The ianVisits guide to cheap and free things to do in London on Friday 12th July.
Top events in London on Fri 12th Jul 2024
The exhibition introduces contemporary art from the Barjeel Foundation, with a focus on the overarching theme of "Boundaries" as both a subject and a tool for meaningfully accessing a diverse array of art from the SWANA region.
10:30am to 5pm
Euston
This panel discussion will explore different perspectives on the experience of adapting the biographies of Queens for storytelling in musicals, operas and plays, novels, film and television.
7pm to 8pm
Soho
Online events / webinars
Join Helen Fry to learn about MI9, the WWII organisation that engineered the escape of Allied forces from behind enemy lines.
2pm to 3pm
Ten Exhibitions That Are Closing Soon
The first-ever, walk-through photography exhibition that tells the untold story of how Princess Diana changed the world – through the lens of her official photographer.
10am to 6pm
Wapping
Ends on Mon 2nd September
Thick, Stretchy, Sticky Space features digital paintings and video works that delve into speculative landscapes.
12pm to 6pm
Bethnal Green
Ends on Sun 14th July
This exhibition examines the lives, careers and artists exhibited by art dealers who were driven out of Continental Europe by Nazi rule to seek refuge in Britain.
10am to 5:30pm
St John's Wood
Ends on Fri 6th September
This exhibition examines a collection of works on paper made by British colonialists in nineteenth-century India.
10am to 8pm
Euston
Ends on Fri 12th July
Free
The Witch Burns
Works by some of the leading names in contemporary art are being displayed at Fitzrovia Chapel in an exploration of witchcraft, womanhood, feminism and satire.
12pm to 4pm
Tottenham Court Road
Ends on Fri 12th July
Through personal letters, photographs, sculptures, books and marginalia, Freud and Latin America will investigate the roots of psychoanalysis in the region.
10:30am to 5pm
Hampstead
Ends on Sun 14th July
Mary Beale (1633-1699) was one of Britain’s first professional woman artists and is subject of this exhibition featuring 25 of her works from public and private collections, including some never seen before in public.
9:30am to 6pm
St James
Ends on Fri 19th July
Free
Gérard Schneider
Featuring works created between 1956 and 1981, this exhibition traces the evolution of Schneider’s formal vocabulary through the post-war years.
10am to 6pm
Hanover Square
Ends on Sat 20th July
Free
The Last Caravaggio
The Martyrdom of Saint Ursula, 1610, lent by the Intesa Sanpaolo Collection, will be displayed alongside another late work by the Italian artist from the National Gallery Collection, Salome receives the Head of John the Baptist, about 1609–10.
10am to 9pm
Trafalgar Square
Ends on Sun 21st July
This exhibition looks at the last 30 years of Michelangelo's remarkable life.
10am to 8:30pm
Russell Square
Ends on Sun 28th July
