{"title": "Impressionism and beyond", "start": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Academy of Arts", "address": "Piccadilly, W1J 0BD London", "price": "£430. Includes light refreshments and a wine reception at the end of day one.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.royalacademy.org.uk/53174/53175", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting/impressionism"], "description": "A weekend art history course at the Royal Academy of Arts exploring Impressionism, the movement that changed Western art from 1874 onwards. Talks led by academics, curators and art-world professionals trace the roots of artists such as Manet, Monet, Morisot, Degas and Renoir and their far-reaching influence, drawing on the exhibition Painting the French Riviera. 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It is held by the Royal Academy, which selected 15 original vintage travel posters from AntikBar for the show, displayed in Gallery 9. The paintings include works by Cezanne, Monet, Picasso, Bonnard, Signac, Matisse and Klein among others, plus a video of Le Train Bleu produced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. 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A century after Claude Monet's death, it builds on the Impressionists' interest in the changing effects of colour and light in nature.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/daniel-buren-74262/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Open Themed Art Class [3]", "start": "2026-11-11T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Imperial College London", "address": "Exhibition Road, SW7 2AZ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Open Themed Art Class [3] is a free art workshop open to everyone working and studying at Imperial College, open to all levels and abilities. It is led by artist Mindy Lee of the Blyth Music and Arts Centre, who provides mentoring support and free materials so participants can create whatever they like. Attendees may join and leave at any point during the session, and spaces are limited to 10 people. 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Led by an art teacher, children explore different artistic styles, colours, shapes and techniques, taking inspiration from names such as Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Monet and Leonardo da Vinci. Each child experiments with and creates their own unique artwork to take home, with no previous art experience needed. The 90-minute session includes a babyccino for each child, places are limited and booking in advance is required, with parents or guardians remaining at the café throughout.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/masterpiece-kids-art-class-50313/", "official_url": "https://www.miletocaffe.com/events/masterpiecekids", "image": "https://noky.io/images/14a8dd88a3a5214f52a22ce92ccc2bcef97136235d0a3963869ed7a088a714ee-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Transforming: the Complete Works 2009–26", "start": "2026-05-13T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rob and Nick Carter", "address": "Bathurst Street 5A, W2 2SD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/moving-image"], "description": "Transforming: the Complete Works 2009–26 is a current exhibition of moving paintings by Rob and Nick Carter. Since 2008 the artists have translated static masterpieces into moving paintings, a slow art of durational looking, with works held by the Mauritshuis and the Städel Museum. After an eight-year break, this new cycle uses human-guided AI as a painterly material, curated frame by frame like a digital brush. The works celebrate artists who investigated light and form through repetition, from Monet's London fog and Kandinsky's visual music to Anna Ancher's interiors.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/transforming-the-complete-works-200926-41944/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2db7585c435cce36277c90e9f9398ed4c5ac57a2a8c7570639a7b4c00b0c57cb-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tate Modern", "address": "Bankside, SE1 9TG London", "price": "£20 / Free for Members; £19 Concessions; £5 for Tate Collective", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.tate.org.uk/ticket/date?cgid=380538", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography is an exhibition at Tate Modern exploring pictorialism as a global movement. 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