What's on in London on Wednesday 15th May 2024
Top events happening London
LCW - Hand & Lock studio toursEmbroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house. Hand & Lock’s expert guided tours give you exclusive access …
10:00am to 11:30am£15Fitzrovia
Embroiderers to the British royal family, Savile Row and luxury fashion houses, Hand & Lock opens its doors to the public to offer an insight into Britain’s oldest embroidery house. Hand & Lock’s expert guided tours give you exclusive access …
Building Crafts College toursBuilding Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work and live demonstrations of practical work done at the college, such as carpentry and stonemasonry. This is an opportunity for the general public …
Starts at 10:30amFreeStratford
Building Crafts College hosts tours of its workshops alongside an exhibition of current and previous students’ work and live demonstrations of practical work done at the college, such as carpentry and stonemasonry. This is an opportunity for the general public …
St Bride Library and Workshop Open EveningSt Bride Foundation will be opening the doors to the historic print workshop for people to experience the amazing craft and history of letterpress printing. Their team of printers, many of whom worked on Fleet Street in its newspaper heyday, …
5:00pm to 9:00pmFreeCity of London
St Bride Foundation will be opening the doors to the historic print workshop for people to experience the amazing craft and history of letterpress printing. Their team of printers, many of whom worked on Fleet Street in its newspaper heyday, …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Display - Reuse, Refill, RethinkThis exhibition showcases a variety of products and demonstrate the difference between refillable, returnable (prefill) and repurposed product packaging of the past, present, and future. It explores how current developments in packaging have historical significance and how we might learn …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing Soon£9Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill
This exhibition showcases a variety of products and demonstrate the difference between refillable, returnable (prefill) and repurposed product packaging of the past, present, and future. It explores how current developments in packaging have historical significance and how we might learn …
LCW - The Gilded City(The exhibition is free and unticketed – if you want a guided tour, click to their website to book, costs £5) — The Gilded City brings together 11 artists working with the ancient art of gilding. Set within the ornate …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeCity of London
(The exhibition is free and unticketed – if you want a guided tour, click to their website to book, costs £5) — The Gilded City brings together 11 artists working with the ancient art of gilding. Set within the ornate …
Terry Higgins Memorial QuiltOn display in the chapel will be a special new quilt dedicated to Terry Higgins, commissioned by the trust to mark their 40th Anniversary year. A tribute to Terry’s life and the legacy of his death, the Terry Higgins Memorial …
Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeFitzrovia Chapel, Tottenham Court Road
On display in the chapel will be a special new quilt dedicated to Terry Higgins, commissioned by the trust to mark their 40th Anniversary year. A tribute to Terry’s life and the legacy of his death, the Terry Higgins Memorial …
Billingsgate Market at the Heritage GalleryBillingsgate Market is the oldest of the markets owned by the City of London Corporation. A Survey of London by John Stow, 1603, described Billingsgate as follows: ” which ‘ is at this present a large Watergate, Port or Harbrough …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 16th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeGuildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London
Billingsgate Market is the oldest of the markets owned by the City of London Corporation. A Survey of London by John Stow, 1603, described Billingsgate as follows: ” which ‘ is at this present a large Watergate, Port or Harbrough …
CraftworksA three-day exhibition which will host the very best of arts, crafts, and design from all corners of the craft sector. If you’re a collector, an interior designer, an architect, a retail or hospitality buyer or someone who appreciates and …
Exhibition ends on Friday 17th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeClerkenwell
A three-day exhibition which will host the very best of arts, crafts, and design from all corners of the craft sector. If you’re a collector, an interior designer, an architect, a retail or hospitality buyer or someone who appreciates and …
Fabian RamÃrez: Firing of the IdolsHissing snakes look on as men holding flaming torches set about burning numerous different human heads, masks, and shields. Great flames curl outwards, licking at fornicating bodies that fall through the air or hover in space above serpentine rivers of …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 18th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeIslington
Hissing snakes look on as men holding flaming torches set about burning numerous different human heads, masks, and shields. Great flames curl outwards, licking at fornicating bodies that fall through the air or hover in space above serpentine rivers of …
LCW - Chinese Design: Harmony in DiversityThe Cultural Section, Chinese Embassy in the UK, Ping An presents ‘Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity’, an exhibition showcasing traditional Chinese crafts alongside innovative modern designs. The exhibition presents the two important Chinese principles of ‘harmony’ and ‘elegance’ to a …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeTower Hill
The Cultural Section, Chinese Embassy in the UK, Ping An presents ‘Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity’, an exhibition showcasing traditional Chinese crafts alongside innovative modern designs. The exhibition presents the two important Chinese principles of ‘harmony’ and ‘elegance’ to a …
LCW - Meisterstrasse in ResidenceThe Austrian Embassy opens its doors for a new Meisterstrasse in Residence exhibition and event series that builds creative connections between East and West. Traditional manufacturers and innovative craft businesses from Austria welcome master craftspeople from Germany, the UK, Japan, …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeBelgravia
The Austrian Embassy opens its doors for a new Meisterstrasse in Residence exhibition and event series that builds creative connections between East and West. Traditional manufacturers and innovative craft businesses from Austria welcome master craftspeople from Germany, the UK, Japan, …
The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black FigureA major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art. Exploring the depiction of the Black form within portraiture, the exhibition will feature contemporary works – made between the year 2000 and today – that consider …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon£18National Portrait Gallery, Soho
A major study of the Black figure – and its representation in contemporary art. Exploring the depiction of the Black form within portraiture, the exhibition will feature contemporary works – made between the year 2000 and today – that consider …
Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London“There is no university without its students.†This is the idea at the heart of UCL’s exhibition ‘Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London’ which takes a fresh look at the university’s two-century history through the eyes of …
Exhibition ends on Monday 20th May 2024 Closing SoonFreeEuston
“There is no university without its students.†This is the idea at the heart of UCL’s exhibition ‘Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London’ which takes a fresh look at the university’s two-century history through the eyes of …