{"title": "Bibi Lei: Where Light Blooms", "start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Maddox Gallery", "address": "Westbourne Grove 112, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://maddoxgallery.com/collections", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Bibi Lei: Where Light Blooms is a solo exhibition of paintings at Maddox Gallery's Maddox Street space. Bibi Lei works intuitively, often with her fingers, letting a mark become a flower, flowers expand into landscapes and figures emerge from gardens. Her fairytale-like paintings ask what it means to grow without losing wonder, a question tied to her motherhood and her life between Macau, Lisbon and Tokyo. The show includes key works such as 'Queen of Bloom Mountain', conceived for the London exhibition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bibi-lei-where-light-blooms-37119/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3794c9aa23453a1164621f8289a3997f9f218d6bc7bd69297566ec94d7b063e9-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Maddox Gallery", "address": "Westbourne Grove 112, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land", "start": "2026-08-15T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Park Galleries", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/feminism", "art"], "description": "This is an art exhibition titled 'The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land', showing moving image, textile and sculpture work. It is the first UK solo exhibition by Taiwanese artist DanFong Wang, who presents her 2024 animation of the same title alongside new embroidery and soft sculpture. Drawing on feminist theory and cultural rituals, the work explores female labor, the body and spiritual transformation, referencing Catholic and Buddhist funerary practices to examine gender and motherhood. Wang was selected by curator A—Z (Anne Duffau) as winner of the gallery's 41st Annual Open in 2025.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-sparkle-the-blossom-and-the-milky-land-38734/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ab5822757fe9a2ae0b9e736aec7dfc277199c7e57c81da2bf3ea5537bdf478f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "NINAGAWA Mika: Captive Blooms", "start": "2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-06-01T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173692530/events", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A free outdoor exhibition showing works from NINAGAWA Mika's Captive Blooms in Soho Photography Quarter, just outside The Photographers' Gallery on Ramillies Street. The Japanese artist, also a maker of films, video and spatial installations, builds worlds bursting with colour and emotion: intensely coloured photographs of blooming flowers, shimmering goldfish, water, city nights and portraits that dissolve the boundary between the real and the imagined. Her images of domesticated aquatic life and of Japan's springtime cherry blossom, one of her most recognisable motifs, transform the quarter into a place of both spectacle and reflection, bridging art, fashion and pop culture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ninagawa-mika-captive-blooms-39558/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/584c32309066ea576af41118bf07f3546c8b8c7853cd185d76f5d38bd7e12be5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Where Flowers Gather", "start": "2026-03-23T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-20T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery", "address": "Conway Street 2, W1T 6BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Where Flowers Gather is an exhibition of works by the London-based artist Hepzibah Swinford, presented by the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery. Swinford's practice centres on floral pattern and ornament, drawing on antique and contemporary sources such as Dutch flower painting, Ming and Meissen porcelain and textile design traditions from William Morris onward, with echoes of Matisse, Miró and Rajasthani miniatures. She creates layered compositions in which historical motifs are reconfigured within a contemporary visual language. The presentation forms part of the gallery's ongoing collaboration with the award-winning American designer Billy Reid.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/where-flowers-gather-74597/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0ebd7c64a85606a2e04b31386396e47ee46f8b77ed2de6665cd7d487ee888956-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Dark Bloom: Group Art Exhibition", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Woodfield Pavilion", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["occasion/day-of-the-dead", "art"], "description": "'Dark Bloom' is a group art exhibition running from 10th to 31st October 2026 at The Woodfield Pavilion. Local artists including Ania Pieniazek, Carry Hornby and many others show a collection of works exploring the shifting boundaries between light and dark, ancient magic, the fragility of life, root and bone, and all things gritty and mystical. Visitors are invited to look a little closer, embrace the shadows and discover beauty in the unknown. The exhibition leads into the venue's Festival of the Dead event and is also part of the Streatham Festival Art Trail.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dark-bloom-group-art-exhibition-42644/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e3d1975c87d0a3fa84428cb499b55c884e7800ba401a2a7b099663614078f7f9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Window Project 2026: Grow and Bloom by Usva Inei", "start": "2026-11-07T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "hARTslane", "address": "Hart's Lane 17, SE14 5UP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "society/queer"], "description": "An official unveiling of a new artwork at hARTslane's window, part of its annual Window Project. The piece, 'Grow and Bloom', is by Usva Inei, a trans non-binary visual artist who reimagines traditional Slavic imagery through painting, textiles and printmaking. It responds to current anti-trans politics in the UK and the recent supreme court ruling, offering hope, representation and recognition to trans and queer communities. The work is a spray-painted flower bouquet in trans flag colours, with flowers carrying historical and cultural meaning for the LGBTQ+ community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/window-project-2026-grow-and-bloom-by-usva-inei-36447/", "official_url": "https://www.hartslane.org/grow-and-bloom/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f1393b26a1e112fc5098893aa73d7205e34d1c1927227bc3ad5c8dedc60d13e2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Field of Asura", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Lisson Gallery", "address": "Bell Street 27, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.lissongallery.com/shop", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/contemporary-painting"], "description": "Yu Hong presents 'Field of Asura', an exhibition of new and recent paintings. The monumental works, anchored by large-scale multi-panel compositions inspired by classical European altarpieces, depict figures bound by vulnerability, endurance and mutual dependence. Her touching, allegorical and apocalyptic approach to contemporary life brings together personal experience, collective history and painterly tradition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/field-of-asura-41640/", "official_url": "https://lisson.com/exhibitions/yu-hong-lisson-new-york", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5c3469bdb0578cb5965f58b2414b97a6ad7e6b03a80b6d70b64a9aaefea82833-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bright Lights, Big City", "start": "2026-11-11T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-27T00:00:00Z", "place": "Portland Gallery", "address": "3 Bennet Street", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "An exhibition of acrylic paintings by artist Lachlan Goudie, showing London's landmarks and nightlife from Piccadilly Circus to Tower Bridge at twilight. Goudie says that after decades in London he still feels like a stranger there, and that he has tried to express the city's energy, colour and daily drama in these paintings. The show, titled Bright Lights, Big City, is presented by Portland Gallery in St James's.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bright-lights-big-city-63965/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/588500d6b13a7c872ff0ac94ac62d7ed04461016ca3e7c1a3dd091b593d92511-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Exhibition 2026", "start": "2026-10-22T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "London Sketch Club", "address": "Dilke Street 7, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An exhibition titled \"Autumn Exhibition 2026\" at the London Sketch Club, showing artwork by Bibi Delafield. The exhibition is visible when attending a sketching session or a club event. Its private view is open to all. The studio is on the first floor and has only stepped access.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/autumn-exhibition-2026-49198/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/421243974b2111b23419494cd3eca1abfff4e559e5c760647ad9f8e196b3362e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "A Garden", "start": "2026-10-22T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/visiting/cathedral-shop-and-online-store/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "'A Garden: Deborah Frank 2026' is a solo exhibition of oil paintings by artist Deborah Frank, on display in the Southwark Cathedral Cafe. Studying the botanicals within the Cathedral's herb garden, it showcases the plants and architecture at the centre of London Bridge and Borough Market. The work continues the artist's desire to document and look closer at the natural world, framing each herb with its surrounding architecture and foliage. Free entry, donations welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/a-garden-47455/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/664abc6fe52fdae765de078ff554e5cc970f63e0e2889d504111dd02d301612f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Laoniang", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T00:00:00Z", "place": "Collective", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "Laoniang is a photographic exhibition presented by The Koppel Project at Collective. It is the work of Zhiyan Liu, a London-based photographer, and centres on her maternal grandmother, whom she has called Laoniang since childhood. Through sustained engagement with the eighty-year-old's daily life — working the land, tending the courtyard, caring for animals and resting at home — the project explores kinship, ageing, domesticity and self-determination. It considers the tensions between familial care and personal autonomy, inviting a reconsideration of how lives are looked at and understood.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/laoniang-42455/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/laoniang-zhiyan-liu", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c722e40a70b4e39b1183adddd3b0fe6df5552555d0a01d8a21746c09052ae4b7-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons", "start": "2026-07-29T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Pitzhanger Manor House and Gallery", "address": "", "price": "£14 Standard, £7 Students, free for Members and Under-16s", "price_from": "14.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pitzhanger.org.uk/book-tickets/?eventid=1001ADGKSHLJDTDBJQTBMGLLJRLBJCMNN", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "An art exhibition called Clare Woods: Garden Without Seasons, showing 29 new and recent paintings, collages and prints made over the last four years. The artist Clare Woods draws on flowers, still life and the natural world, including plants seen through glass at Kew Gardens and roses inspired by George Orwell's garden. Her works move between abstraction and figuration, mixing vibrant wet-look oil paint with reflections on time, absence and death. The exhibition fills the rooms and galleries of Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/clare-woods-garden-without-seasons-38059/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4605e92ebf31b43e0e9d259a7bc802af008e2bd05df0ea0cd90085f8b70b946e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Studio", "start": "2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Massimo De Carlo", "address": "South Audley Street 55, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "The Studio is a solo exhibition of paintings by the American painter Jonathan Gardner at a London gallery. He takes the artist's studio as his subject: rooms within rooms and paintings within paintings, built from memory, imagination and art history. The flat, clean rooms with colour laid down in blocks nod to Matisse and Magritte, while landscapes with rivers and desert scenes open spaces of solitude. Beneath the art-historical poise, the exhibition holds something like hope shadowed by unease at a deliberate, painterly distance.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-studio-41680/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e028b4fa2074ea7ca08e23bd838fd3d70465d1e7057b4ba7f18128d37392ecd-2000.webp"}]}