What's on in London on Friday 3rd January 2025
Top events happening London
A History of Facial Hair in the British Army
Explore the history of the British Army through the fascinating lens of facial hair, with National Army Museum expert Julian Farrance. In March 2024, the British Army made the bold decision to allow soldiers and officers to grow beards, breaking …
12:00pm to 1:00pmFreeNational Army Museum, Chelsea
Explore the history of the British Army through the fascinating lens of facial hair, with National Army Museum expert Julian Farrance. In March 2024, the British Army made the bold decision to allow soldiers and officers to grow beards, breaking …
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Photography versus?Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive prints and objects, 1979 to 1986Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 – Photofusion’s origin story tells the story of the early years of the Photo Co-op, the founding organisation which later grew into Photofusion. This exhibition features vintage …
Exhibition ends on Saturday 4th Jan Closing SoonFreeStockwell
Photography versus Thatcher: The Photo Co-op Archive, prints and objects, 1979 to 1986 – Photofusion’s origin story tells the story of the early years of the Photo Co-op, the founding organisation which later grew into Photofusion. This exhibition features vintage …
Huang Po-Chih: WavesTaiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih uses the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalised trade, with a focus on the textile industry in East Asia. — Drawing upon his family heritage – particularly his mother’s experiences as a garment worker in …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeHayward Gallery, Southwark
Taiwanese artist Huang Po-Chih uses the personal narratives of workers to investigate globalised trade, with a focus on the textile industry in East Asia. — Drawing upon his family heritage – particularly his mother’s experiences as a garment worker in …
Haegue Yang: Leap YearA world of inventive, immersive and multisensory installations and sculptures that weave connections between disparate histories, cultures and traditions. — Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range of media – from paper collage to performative sculpture and immense sensorial installations. …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£19Hayward Gallery, Southwark
A world of inventive, immersive and multisensory installations and sculptures that weave connections between disparate histories, cultures and traditions. — Haegue Yang’s work spans a vast range of media – from paper collage to performative sculpture and immense sensorial installations. …
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum It Will End in TearsIn her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings. Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeBarbican Arts Centre, Barbican
In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings. Enter a world of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s creation in ‘It Will …
The Imaginary Institution of India Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years. Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£21.50Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years. Featuring artwork by over 30 Indian artists, this major exhibition is bookended by two transformative events in India’s history: Indira Gandhi’s declaration of …
Birds: Brilliant and Bizarre
Unravel the epic story of birds, discover the secrets to their success and learn some of their surprising and often shocking tactics for survival. Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£16.50Natural History Museum, South Kensington
Unravel the epic story of birds, discover the secrets to their success and learn some of their surprising and often shocking tactics for survival. Birds are the soundtrack to our mornings, they soar through our skies and swoop around our …
The Art of Sidney H. Sime, Master of FantasySidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1867 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a barber, before taking up sign …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£6Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
Sidney Sime was a painter, illustrator and caricaturist. He was born in 1867 in Manchester to a poor family. He worked in the coal mines as a boy, then for a linen draper and a barber, before taking up sign …
Making Poetry: Astra PapachristodoulouExplore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared participatory experiences, and present alternative ways for poetry to exist today. New commissions as …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
Explore poetry off the page in Astra Papachristodoulou’s debut solo exhibition, where poems exist as sculpture, objects and textiles. Papachristodoulou’s object poems encourage interactive and shared participatory experiences, and present alternative ways for poetry to exist today. New commissions as …
Fragile Beauty: Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish CollectionShowcasing over 300 rare prints from 140 photographers, this exhibition is a major presentation of twentieth and twenty-first century photography on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Selected from their collection of over 7,000 …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£20Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington
Showcasing over 300 rare prints from 140 photographers, this exhibition is a major presentation of twentieth and twenty-first century photography on loan from the private collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish. Selected from their collection of over 7,000 …
Serial Killer: The Exhibition
Serial Killer: The Exhibition in London explores the Serial Killer phenomenon from a historical, educational, and scientific perspective. Learn about the most notorious criminals in history, analyse how investigative techniques have evolved, discover over 1000 original artefacts, and explore reconstructed …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 5th Jan Closing Soon£25Southwark
Serial Killer: The Exhibition in London explores the Serial Killer phenomenon from a historical, educational, and scientific perspective. Learn about the most notorious criminals in history, analyse how investigative techniques have evolved, discover over 1000 original artefacts, and explore reconstructed …