What's on in London on Thursday 20th March 2025

Top events happening London

Open day at the Crystal Palace Subway

Following the completion of the major restoration project to the Victorian Subway, Crystal Palace Park Trust is able to open this incredible space to the public once again, just in time for its 160th anniversary in 2025. Visits will be …

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11:00am to 2:00pm
Free

Ten exhibitions that are closing soon

Rotimi Fani-Kayode: The Studio – Staging Desire

Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s photographs are a spirited exploration of culture, intimacy, desire and pain. From 1983 until his death in 1989, the artist lived and worked in Brixton, where his studio transcended into a sanctuary visualising black queer self-expression. A prominent …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Shoreditch

Abi Morocco Photos: Spirit of Lagos

Spirit of Lagos unearths the story of Abi Morocco Photos, one of the most vibrant photographic studios operating in Lagos. The studio’s remarkable black-and-white portraits celebrate the rich style and joyous spirit of a generation of Lagosians during a transformative …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
Free
Shoreditch

The Windsor Tapestry

A very Royal new exhibition looking back at the life of King Charles III, as told through the sharp pen of Steve Bell. For the past forty years, legendary British political cartoonist Steve Bell has been caricaturing Charles and the …

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Exhibition ends on Saturday 22nd Mar
£9.50
Cartoon Museum, New Oxford Street

City of London, a city of science

A small two-case display celebrating the City’s history of scientific innovation and invention. The City was a place where scientific methods and specialist instruments were developed, and as a publishing centre offered a place where these ideas could be disseminated …

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Exhibition ends on Thursday 27th Mar
Free
Guildhall Art Gallery and Roman Amphitheater, City of London

In the Grip of Change: the Caribbean and its British Diaspora

Britain’s Caribbean colonies had been exploited for centuries, but increasing demands for self-determination emerging from riots and strikes during the 1930s forced Britain to introduce political reform. Progress towards self-government unfolded in stages between the 1960s and 1980s. Today Britain …

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Exhibition ends on Friday 28th Mar
Free
Euston

Endurance & Joy in the East End

An exhibition of photos of east London in the 1970s. David Hoffman’s bold, humane photography records a lost decade, speaking vividly to our own times. Living in Whitechapel through the Seventies, David documented homelessness, racism and the rise of protest …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Mar
Free
The Museum of the Home, Bethnal Green

Picasso printmaker

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) was one of the most inventive and influential talents ever to explore the medium of print. In addition to his many paintings, sculptures and drawings, the Málaga-born artist made over 2,400 prints during his career. From his …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Mar
£9
British Museum, Russell Square

David Burrows | Spooky Affects At A Distance

A black hole appears in a dream, and then another, and then everywhere, and speaks of an existence defined by not appearing, by being not as things appear, by not being a hole at all. This visitation is like a …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 30th Mar
Free
Bethnal Green

NAOMI In Fashion

NAOMI In FashionThe first exhibition of its kind exploring the career of fashion model Naomi Campbell. The exhibition will draw upon Campbell’s own extensive wardrobe of haute couture and ready-to-wear ensembles from key moments in her career along with loans from designer …

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Exhibition ends on Sunday 6th Apr
£18
Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum, South Kensington

The World of Tim Burton

The World of Tim BurtonDelve into the fantastical world of Tim Burton in this major exhibition exploring his remarkable creations and key collaborations with designers. Tim Burton is the creative force behind some of the most celebrated films of the last four decades, internationally …

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Exhibition ends on Monday 21st Apr
£24
Design Museum, Kensington

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