What's on in London on Sunday 19th May 2024

Top events happening London

Deptford Creek Fish Survey

Want to learn more about the aquatic life that calls Deptford Creek home? Then join us on our fish survey! This session will be using sampling methods and techniques shown to us by Tanya Ferry, who has worked on the …

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10:00am to 1:00pm
£2.00
Deptford

Free entry to the Dulwich Picture Gallery

Free entry to the gallery this weekend as part of the Dulwich Festival. Dulwich Picture Gallery is the world’s first purpose-built public art gallery: it was founded in 1811 when Sir Francis Bourgeois RA bequeathed his collection of old masters …

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10:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich

Tudor Pull 2024

This popular annual event will be rowed from Hampton Court Palace to the Tower of London on Sunday 19th May this year. Following the ‘Stela’ ceremony at Hampton Court the flotilla will row to Richmond for a brief respite, crew …

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Starts at 10:30am
Free

London's Rare Book Fair

Whether you’re a collector looking for the next masterpiece to add to your library, or a bibliophile who loves browsing second-hand classics, Firsts London is the book fair for you. Discover titles by distinguished authors, ephemera from celebrity readers and …

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11:00am to 5:00pm
Free
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Barbarella (1968) on 35mm Film

Roger Vadim’s memorable (not always for the right reasons) Scifi fantasy starring Jane Fonda and many well-known faces. The year is 4,000. After floating in zero gravity, astronaut Barbarella (J Fonda) lands on the frozen planet Lythion and sets out …

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Starts at 2:00pm
£8.68
Kennington

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

LCW - Chinese Design: Harmony in Diversity

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 …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Tower Hill

LCW - Meisterstrasse in Residence

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, …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Belgravia

The Time is Always Now Artists Reframe the Black Figure

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 …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th May 2024 Closing Soon
£18
National Portrait Gallery, Soho

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 …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Euston

Lost & Found: Mapping European Literary London

‘Lost & Found: Mapping European Literary London’ is a small but expansive research-led display on UCL’s Bloomsbury campus exploring the body of literature about London by European writers who have flocked to the capital across the centuries. Through a physical …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Euston

Fortitude: Healthcare workers' experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic

The museum exhibition features first-hand accounts of the horrors and moments of hope faced by doctors tackling the impact of the virus. It shows the tsunami of demand which faced the NHS and the tight-knit medical community which came together …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Royal College of Physicians Museum, Camden

Pariah Genius: John Deakin, The Psychobiography of a Photographer

Curated by the London writer Iain Sinclair, this exhibition presents a rare & unique opportunity to see original prints by Deakin once owned by Francis Bacon. Staged in conjunction with the launch of Sinclair’s new book, published by CHEERIO Publishing, …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Bloomsbury

Cabinets Unlocked

Opened just twice a year to coincide with the conservation team’s checks of the collection, these cabinets are normally kept closed to protect the pristine interiors from overexposure to light. Twenty prized cabinets and writing desks will be opened up, …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th May 2024 Closing Soon
£15
Ham

Hazel Brill - Amber

Rooted in her research around prometheus narratives in gothic fiction and sci-fi, Hazel Brill’s latest body of work combines an assortment of mechanical and organic materials taking inspiration from how biomimicry and biotechnology in architecture blurs the lines between living …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Fitzrovia

Nick Waplington: Living Room

Hamiltons debuts the gallery’s first exhibition with Nick Waplington, marking the release of previously unseen image variants and new works from his iconic series Living Room, 1991. Nick Waplington’s first book, Living Room, was published in 1991, and was an …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 25th May 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Mayfair

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