{"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": "", "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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Visitors are welcome to bring a vinyl record with a Brent connection to play and discuss, and families are invited. Kwaku, an independent history researcher, historical musicologist and Brent resident, is behind it. No booking is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/marking-african-history-season-it-was-also-about-other-black-60109/", "official_url": "https://www.brent.gov.uk/events-in-brent/2026/october/marking-african-history-season-it-was-also-about-other-black-musics", "image": ""}, {"title": "Capture Kingston 2026: Kingston By Night", "start": "2026-04-15T13:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston Heritage", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A photography competition inviting people to capture the Kingston borough after dark, from sunrises and sunsets to the town centre's bright lights and quiet evenings elsewhere. It is run by Kingston Heritage, whose theme this year is 'Kingston By Night'; entries join the historical collection at Kingston History Centre, may appear in future exhibitions, and winners receive a cash prize at an awards evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/capture-kingston-2026-kingston-by-night-36788/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/dfcab87fabf5fddb817b32228fa402ed415e1dae9a193e3a3647f418b57c37df-600.webp"}, {"title": "Alison Ramm", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "Bonnington Cafe", "address": "Vauxhall Grove 11, SW8 1TD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An exhibition of the art of Alison Ramm, running throughout October at the Bonnington Cafe. It is presented by Alison Ramm together with BCCA and 4th World Arts, and marks a welcome return, celebrating a member of the extraordinary community of artists who lived and worked there in the 1980s. Opening hours follow the cafe's own opening hours.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/alison-ramm-41063/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e2deabd5bbaf8bf5d583cba30df617cd944af948dfadaf79d14821f6d5eaec63-600.webp"}, {"title": "Art on Your Doorstep", "start": "2026-09-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Art on Your Doorstep is a free outdoor exhibition bringing life-size reproductions of National Gallery masterpieces to Brentford, displayed across the town in fine detail and complete with their frames. It is part of The National Gallery: Art On Your Doorstep, a national touring project taking works from the nation's collection beyond Trafalgar Square to twelve towns across the UK. Brentford is one of those twelve towns, with up to 30 masterpieces exhibited, shaped by this year's Creative Mile theme of 'Love' and by the people, landmarks and history of Brentford. Visitors to Boston Manor House can see three masterpiece reproductions: one by the café terrace and two photo stand-ins inside the House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-on-your-doorstep-35024/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc999c3f25e613b04ee7dac017aa6cdd1309692f498f2aea24ec5c49e803c497-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Sanlé Sory: Colour Years", "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/portrait-photography", "society/africa"], "description": "Sanlé Sory: Colour Years is an exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery showing the rarely seen colour photographs of Burkinabé photographer Sanlé Sory for the first time in the UK. Sory, one of West Africa's most prolific photographers, began making colour portraits in his Volta Photo studio in the mid-1980s after becoming known for his black-and-white studio and nightlife pictures. The meticulously restored colour prints capture daily life, youth culture, music and fashion in Burkina Faso across decades of political shifts, alongside Volta Jazz record covers featuring his portraits. 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It is run by BBC Introducing Live together with BBC Radio 1Xtra in partnership with V&A East Museum, celebrating the museum's exhibition The Music is Black: A British Story. A panel hosted by BBC Introducing's Angelle Joseph, with speakers including V&A East's Josephine Small, looks at key moments in Black British music history and how the UK industry can support young Black artists. An open mic hosted by BBC Radio 1Xtra Introducing's Theo Johnson gives nine artists the chance to perform live for BBC Introducing.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-40095/", "official_url": "https://www.vam.ac.uk/event/RwGL37RqpD/new-black-british-sound-x-bbc-introducing-nov-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7220b15f5dda4434b888bc624ed4ba543164d9dc44e7abfb29095f4d110f713b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Emmanuel Awuni", "start": "2026-09-29T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/selling-display-emmanuel-awuni", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["diy/printmaking"], "description": "ETERNAL SUNSHINE is a selling display of thirteen new prints by Emmanuel Awuni, a graduate of the RA Schools, shown in the Sir Hugh Casson Room at the Royal Academy of Arts. His colourful, upbeat work engages with diasporic sounds such as hip-hop, jazz, reggae and Afrobeats. The prints respond to William Blake's poem The Little Black Boy from Songs of Innocence, using material from the RA's archive and library to illustrate the interior world of Blake's figure and give the room 'music, colour, life and rhythm'. The artworks on display are available for sale through the RA, with sales supporting the artist and the next generation of artists in the RA Schools.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/emmanuel-awuni-38256/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/77d037af9a610cbc86cd14fc7d5b3a5e4b2eae127b97dd872dc63dfcbc052d50-600.webp"}, {"title": "The 90s: Art and Fashion", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tate Britain", "address": "Millbank, SW1P 4RG London", "price": "£22 / Free for Members; £20 Concessions; £5 for Tate Collective", "price_from": "22.00", "price_to": "22.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.tate.org.uk/ticket/date?cgid=375284", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history"], "description": "The 90s: Art and Fashion is an exhibition at Tate Britain exploring a decade of bold creativity and rebellious spirit that changed the face of British culture. It is curated by Edward Enninful OBE, whose lived experience of the decade informs the show, examining a period when a new generation of diverse creative talent fused art, design, fashion and photography into one potent cultural force. The exhibition brings together photography, fashion, art and design, including iconic images by photographers Juergen Teller, David Sims and Corinne Day, alongside artists like Steve McQueen, Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas and Yinka Shonibare, plus collections by designers Vivienne Westwood, Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. It explores how long-held hierarchies were dismantled, with high art and pop culture feeding into one another, and reflects both the energy and the challenges of the decade.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-90s-art-and-fashion-38882/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3c55f646800d98de4da5642a01c60abdd1a61a193ca1dcca70d7fcc5eee593e3-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exhibition preview - Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Geographical Society", "address": "Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London", "price": "Member £12.00, Non-member £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://portal.rgs.org/event/book/EXPREV051126", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "nature"], "description": "An exclusive evening preview of a new exhibition celebrating stories and discoveries from fieldwork and expeditions around the world, held ahead of the RGS Explore Weekend. The Royal Geographical Society invites visitors for drinks in the Society's Pavilion, with talks, tabletop displays and conversation featuring some of the artists and contributors behind the exhibition. Guests can get close to works of art, photography and audio, hear the stories behind them, and meet the people shaping exploration today. The event is open to all, with step-free access, accessible toilets, a hearing loop and assistance dogs welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now-fieldwork-and-expeditions-74710/", "official_url": "https://www.rgs.org/events/upcoming-events/exhibition-preview-exploration-now/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3189405e69fae93c6e7f43975bc95657ea87a44b39d808b4f18f127e69b04bcd-2000.webp"}]}