What's on in London on Tuesday 23rd April 2024
Top events happening London
Lindley Live - Digging for Victory: How to Feed the NationDiscover how the RHS led the Dig for Victory campaign during World War Two, with a free 15 minute show and tell. This week we explore the pamphlets and photography which helped to feed a nation at war, and encouraged …
1:15pm to 1:30pmFreePimlico
Discover how the RHS led the Dig for Victory campaign during World War Two, with a free 15 minute show and tell. This week we explore the pamphlets and photography which helped to feed a nation at war, and encouraged …
Reading Stories in Stone: Historic Graffiti in English ChurchesHistoric graffiti often found on the walls of medieval churches. Have you ever seen scratches on an old wall and wondered what they mean? Historic graffiti, often found on the walls of medieval churches, serve as a fascinating time capsule …
2:00pm to 3:00pmFreeCity of London
Historic graffiti often found on the walls of medieval churches. Have you ever seen scratches on an old wall and wondered what they mean? Historic graffiti, often found on the walls of medieval churches, serve as a fascinating time capsule …
Mary Neal and the suffragettes who saved Morris dancing - a Camden storyHistorian and author, Kathy Atherton, tells the surprising story of how the Esperance Girls’ Club, formed in the slums of Camden by two leaders of the militant ‘suffragette’ movement, saved the dances of the countryside from extinction. The Esperance dancers …
Starts at 6:00pmFreeFarringdon
Historian and author, Kathy Atherton, tells the surprising story of how the Esperance Girls’ Club, formed in the slums of Camden by two leaders of the militant ‘suffragette’ movement, saved the dances of the countryside from extinction. The Esperance dancers …
Lindley Late - Urban Gardening Club: Creating Your Houseplant HavenHow can you create an indoor green sanctuary? Join our houseplant experts as they explore the highs and lows of indoor gardening, and share their experiences and advice to help you achieve your houseplant haven. We will be talking about …
6:30pm to 8:00pm£10Pimlico
How can you create an indoor green sanctuary? Join our houseplant experts as they explore the highs and lows of indoor gardening, and share their experiences and advice to help you achieve your houseplant haven. We will be talking about …
The undesirablesHear from author Sarah Wise as she launches her latest book, The Undesirables, which explores the history of the incarceration of people labelled with a new diagnosis – moral imbecility – and therefore deemed ‘undesirable’ by the state. Book description Through the early twentieth …
6:30pm to 8:00pmFreeLSE Library, Holborn
Hear from author Sarah Wise as she launches her latest book, The Undesirables, which explores the history of the incarceration of people labelled with a new diagnosis – moral imbecility – and therefore deemed ‘undesirable’ by the state. Book description Through the early twentieth …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Falmouth University Exhibition: 24 Hours in Bethnal GreenDocumentary and Editorial BA Students from Falmouth University will be making Oxford House their home for a week leading up to their annual photography exhibition. Students will be documenting the hidden life of Bethnal Green over the course of a …
Exhibition ends on Friday 26th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeWest Norwood
Documentary and Editorial BA Students from Falmouth University will be making Oxford House their home for a week leading up to their annual photography exhibition. Students will be documenting the hidden life of Bethnal Green over the course of a …
When Marianne and Britannia MeetAn exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France. Tracing the history of the Entente Cordiale agreements and their global repercussions, the exhibition brings together for the first time, or reunites, archives of great historical …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 27th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeSouth Kensington
An exhibition marking the 120th anniversary of the Entente Cordiale between Britain and France. Tracing the history of the Entente Cordiale agreements and their global repercussions, the exhibition brings together for the first time, or reunites, archives of great historical …
Zheng Bo: Bamboo as MethodA large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming Somerset House’s courtyard into a bamboo garden. This site specific and participatory installation creates a place for contemplation and serves as a reminder of the restorative qualities of …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeSomerset House, Strand
A large scale new commission from Hong-Kong based artist Zheng Bo, transforming Somerset House’s courtyard into a bamboo garden. This site specific and participatory installation creates a place for contemplation and serves as a reminder of the restorative qualities of …
1001 Days in LondonLondon is a vast, complex and continually evolving city: It has an extraordinary history, global communities and cultures, and an apparently limitless supply of creative ingenuity. This exhibition at gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, is street photographer Steve Hollingshead’s attempt to …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
London is a vast, complex and continually evolving city: It has an extraordinary history, global communities and cultures, and an apparently limitless supply of creative ingenuity. This exhibition at gallery@oxo, Oxo Tower Wharf, is street photographer Steve Hollingshead’s attempt to …
Hampton Court Palace Tulip FestivalUPDATE – closing date brought forward to 29th April 2024. Be astonished as over 100,000 tulip bulbs erupt in colour in one of the UK’s biggest display of planted tulips. Now open seven days a week, celebrate the start of …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing Soon£29Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey
UPDATE – closing date brought forward to 29th April 2024. Be astonished as over 100,000 tulip bulbs erupt in colour in one of the UK’s biggest display of planted tulips. Now open seven days a week, celebrate the start of …
The Cult of BeautyThis exhibition explores notions of beauty across time and cultures. Around the world, beauty is constantly seen as an ideal worthy of going to great lengths to achieve. But what are the driving forces that lead us to believe in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeWellcome Collection, Camden
This exhibition explores notions of beauty across time and cultures. Around the world, beauty is constantly seen as an ideal worthy of going to great lengths to achieve. But what are the driving forces that lead us to believe in …
Umbro 100: Sportswear x FashionOver the last century, sportswear has evolved from its functional, athletic, and sporting roots to become the daily uniform for billions of people around the world. Founded in 1924, the British company Umbro has been central to this revolution. Today …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeCamden
Over the last century, sportswear has evolved from its functional, athletic, and sporting roots to become the daily uniform for billions of people around the world. Founded in 1924, the British company Umbro has been central to this revolution. Today …
The Pillars of Our Latex HouseThe Pillars of Our Latex House: A thanks to the gutta-percha tree and to those who keep it. As one of the first pilots in the Artcast4D project, artist, Tendayi Vine explores the identity of the gutta-percha tree – as …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 28th Apr 2024 Closing SoonFreeBrentford
The Pillars of Our Latex House: A thanks to the gutta-percha tree and to those who keep it. As one of the first pilots in the Artcast4D project, artist, Tendayi Vine explores the identity of the gutta-percha tree – as …
When Forms Come AliveSpanning over 60 years of contemporary sculpture, this exhibition highlights ways in which artists draw on familiar experiences of movement, flux and organic growth. Inspired by sources ranging from a dancer’s gesture to the breaking of a wave, from a …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th May 2024 Closing Soon£21Hayward Gallery, Southwark
Spanning over 60 years of contemporary sculpture, this exhibition highlights ways in which artists draw on familiar experiences of movement, flux and organic growth. Inspired by sources ranging from a dancer’s gesture to the breaking of a wave, from a …
Some May Work as Symbols: Art Made in Brazil, 1950s-70sA rich diversity of artistic approaches existed in Brazil in the decades around the mid-twentieth century, after the first modernist wave had settled. This exhibition finds conversations between various forms of abstraction, symbolism and figuration that were circulating and interacting …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeWhitechapel
A rich diversity of artistic approaches existed in Brazil in the decades around the mid-twentieth century, after the first modernist wave had settled. This exhibition finds conversations between various forms of abstraction, symbolism and figuration that were circulating and interacting …