What's on in London on Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Top events happening London

Vanished London: how health has made and remade the city – SAVE talks by Dr Tom Bolton and Ross MacFarlane

Dr Tom Bolton and Ross MacFarlane talk about the way attitudes to health in London have changed, and how the city has changed with them. Entire neighbourhoods, seen as diseased from a physical and a moral perspective, have disappeared. Institutions …

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6:30pm to 8:00pm
£12
Clerkenwell

Alexei Navalny: Patriot

Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, discusses her husband’s fearless memoir about the price he paid for his beliefs. — Navalny began writing Patriot shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story …

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Starts at 7:30pm
£35
Southwark

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Hidden 2024

Discover the hidden talents and creative practices of the technical and non-academic staff at the Royal College of Art, as Hidden returns in 2024. Held within the Hangar space in the Studio Building at the Battersea campus, Hidden 2024 is …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 23rd Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Battersea

Edward Compton - The Wild Pomp of Alpine Majesty

‘Probably no one prior to ET Compton had ever combined hard climbing with such talented work as an Alpine artist.’ – Peter Mallalieu, Artists of the Alpine Club Edward Theodore Compton combined a celebrated career as an alpine artist with …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 24th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Shoreditch

Hockney and Piero: A Longer Look

Two masterpieces by David Hockney that feature reproductions of Piero della Francesca’s The Baptism of Christ are displayed alongside the original Renaissance painting. This focused exhibition will explore the figurative painter David Hockney’s lifelong association with the National Gallery and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Through a Bauhaus Lens: Edith Tudor-Hart and Isokon

An exhibition of previously unseen 1933-4 photographs by the Viennese, Bauhaus-trained photographer Edith Tudor-Hart – on display to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the opening of the Isokon Flats. The recently discovered prints document the historic construction and opening of …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Isokon Gallery, Hampstead

A World of Care: Turner and the Environment

This summer, Turner’s House, thanks to a generous loan of works from Tate, asserts J.M.W. Turner was the first major British artist to engage with man’s effect on the natural world. The exhibition reveals how Turner grappled with the effects …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£11
Turners House, Twickenham

Chihuly at Chelsea Barracks

Chelsea Barracks presents the inaugural edition of public art initiative ‘Modern Masters’, a free outdoor programme of contemporary art showcasing a selection of works by renowned American artist Dale Chihuly. Placed throughout Chelsea Barracks in Belgravia, the first exhibition welcomes …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Sloane Square

Into the Sublime: The Eidophusikon Reimagined

‘Into the Sublime: the Eidophusikon Reimagined’ is Dr Gillian McIver’s reconstruction and reimagining of the iconic Eidophusikon, a milestone in theatre history. It was created by the eighteenth-century French painter Philip James de Loutherbourg RA, who served as a stage …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 30th Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£3
Bloomsbury

Magna Carta and King John

For the first time, the City of London’s 1297 copy of Magna Carta is on public display at The London Archives. Magna Carta is one of the most famous documents in English history, and the granting of a charter by …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
The London Archives, Clerkenwell

Chronologies: A Visual History of Brand Evolution

This exhibition shows the decade-to-decade evolution of today’s most iconic brands, including Cadbury’s Milk Tray, Bisto, HP Sauce, Ovaltine and many more. Previously a very popular display at the museum’s previous location in Colville Mews, the Brand Histories are back …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
£10
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill

Godzilla Conquers Japan House London

Godzilla is invading Japan House London this autumn! A two-metre tall statute of the iconic monster is on display in the Shop, as part of our event series celebrating the 70th anniversary of the 1954 film Godzilla. Originally created as …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 31st Oct 2024 Closing Soon
Free
Japan House London, Kensington

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