What's on in London on Thursday 4th November 2021
Ten exhibitions that are closing soon
Londons - The Polycentric CityShot by eight photographers, Londons – The Polycentric City maps out the capital from eight different perspectives, rejecting a single, monolithic view in favour of a fragmentary, multifarious mosaic. Each photographer worked in a different location, in areas frequented by …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 4th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeBuilding Centre, Euston
Shot by eight photographers, Londons – The Polycentric City maps out the capital from eight different perspectives, rejecting a single, monolithic view in favour of a fragmentary, multifarious mosaic. Each photographer worked in a different location, in areas frequented by …
An Ode to AfrosurrealismA new photographic art display exploring contemporary relationships with spiritualism, reality and surrealism, through a Black British lens. Afrosurrealism, first coined in 1974 by the poet Amiri Baraka, is a visual and literary movement that uses the surreal and otherworldly …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 7th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeHorniman Museum, Forest Hill
A new photographic art display exploring contemporary relationships with spiritualism, reality and surrealism, through a Black British lens. Afrosurrealism, first coined in 1974 by the poet Amiri Baraka, is a visual and literary movement that uses the surreal and otherworldly …
Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery 2021 ExhibitionThe annual Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery celebrates global embroidery in fashion and textile arts. Three floors of new embroidery by the best emerging designers will be on display for 5 days only. The exhibition will also highlight the …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 7th Nov 2021 Closing Soon£8.50Southwark
The annual Hand & Lock Prize for Embroidery celebrates global embroidery in fashion and textile arts. Three floors of new embroidery by the best emerging designers will be on display for 5 days only. The exhibition will also highlight the …
Tokyo 1964: Designing TomorrowThis exhibition explores the pioneering design strategy and lasting legacy of the historic Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, the first to be held in Asia, which are often seen as a turning point for Japan. This exhibition shows how a group …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 7th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeJapan House London, Kensington
This exhibition explores the pioneering design strategy and lasting legacy of the historic Tokyo 1964 Olympic Games, the first to be held in Asia, which are often seen as a turning point for Japan. This exhibition shows how a group …
'Series N700S' Shinkansen railway modelThe Shinkansen, ‘bullet train’, is considered an iconic symbol of Japanese technology and innovation and runs along various lines connecting the country - from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The award-winning ‘Series N700S’ (‘S’ is for Supreme) Shinkansen is the newest ‘bullet …
Exhibition ends on Sunday 7th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeJapan House London, Kensington
The Shinkansen, ‘bullet train’, is considered an iconic symbol of Japanese technology and innovation and runs along various lines connecting the country - from Hokkaido in the north to Kyushu in the south. The award-winning ‘Series N700S’ (‘S’ is for Supreme) Shinkansen is the newest ‘bullet …
Kasama Potters ProjectAround 60 miles from Tokyo, the city of Kasama is home to a flourishing community of potters, both established and up-and-coming. Unlike many of Japan’s well-known pottery regions, Kasama has relatively few long-established ceramic-making traditions or techniques. Its post-war identity …
Exhibition ends on Monday 8th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeIslington
Around 60 miles from Tokyo, the city of Kasama is home to a flourishing community of potters, both established and up-and-coming. Unlike many of Japan’s well-known pottery regions, Kasama has relatively few long-established ceramic-making traditions or techniques. Its post-war identity …
City of TreesAncient trees of Epping Forest will be conjured in the heart of the City in a sound and projection installation by Matthew Rosier. Over millennia, Epping Forest provided London with wood for its fires, and in return we nurtured its …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 11th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeCity of London
Ancient trees of Epping Forest will be conjured in the heart of the City in a sound and projection installation by Matthew Rosier. Over millennia, Epping Forest provided London with wood for its fires, and in return we nurtured its …
Blackfriars SE1 in the 1970sA chance discovery of thousands of photographs in a council’s archives has brought back to life a local community’s fight for survival. A new exhibition tells the story. ‘Blackfriars SE1 in the 1970s’ highlights an extraordinary period of community action …
Exhibition ends on Thursday 11th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreeSouthwark
A chance discovery of thousands of photographs in a council’s archives has brought back to life a local community’s fight for survival. A new exhibition tells the story. ‘Blackfriars SE1 in the 1970s’ highlights an extraordinary period of community action …
On the Other HandAn outdoor exhibition of sculpture that reasserts the liveliness of ordinary things. The exhibition’s curators, Brooke Benington, have invited 15 contemporary artists who are exploring notions of revival and value and who are giving new purpose and vitality to existing …
Exhibition ends on Friday 12th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFreePoplar
An outdoor exhibition of sculpture that reasserts the liveliness of ordinary things. The exhibition’s curators, Brooke Benington, have invited 15 contemporary artists who are exploring notions of revival and value and who are giving new purpose and vitality to existing …
Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing AwayAn exhibition of rarely seen paintings on paper from the final years of Mark Rothko’s life. This landmark exhibition will be the first in the UK that is solely dedicated to the artist’s extraordinary paper-based practice. Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing …
Exhibition ends on Friday 12th Nov 2021 Closing SoonFree
An exhibition of rarely seen paintings on paper from the final years of Mark Rothko’s life. This landmark exhibition will be the first in the UK that is solely dedicated to the artist’s extraordinary paper-based practice. Mark Rothko 1968: Clearing …