What's on in London on Thursday 8th February 2024
Top events happening London
Command and Conquer Late
At this special evening event, hear from leading experts as they discuss the many factors that influenced the outcome of the First World War. Then, see if you’ve got what it takes to be a great military leader. Leadership has …
5:00pm to 9:00pm£12National Army Museum, Chelsea
At this special evening event, hear from leading experts as they discuss the many factors that influenced the outcome of the First World War. Then, see if you’ve got what it takes to be a great military leader. Leadership has …
Flirty Nature: Valentine's Day at the Linnean SocietyInvestigate the weird and wonderful world of romance and sex in nature with a tour, a quiz and some drinks. Join us at the Linnean Society — birthplace of the theory of evolution — for a St. Valentine’s event like …
6:00pm to 8:00pm£16.96Picadilly
Investigate the weird and wonderful world of romance and sex in nature with a tour, a quiz and some drinks. Join us at the Linnean Society — birthplace of the theory of evolution — for a St. Valentine’s event like …
Fanny and Stella: The Two Young Men Who Shocked Victorian England
London, April 1870: Fanny and Stella were no ordinary Victorian women. Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton were young men who sometimes liked to dress as women. Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day, and Fanny was her …
6:30pm to 6:00pm£12Bow Street Police Museum, Covent Garden
London, April 1870: Fanny and Stella were no ordinary Victorian women. Frederick Park and Ernest Boulton were young men who sometimes liked to dress as women. Stella was the most beautiful female impersonator of her day, and Fanny was her …
Late Soviet Britain: why materialist utopias failJoin us for the launch of Abby Innes’s new book, Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail. Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? In Late Soviet Britain Abby …
6:30pm to 8:00pmFreeLSE Library, Holborn
Join us for the launch of Abby Innes’s new book, Late Soviet Britain: Why Materialist Utopias Fail. Why has the United Kingdom, historically one of the strongest democracies in the world, become so unstable? What changed? In Late Soviet Britain Abby …
Department StoresThe second lecture in the series Twentieth Century Shops: From Arndale to Zara, marking the publication of 100 20th Century Shops. Department stores evolved in the late nineteenth century but by the First World War had grown in ambition, both …
Starts at 6:30pm£15Clerkenwell
The second lecture in the series Twentieth Century Shops: From Arndale to Zara, marking the publication of 100 20th Century Shops. Department stores evolved in the late nineteenth century but by the First World War had grown in ambition, both …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Genetic Automata‘Genetic Automata’ is an ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and DNA ancestry. The series investigates where deeply ingrained ideas about race come from …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreeWellcome Collection, Camden
‘Genetic Automata’ is an ongoing body of video works by artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, exploring race and identity in an age of avatars, videogames and DNA ancestry. The series investigates where deeply ingrained ideas about race come from …
Burma to MyanmarFrom influential superpower to repressive regime, Myanmar – also known as Burma – has seen dramatic fluctuations in fortune over the past 1,500 years. Experiencing decades of civil war and now ruled again by a military dictatorship, Myanmar is an …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Feb 2024 Closing Soon£12British Museum, Russell Square
From influential superpower to repressive regime, Myanmar – also known as Burma – has seen dramatic fluctuations in fortune over the past 1,500 years. Experiencing decades of civil war and now ruled again by a military dictatorship, Myanmar is an …
Julianknxx Chorus in Rememory of FlightPoet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art. Sierra Leonian artist Julianknxx uses his personal history as a prism to deconstruct dominant perspectives on …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreeBarbican Arts Centre, Barbican
Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art. Sierra Leonian artist Julianknxx uses his personal history as a prism to deconstruct dominant perspectives on …
REBEL: 30 Years of London FashionThis exhibition will be one of the most wide-ranging surveys of contemporary fashion culture ever staged in the UK. The swan dress controversially worn by Björk at the 2001 Oscars, Harry Styles’ Steven Stokey Daley outfit from his video for …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Feb 2024 Closing Soon£20Design Museum, Kensington
This exhibition will be one of the most wide-ranging surveys of contemporary fashion culture ever staged in the UK. The swan dress controversially worn by Björk at the 2001 Oscars, Harry Styles’ Steven Stokey Daley outfit from his video for …
La Serenissima: Drawing in 18th century Venice This display will present an outstanding group of around twenty Venetian drawings from The Courtauld’s collection. They evoke the energy and creativity of Venice at a time when the city flourished as one of the great cultural capitals of Europe. …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 11th Feb 2024 Closing Soon£11Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand
This display will present an outstanding group of around twenty Venetian drawings from The Courtauld’s collection. They evoke the energy and creativity of Venice at a time when the city flourished as one of the great cultural capitals of Europe. …
Zach Blas: CULTUSarebyte presents CULTUS, a new solo project by artist Zach Blas. Co-commissioned by arebyte, London, and Secession, Vienna, this immersive multimedia exhibition explores religious belief, artificial intelligence, and the California tech industry. Featuring AI-generated imagery, text, and sound alongside computer …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 17th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreePoplar
arebyte presents CULTUS, a new solo project by artist Zach Blas. Co-commissioned by arebyte, London, and Secession, Vienna, this immersive multimedia exhibition explores religious belief, artificial intelligence, and the California tech industry. Featuring AI-generated imagery, text, and sound alongside computer …
Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition"Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition" is a journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth – all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson. Seven themed rooms provide you a personal …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 17th Feb 2024 Closing Soon£12.99South Kensington
"Accidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition" is a journey through more than 200 of the most beautiful, idiosyncratic, and interesting places on Earth – all seemingly plucked from the whimsical world of Wes Anderson. Seven themed rooms provide you a personal …
Foyer Archives: A Great Sense of SpaceExplore the design and history of the Royal Festival Hall foyers, and discover the people behind them, in this free Archive Studio exhibition. From its design and construction under architect Leslie Martin in 1951 to the present day, the foyer …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 17th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
Explore the design and history of the Royal Festival Hall foyers, and discover the people behind them, in this free Archive Studio exhibition. From its design and construction under architect Leslie Martin in 1951 to the present day, the foyer …
The John Ruskin Prize exhibitionThe John Ruskin Prize is a multidisciplinary art prize founded on the ideas of the radical 19th-century polymath John Ruskin, with a reputation for supporting and promoting artists, designers, and makers whose work defies easy categorisation. This year marks the …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 17th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreePoplar
The John Ruskin Prize is a multidisciplinary art prize founded on the ideas of the radical 19th-century polymath John Ruskin, with a reputation for supporting and promoting artists, designers, and makers whose work defies easy categorisation. This year marks the …
Artists making books - poetry to politicsWhether subverting, inverting, celebrating or exploding – this intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books. In the hands of artists and poets, books have been taking a radically different form since the advent …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 18th Feb 2024 Closing SoonFreeBritish Museum, Russell Square
Whether subverting, inverting, celebrating or exploding – this intriguing new show explores the history of artists taking on the medium of books. In the hands of artists and poets, books have been taking a radically different form since the advent …