{"title": "Darkness Never Lasts – Collective Drawings", "start": "2026-10-07T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Hundred Years Gallery", "address": "Pearson Street 13, E2 8JD London", "price": "£200", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "An exhibition of collective drawings made in monthly open sessions at the gallery, where participants drew with charcoal on large sheets of paper while electronic music played. Behind it are the gallery's residency with musician Cos Chapman, whose live improvisation guided the sessions, and visual artist and performer Jo Roberts, presiding in her role as The Librarian. The drawings move from dark masses surrounding human figures and despairing hands toward coloured, hopeful forms, and the works reflect the suffering of the Palestinian people and a wish for a peaceful, equalitarian solution. 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It is led by 2B Or Not 2B Collective, a POC-run life drawing group based in London that focuses on uplifting marginalised bodies. The Collective offers a fresh take on life drawing, with a focused but relaxed environment and a diverse, inclusive roster of nude models. Drawing boards, art materials and paper are provided, all classes include access to the historic house, and participants must be over 18.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/life-drawing-with-2b-or-not-2b-collective-60936/", "official_url": "https://leightonhouse.digitickets.co.uk/category/53591", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4ad47e10addd3606890bc2a4304865463f6647e5dbfa6cdfc927289c8d8fda43-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Knots Presents: Oscillations", "start": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T22:00:00Z", "place": "ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://www.tickettailor.com/events/knotsnoise/2392847/r/website", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/activism"], "description": "Knots Presents: Oscillations is an exhibition at ANNEX in Elephant and Castle, hosted by The Koppel Project, bringing together a network of artists, organisers and learners. It is curated by Knots, whose noise nights invite artists to meet through an exchange of ideas and collaboration, and it invites artists to respond through visual mediums speaking to collaboration and resistance in shared history, local communities, familial lives and the every day. Knots frames it against the rising influence of the far-right in the UK and beyond, using performance to build relationships, exchange knowledge and work in solidarity with communities resisting authoritarianism and injustice. The opening evening is followed by cross-disciplinary noise collaborations with Knots alumni and a short panel Q&A with the exhibiting artists.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/knots-presents-oscillations-42454/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/knots-presents-oscillations-annex", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e8c4c2a00a05ba4b41afd061a3d875c8e737070a1d5b100bc8610ae61659e961-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Rakyat Pasti Menang", "start": "2026-07-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-22T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/political-art", "society/activism"], "description": "An exhibition by the Indonesian art collective Taring Padi at Ibraaz, held in the Majlis. 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No experience is necessary, materials are provided, and participants can join at any point during the term.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/transformative-futures-50258/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/16c0e38a5e9d5c600a087fc525481510e2b58cdd95864c099e7b090285c48372-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Transformative Futures", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-03T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Camden Arts Centre", "address": "Arkwright Road 52, NW3 6DG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/transformative-futures-tickets-2000155349493?aff=oddtdtcreator&_gl=1*12fqdd6*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTg4MzQ1ODQ5LjE3ODg4NjkzMzM.*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODg4NjkzMzIkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODg4NjkzMzIkajYwJGwwJGgw&keep_tld=true", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "Transformative Futures is a free weekly collective for young people aged 15-25 to discuss, explore and create art together. It is run by Camden Art Centre, whose Learning Programme is supported by John Lyon's Charity and the Estate of Rosemary Phelps, and by The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust and Dreamchasing. Each session is led by a practicing contemporary artist and offers the chance to try processes and techniques used by artists today, including drawing, video, sound art and assemblage, with photography walks around North London in collaboration with Ceci N'est Pas London. The programme fosters a supportive, inclusive and anti-racist environment and will culminate in a takeover event in July 2027, produced by participants.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/transformative-futures-73861/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/16c0e38a5e9d5c600a087fc525481510e2b58cdd95864c099e7b090285c48372-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Introduction to Painting and Drawing", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T20:30:00Z", "place": "art in the docks", "address": "Shackleton Way 25, E16 2XJ London", "price": "Free to join", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "An open painting and drawing session at a London art space, welcoming everyone from complete beginners to accomplished artists. It is run by Art in the Docks and funded by Newham's People Powered Places, supported by the Notting Hill Genesis Love While You Live Fund and the Royal Docks Trust. Participants can work on their own projects or join a guided session on techniques led by a professional artist, sharing ideas and helping each other. All you need is your imagination and a willingness to try new ideas.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/introduction-to-painting-and-drawing-40958/", "official_url": "https://www.artinthedocks.com/upcomingevents/introduction-to-painting-and-drawing-f29mt-9sec4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c577cb9965733337bd4995d99dcdaf7b41f19e641d206cee96aba289a25e702-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Talk and draw: Celebrating Black History Month", "start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.nationalgallery.org.uk/13665/13666", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "society/identity"], "description": "An online talk and draw workshop marking Black History Month, hosted on Zoom. It is led by artist and Gallery Educator Joanna Conybeare together with Articulation alumnus Jacob Panchoo. 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The Big Draw festival connects with the museum, with artist Marc Woodhead leading exploration of the shapes and spaces of the galleries through gesture and movement, and artist Ian Crighton running a creative workshop in the Studio on experimental mark making. The free event requires booking via families@wallacecollection.org, and afterwards the Studio is available for packed lunches, with drop-in drawing in the galleries and trying on real and replica armour with Hands on Armour volunteers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-39898/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/the-big-draw-relaxed-family-morning-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f4d866527108a7835470e72ede950ab0077294efb89bab77db51c1adf003a64-1200.webp"}, {"title": "if you like rice, you’ll understand – Collective Noise", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-11T00:00:00Z", "place": "Institute of International Visual Arts | Stuart Hall Library - iniva", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "This is an exhibition project titled 'if you like rice, you'll understand – Collective Noise', bringing together painting, photography, moving image, text and sound. It is a new project by artist and educator Andrew Pierre Hart, part of a joint programme between iniva and Chelsea Space at Chelsea College of Arts. Drawing on Stuart Hall's cultural studies legacy, it explores sound as a form of learning and cultural exchange, examining the relationship between sound and diasporic experiences. The project includes a cross-site exhibition, an events programme and a publication, supported by The Ampersand Foundation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/if-you-like-rice-youll-understand-collective-noise-60786/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/aabf80b0df67e5692d00f33769a693ca39fc9b1eab2066da1de9d0767fe6eb43-1200.webp"}, {"title": "People's Justice: Towards an Understanding of Art Solidarity", "start": "2026-11-06T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T16:30:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://tickets.ibraaz.org/events/ibraaz/2491764/select-date?ref=website_widget", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/activism"], "description": "A panel talk bringing together Alexander Supartono, Marco Baravalle, and Rehana Zaman to discuss art as a means of building solidarity. 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Drawing on the speakers' personal and collective experiences of constructing progressive alliances, the conversation examines solidarity as the formation of common practices against the co-optation, disciplining, and censorship of the global art-industrial complex.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/peoples-justice-towards-an-understanding-of-art-solidarity-49152/", "official_url": "https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/peoples-justice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4530f2b39e1c23d2c1a92b6c63f8994b8f6e3866b93f14940dffa9122f30497f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Women artists in conflict zones: imagination as an act of resistance", "start": "2026-10-26T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-04T17:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/women"], "description": "An exhibition of works by eight women artists from countries including Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela, shown in the Atrium Gallery of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is hosted by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and Artists Project Earth, a UK charity that turns artists' creative contributions into support for relief projects, and is curated by May East, a Trustee of the charity. The collection, commissioned since 2022, explores imagination as an act of resistance, turning from the battlefield to the intimate realities of civilian life, from domestic survival to memories of displacement and conflict's marks on bodies and relationships. Among the artists shown are Rala Tarabishi, Khin Thethtar Latt, Sarah Ndele and Dania Bucko, who together give form to experiences rarely captured in peace agreements and reconstruction plans.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/women-artists-in-conflict-zones-imagination-as-an-act-of-res-37076/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/arts-and-music/exhibitions/exhibitions/women-artists-in-conflict-zones", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5dd39f3fc7133392ff786f9042c38d405599885f700825d4a0abb4e22dcbca-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Look and Draw", "start": "2026-11-12T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Wallace Collection", "address": "Manchester Square, W1U 3BN London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://wallacecollection.digitickets.co.uk/tickets", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A guided drawing session in front of a vast seascape painting, held in the Great Gallery of the museum. Tutor Karly Allen leads participants through looking closely at Van de Velde's work and translating it into black-and-white mark-making with pen and paper. No experience is needed and all materials are provided, with places free but limited and allocated first-come, first-served on the day.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/look-and-draw-39907/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/look-and-draw-49/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0777969c427a36039c411e81c8da7fb75f9761ff9d1938cadf3c80b90b36f7f9-1200.webp"}]}