What's on in London on Wednesday 15th January 2025

Top events happening London

George Seferis: The Man, the Poet, the Diplomat

George Seferis: The Man, the Poet, the DiplomatInside the Greek Ambassador's official London residence is a room preserved for nearly 60 years in memory of the man who once worked there and is now open to the public.

5:00pm to 7:00pm
Free

Tracing the Bombsites of Bloomsbury, 1885-2005

In the spirit of ‘A history of the world in hundred objects’, this talk presents the history of Bloomsbury in a dozen or so ‘bombsites’: the points of detonation but also the memorials, memories, marked masonry, and modern architecture that …

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5:30pm to 7:00pm
£5
Clerkenwell

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I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

I'm Not Okay: An Emo RetrospectiveA pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009. The exhibition highlights a pivotal era when bands like My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, and Finch sparked …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 15th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Barbican Arts Centre, Barbican

Making a rukus!

An exhibition exploring the joy, friendship, resistance and art of Black LGBTQIA+ people in Britain. The brand-new exhibition, curated by artist, filmmaker and co-founder of rukus! federation, Topher Campbell, explores Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans creativity, activism, community and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Somerset House, Strand

Lina Iris Viktor: Mythic Time / Tens of Thousands of Rememberings

A collaborative exhibition between artist Lina Iris Viktor and the Museum, which will be on view for the second half of 2024. Lina’s work unearths connections across time and cultures, from ancient Egypt to medieval illumination and indigenous Australian art. …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Sir John Soane's Museum, Holborn

Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers

Be blown away by Van Gogh’s most spectacular paintings in a once-in-a-century exhibition. Walk with a pair of lovers beneath a starry night. Look up at swirling clouds and cypress trees swaying in the wind. Stay a little while in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Jan Closing Soon
£24
National Gallery, Trafalgar Square

Monet and London. Views of the Thames

Claude Monet (1840-1926) is world renowned as the leading figure of French Impressionism, the movement that changed the course of modern art. Less known is the fact that some of Monet’s most remarkable Impressionist paintings were made not in France …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 19th Jan Closing Soon
£16
Courtauld Institute of Art, Strand

Mars in the Painted Hall

Mars in the Painted HallLuke Jerram’s astonishing installation Mars is coming to the Painted Hall this winter. Following the sell-out success of Gaia and Museum of the Moon, Mars will complete the trilogy of Jerram’s out-of-this-world installations at the iconic Old Royal Naval College. …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th Jan Closing Soon
£16.50
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich

As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic

AS WE RISE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE BLACK ATLANTIC is an exhibition of photographs from African Diasporic culture. Organised by Aperture and curated by Elliott Ramsey, the exhibition showcases work by Black artists from Canada, United States, Great Britain, The Caribbean, …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th Jan Closing Soon
£14
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Anastasia Samoylova: Adaptation

ADAPTATION, the first major survey of works by contemporary American photographer Anastasia Samoylova. Curated by Taous R. Dahmani, this exhibition presents works from five of Samoylova’s most significant series: ‘Landscape Sublime’, ‘Image Cities’, ‘FloodZone’, ‘Floridas’, and ‘Breakfasts’. The exhibition features …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 20th Jan Closing Soon
£14
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Jeff Beck - The Guitar Collection

Prior to their sale at auction, Christie’s will have a public exhibition of Jeff Beck’s guitars and memorabilia. Providing a remarkable opportunity for fans, guitarists and collectors, this unique sale comprises over 130 guitars, amps and ‘tools-of-the-trade’, which Jeff played …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 22nd Jan Closing Soon
Free
Christie's, St James

Life on Planet Earth by Noguchi Rika

Noguchi Rika’s first solo exhibition in the UK since 2004, Life on Planet Earth. Combining video and photographs, this exhibition conveys a sense of wonder at being in the world as well as the particularity of being human. This is …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 24th Jan Closing Soon
Free
Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, Camden

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