What's on in London on Tuesday 22nd April 2025

Top events happening London

The Conversation: Gaia Vince and Monica Feria-Tinta

The Conversation is a series of weekly events talking about conflict and empathy, inequality and power, climate crisis and wonder through storytelling and action. The first half of the evening is an interview, which is followed by the host and …

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Starts at 6:30pm
£18.95
Trafalgar Square

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Drawings of Dogs

Drawings of Dogs features all styles of drawing, and includes works by artists such as Marjorie Cox, Barbara Robinson Tester, Gary Stinton, Julie Brenan and Gifford Ambler, many of which are being exhibited for the first time. There will also …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 25th Apr
Free
Picadilly

War and the Mind

Human thought, emotion, and behaviour is critical to war. War and the Mind is a free exhibition at IWM London exploring war’s many psychological dimensions, from the First World War to the present day. What motivates people to start and …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Apr
Free
Imperial War Museum, Southwark

Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights

Explore the profound impact of physical work on health and the body at this exhibition. ‘Hard Graft: Work, Health and Rights’ delves into the stories of underrepresented workers and their rights within precarious and unsafe labour environments. From protests to …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Apr
Free
Wellcome Collection, Camden

Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from Nature

Leighton and Landscape: Impressions from NatureThis first major exhibition of Frederic Leighton’s small landscape oil sketches, painted en plein air as he travelled, reveals the celebrated Victorian artist in a new light. Discover a spontaneous, experimental artist who took the road less well trodden by …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Apr
£14
Leighton House Museum, West Kensington

Anthony McCall: Solid Light

Step inside sculptures of light Your movements and interactions bring artworks to life inside Solid Light, a focused exhibition dedicated to the immersive works of Anthony McCall. Beams of light projected through a thin mist create large three-dimensional forms in …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 27th Apr
£14
Tate Modern, Southwark

AdWomen

AdWomenFeaturing iconic adverts from the 1920s to the present day, AdWomen looks at the creative women within advertising and the portrayal of women within the adverts themselves. Taking the theme of female power depictions in advertisements, the exhibition considers how …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 28th Apr
£10
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Notting Hill

Whittington: The Man, The Myth and The Cat

The first Guildhall Library was founded in 1425 with money left in the will of Richard Whittington. Over six centuries the story of an astute late medieval merchant, politician and philanthropist evolved into a rags-to-riches tale of penniless orphan who …

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Exhibition ends on Wednesday 30th Apr
Free
City of London

Flowers - Flora in contemporary art & culture

Occupying two floors and over nine major gallery spaces, the exhibition will feature large-scale installations, original art, photography, fashion, archival objects and graphic design exploring the ongoing influence of flowers on creativity and human expression. Flowers have, throughout history, inspired …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 5th May
£18
Saatchi Gallery, Chelsea

Women & Freud: Patients, Pioneers, Artists

An exhibition that highlights the women who helped Freud invent psychoanalysis and their legacy in its practice – as well as in the arts and literature through to our own time. — From the early “hysterics”, who Freud called ‘his …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 5th May
£14.50
Freud Museum, Hampstead

The 80s Photographing Britain

The 80s Photographing BritainExplore powerful photography in a decade of social and political change Explore one of the UK’s most critical decades, the 1980s. This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications –creating radical responses to the …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 5th May
£20
Tate Britain, Pimlico

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