trail around the Garden and discover some of our many species of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£10.50
Chelsea Physic Garden, Chelsea

The genius of nature botanical drawings by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues

Revel in the beauty of nature at this display of works by Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues – one of the most gifted botanical artists of his age. French by birth but British by adoption, Le Moyne (about 1553-88) created …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Capturing The Moment

This exhibition explores the dynamic relationship between contemporary painting and photography. This group exhibition unfolds as an open-ended conversation between some of the greatest painters and photographers of recent generations, looking at how the brush and the lens have been …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
£20
Tate Modern, Southwark

Ed Ruscha roads and insects

This display of prints by American artist Ed Ruscha (b. 1937) focuses on his prevailing interest in the physical world around him. At its centre is Insects, a portfolio of six colour screenprints depicting life-sized flies, ants and cockroaches, complete …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
British Museum, Russell Square

Martin Church - Tube Picture

A comprehensive show of over one hundred new works, including original collages, paintings, reproductions and digital composites. Images are made in public by sketching on the Metropolitan Line tube trains. Since the materials employed are ephemeral, the better images are …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 29th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Icon Exhibition by Hanna Ward

Hanna Ward is a prize winning Diploma Iconographer and Illuminated Manuscript painter, Design Consultant with BA(Hons) in Interior Architecture and MA in Traditional Sacred Arts at Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts London, University of Wales. Hanna paints commission icons …

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Exhibition ends on Tuesday 30th Jan 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Southwark Cathedral, Southwark

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