What's on in London on Friday 26th April 2024
Top events happening London
Patriotic Volunteers: Britain's Cold War Home Front
Hear from Dr Matthew Grant as he discusses the role of civil defence groups in Britain during the Cold War. From the early years of the Cold War, Britain faced the threat of attack from both atomic and conventional weapons. …
12:00pm to 1:00pmFreeNational Army Museum, Chelsea
Hear from Dr Matthew Grant as he discusses the role of civil defence groups in Britain during the Cold War. From the early years of the Cold War, Britain faced the threat of attack from both atomic and conventional weapons. …
BURTYNSKY: Extraction / Abstraction -- LATESAs part of the ‘Burtynsky: Extraction/Abstraction’ exhibition, Saatchi Lates offer Art After Dark on selected Fridays. 23rd February Making Fashion Sustainable: Life Drawing with Morley College In 2022, the UN noted the fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global …
6:30pm to 9:00pm£19.80Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea
As part of the ‘Burtynsky: Extraction/Abstraction’ exhibition, Saatchi Lates offer Art After Dark on selected Fridays. 23rd February Making Fashion Sustainable: Life Drawing with Morley College In 2022, the UN noted the fashion industry is responsible for 8-10% of global …
Discourse: Decoding the big bangEmbark on an exploration of one of science’s most captivating phenomena— the Big Bang. In our latest Discourse, accomplished cosmologist Hiranya Pieris invites you to delve into the celestial mysteries surrounding the explosive birth of our Universe. Hiranya will be …
7:20pm to 8:45pm£21.44Mayfair
Embark on an exploration of one of science’s most captivating phenomena— the Big Bang. In our latest Discourse, accomplished cosmologist Hiranya Pieris invites you to delve into the celestial mysteries surrounding the explosive birth of our Universe. Hiranya will be …
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 …