{"title": "Artist Talk: Charlie Phillips", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "£10/£7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173694266/events", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "An artist talk at The Photographers' Gallery celebrating the retrospective publication 'A Grassroots Legacy – 1962–2010'. Photographer Charlie Phillips, who documented the West Indian community in London across the 1960s, 70s and 80s, joins Paul Goodwin in conversation, chaired by Isaac Huxtable. The book gathers his era-defining street photography, from musicians, street life and parties to British Caribbean funerals and cultural traditions, capturing a changing London and Britain. The conversation explores his approach to documenting community, culture and everyday life, and the lasting importance of this work.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/artist-talk-charlie-phillips-79084/", "official_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/artist-talk-charlie-phillips", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a994b85458f523c3654765927f5abced2a15d6a04bd528d5e73c29c2cd3ed88a-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Tracing Posterity: Screening and Scanning Social", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Women’s Museum", "address": "Barking Wharf Square 4-5, IG11 7DQ", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002211966891?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/documentary", "history/black-history"], "description": "An evening of short films and archival footage followed by a communal scanning and sharing workshop. 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It centres on three key works by artists Corrina Eastwood, Delaine Le Bas and Dan Turner, with Eastwood as co-curator. Inspired by the trade and industry of London's Docklands, the artworks honour the livelihoods, creativity and craft of Romani communities. A timeline by John-Henry Phillips illustrates their history from 500 CE to 2022, challenging stereotypes and inviting better understanding and connection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/by-appointment-only-romani-art-culture-heritage-70020/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/145ae4dd21979af50ece806d83519cb34737490716bbcd3f1eb43046d15c1846-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Decolonising Kingston: The Living Archive", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston History Centre", "address": "", "price": "FREE Admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "The Living Archive is a community led exhibition exploring how history is recorded, who is remembered and how local people can become active authors of Kingston's story. 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Visitors can discover poems, personal stories, interviews, memories and artworks created during the project and contribute something of their own to Kingston's growing Living Archive.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decolonising-kingston-the-living-archive-36790/", "official_url": "https://www.kingstonheritage.org.uk/events/decolonising-kingston-living-archive", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce984631e8a6026bf07e259daf9699c69bfd68247f8eeca955640f22353b8582-600.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: mapping histories of migration, community and public art with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art", "history/migration", "community"], "description": "A guided walking tour exploring Bhajan Hunjan's public art, beginning with samples in the Nunnery Gallery before visiting her public commissions around the local area. It is led by Kuda Mushangi, an award-winning London-based artist and architect whose practice explores migration, memory and belonging. The walk takes in sites speaking to East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, including works in Stroudley Walk and on St Paul's Way made with local schools and communities. 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Over three years the centre worked with seven artists, two schools and two community groups, including Sidings Community Centre and The Hive, on iterative creative processes without defined outcomes. The exhibition brings together installations, artworks and documentation alongside reflections from those involved, with projects led by artists including Shepherd Manyika, Sam Williams, Sara Heywood, Eva Jonas, Nancy Allen, Lydia Paulett and Maymana Arefin. It offers an insight into the work of artists at the forefront of engagement practice and the creativity of young people in Camden.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/process-makes-practice-60157/", "official_url": "https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/process-makes-practice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67e8e3729b3ecdace538eb998057d839179d6d3d0a837bcf53d5a361a67bbfb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: Bhajan Hunjan’s studio visit and exploring public art in East London with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art"], "description": "A guided walking tour that begins with an introduction to 'Bhajan Hunjan: speaking through materials' at the Nunnery Gallery and a visit to the artist's studio at P1, where participants can meet and speak with her about her use of materials such as silk-screen printed glass, laser-cut acrylic and metal, and stonework in public art. Artist and architect Kuda Mushangi then leads a walk to explore Hunjan's public art commissions in East London, created with local schools and communities in Tower Hamlets, including Three Mills Pontoon (2011) along the Lea Canal and Stroudley Walk (2026), celebrating the legacy of the Suffragettes in Bow. The walk considers how public space can hold multiple histories and how art can function as cultural memory, touching on East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, and themes of empire, displacement, resilience and cultural exchange. Participants are invited to share their own memories and reflections, and will gather at the Nunnery Gallery at 10.45am for an 11am start.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-bhajan-hunjans-studio-visit-and-exploring-publi-35041/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-bhajan-hunjans-studio-visit-and-exploring-public-art-in-east-london-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7765bddff6be19007d3e05be8c6c571ca0183fe4d3b7802e43242547dff486e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "William Klein: 100", "start": "2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-02T00:00:00Z", "place": "HackelBury", "address": "Launceston Place 4", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://hackelbury.co.uk/exhibitions/133/overview/#", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/street-photography"], "description": "\"William Klein: 100\" is a major retrospective of the artist's work, one of the most comprehensive presentations of it in London in recent years. It opens at the gallery HackelBury to mark the centenary of William Klein's birth. The exhibition brings together street photography, fashion imagery, portraits, early abstract works and later painted contact sheets, tracing his radical reinvention of photography and his influence on post-war visual culture. Moving between New York, Paris and London, it presents the city as a charged theatre of crowds, signage, glamour and confrontation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/william-klein-100-36335/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8c5d314c372f27729c184c99122f07b4fa94dfaba33e83243c038c6114aa2c6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Zanele Muholi - Faces and Phases (2006-2026) UK Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-07T12:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T20:30:00Z", "place": "House of Sisters Grimm", "address": "Eastcastle Street 23-25, London", "price": "£39 (with code MUHOLI39, excluding first row VIP)", "price_from": "49.00", "price_to": "95.00", "tickets_url": "https://houseofsistersgrimm.com/group-bookings/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography", "society/queer"], "description": "A UK book launch and signing celebrating twenty years of the portrait series Faces and Phases by South African photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi, winner of the 2026 Hasselblad Award. Edited by Renée Mussai and published by MACK, the book brings together more than 300 largely unpublished photographs, personal testimonies, essays and an interview championing the visibility and dignity of Black LGBTQIA+ communities. The launch, co-produced by Michael Burgess of Creative Resilience International with support from MACK and Southern Guild, includes an artist conversation, signing sessions, photographs and a reception, with INALA performances the same day. Books will be available to purchase at the launch.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/zanele-muholi-faces-and-phases-2006-2026-uk-book-launch-36562/", "official_url": "https://houseofsistersgrimm.com/events/zanele-muholi-faces-and-phases-2006-2026-uk-book-launch/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/465fcc573c28f3c4e78c80edb42382775284fc607b5bc0b34fbf76a02d9e227e-600.webp"}, {"title": "LOST & FOUND", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00Z", "place": "ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "LOST & FOUND is an exhibition by artist Ryan Blackwell, opening with a private view at ANNEX. It explores London through its waste, asking what the objects we leave behind reveal about how we live. Across four interconnected photographic works, it examines the discarded things at the edges of our attention. Blackwell, originally from Liverpool and based in London, spent five years investigating the city's discarded materials.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-found-42451/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/lost-and-found-ryan-blackwell", "image": ""}, {"title": "Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "£14 (Concs: £11 / Art Pass: £8) in person, £12 (Concs: £9.50 / Art Pass: £7) online, each including ", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk/books/whippersnappers/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history"], "description": "Snap Happy! 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The show features camera clubs, magazines, photobooks, advertising, manuals, comics and toys, celebrating the creativity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/snap-happy-how-children-became-photographers-39557/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd55cd9863d941aafa46f3d6b3192f94d37b1adc091ba80c0f6e221a462be9c0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Process Makes Practice", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Arts Centre", "address": "Arkwright Road 52, NW3 6DG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "community"], "description": "Process Makes Practice is a free drop-in exhibition at Camden Art Centre marking the culmination of a three-year programme supported by The Mildred Fund, working with artists and young people in the local area. Over three years Camden Art Centre ran long-term programmes with seven artists, two schools and two community groups, embracing iterative creative processes without defined outcomes or expectations. The exhibition features installations, artworks and documentation alongside reflections on the projects from those involved, offering insight into artists at the forefront of engagement practice and the creativity of young people in Camden. A Sharing Day on 29 October 2026 from 2–6pm offers workshops by some of the artists involved.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/process-makes-practice-73862/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67e8e3729b3ecdace538eb998057d839179d6d3d0a837bcf53d5a361a67bbfb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Brent Record Album Covers Exhibition", "start": "2026-06-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Brent Museum", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.brent.gov.uk/parking-roads-and-travel/parking/parking-permits", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["music/world/reggae", "art/photography"], "description": "An exhibition of Reggae album covers photographed in locations across Brent. It is curated by music historian Kwaku and shows the stories behind the iconic shots. 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It is facilitated by Caroline Lacoma, a London-based self-taught visual artist born in Guadeloupe whose work explores transformation, rebirth and the self. The workshop invites participants to consider the photographs they have inherited, collected or taken and the stories they tell about family, identity, memory and belonging. No previous artistic or zine-making experience is required, all materials are provided, and participants may bring printed photographs to work on.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reclaiming-the-archives-38782/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/reclaiming-the-archives", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea9c53d56c3c2aafda236f2ac05744c2a292f8c209d434c19caef2c2a88ed03f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed", "start": "2026-10-14T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "In-person + £2 donation: £14 (Concs: £11 / Art Pass: £8). Online + £2 donation: £12 (Concs: £9.50 / ", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173692530/events", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "An exhibition marking 50 years since William Eggleston's Guide (1976), showcasing iconic and rarely seen dye transfer prints by an American pioneer of colour photography. It brings together celebrated colour works alongside lesser-known images, including early black-and-white and Brownie photographs from the 1960s and 1970s. His pictures of roadside diners, suburban streets and domestic spaces reveal alienation, loneliness and desire beneath the American Dream. Organised by The Photographers' Gallery in partnership with the Wilson Centre for Photography.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/william-eggleston-all-that-goes-unnoticed-39555/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/73bbc6462ac63cb3915dac7cc9b6b6364e00119f3154ded6ab2dd8de95703fde-1200.webp"}, {"title": "THIIIRD AUTUMN Social", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Feminist Library", "address": "Sojourner Truth Community Centre, 161 Sumner Road, SE15 6JL", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "THIIIRD AUTUMN Social is an evening for creatives who want meaningful connections in an industry that often feels like a solo pursuit. It is hosted by THIIIRD, whose socials are led by leading creative voices sharing their work and stories in an intimate Q&A. This edition features Kim Lang, a prominent voice in contemporary photography known for his bold, theatrical portraiture and narrative approach to individuality, identity, and cultural heritage. It is a space for candid conversation, real connection and potential collaboration, held in Peckham's Sojourner Truth building.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/thiiird-autumn-social-70555/", "official_url": "https://feministlibrary.co.uk/2026/10/28/thiiird-autumn-social/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d1f63eef74843c68d3eb66c439d6e72aedfb381be7039b3dc7132db33b26a684-2000.webp"}]}