{"title": "Opening Night | Windows into the Unseen", "start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Deptford Lounge Library", "address": "Giffin Street 9, SE8 4RJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "occasion/international-day-for-the-elimination-of-violence-against-women", "society/violence-against-women"], "description": "Opening Night | Windows into the Unseen is the opening event of an exhibition of installations and window interventions at Deptford Lounge's library, lasting two hours. It is held by SHEROES Collective and brings together 16 women activist artists whose work confronts hidden and normalised forms of violence against women and girls, while amplifying stories of resilience, survival, and collective care. It marks 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, and is the collective's first public library exhibition. Visitors can see the work, meet the artists, and join the conversation turning the library into a space of visibility, reflection, and dialogue; all are welcome and children should be accompanied by an adult.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/opening-night-windows-into-the-unseen-73941/", "official_url": "https://deptfordlounge.org.uk/whats-on/event/opening-night-windows-into-the-unseen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c17d7f175414bbde87b4270ce919f1462aa0a1bf77c43c4e2d0b7d360563e56-600.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-19T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Deptford Lounge Library", "address": "Giffin Street 9, SE8 4RJ London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Windows into the Unseen", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Deptford Lounge Library", "address": "Giffin Street 9, SE8 4RJ London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "society/feminism"], "description": "Windows into the Unseen is a month-long exhibition transforming the windows and public-facing spaces of a public library. It is the first public library exhibition by SHEROES Collective, bringing together 16 women activist artists. Their installations and window interventions confront hidden and normalised forms of violence against women and girls, while amplifying stories of resilience, survival, and collective care. The show marks 25 November, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/windows-into-the-unseen-73939/", "official_url": "https://deptfordlounge.org.uk/whats-on/event/windows-into-the-unseen/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/2c17d7f175414bbde87b4270ce919f1462aa0a1bf77c43c4e2d0b7d360563e56-600.webp"}, {"title": "Windows into the Unseen", "start": "2026-11-16T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Albany", "address": "Douglas Way, SE8 4AG London", "price": "£0.00", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "society/feminism"], "description": "Windows into the Unseen is a free month-long exhibition in a public library, filling its windows and public-facing spaces with work by 16 women activist artists. It is presented by Sheroes Collective, an arts organisation that uses art by women activist artists to celebrate women and raise awareness about gender-based violence. The exhibition marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence, bringing hidden and normalised forms of violence against women and girls into public view. Alongside installations and window interventions, it offers creative workshops and talks that create spaces for reflection, care and action.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/windows-into-the-unseen-38945/", "official_url": "https://www.thealbany.org.uk/events/windows-into-the-unseen", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09df3b50809619356e292f1ebef2d1b48d0674687631498397ca7a9d9add07ff-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Elegy", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "Ibraaz", "address": "Mortimer Street 93, W1W 7SS London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/violence-against-women", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "Elegy is a ritual performance and installation project by Gabrielle Goliath that gathers collective acts of mourning around lives and histories marked by violence, erasure and structural loss. Developed over more than a decade, it has been staged in Johannesburg, Cape Town, São Paulo, Paris, Amsterdam, Munich and beyond, and arrives in London following the cancellation of the South African Pavilion in Venice. Installed in the sonic chamber of Ibraaz's Minassa, voices and moving images immerse audiences in a space of mourning, kinship and collective care. Addressing rape culture and femicide in South Africa, the genocide of Ovaherero and Nama peoples in Namibia and the ongoing devastation of Palestinian life, it proposes mourning as a sustained practice of collective presence.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/elegy-36599/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bddd26bf2c80c57cde9f964f820a194720c5676bda6d23e076a328fea43bc74d-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": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "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": "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": "5.00", "price_to": "10.00", "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": "On the Night of Separation, I Wanted to Tell You Something: Êvar Huseynî and WANAWAL", "start": "2026-11-19T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Somerset House", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1LA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation", "society/languages"], "description": "An interactive exhibition at Somerset House by artist Êvar Huseynî, exploring how protest, music and celebration can resist the erasure of language and national identity. Drawing on a Kurdish feminist approach to listening as an active political gesture, it considers how shared practices of expression and gathering can sustain cultural memory in the face of suppression. Taking its title from a poem by the artist's father, it combines personal archives with materials from WANAWAL, the West Asian and North African Women's Art Library founded by Huseynî in 2019 and based at Somerset House Studios. On show are a newly produced film and musical composition made with Kurdish harpist Tara Jaff, alongside an installation of family photographs, archival sound and ephemera.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/on-the-night-of-separation-i-wanted-to-tell-you-something-ev-74820/", "official_url": "https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/g31-êvar-huseynî-wanawal", "image": ""}, {"title": "The Voice of Butterflies", "start": "2026-11-11T15:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T16:00:00Z", "place": "Etcetera Theatre", "address": "265 Camden High Street, London, England, NW1 7BU, United Kingdom", "price": "£15", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["stage/theatre/drama", "society/violence-against-women"], "description": "The Voice of Butterflies is an artivistic performance originally created to commemorate the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, running as part of the VOILA! Festival at the Etcetera Theatre on Camden High Street. Created by the company Hilanderas, directed by Stephanie Prieto and performed by Stephanie Prieto and Esmeralda Sears, it draws an analogy between butterflies' lack of a physical voice and how trauma silences parts of the human body. The narrative follows a woman and her therapist on a regressive journey into childhood to uncover a secret held within the flesh, triggering a metamorphosis in which other women listen to the protagonist within the sound of her silence. After the 45-minute performance, offered in Latin American Spanish with English surtitles for ages 14 and over, Hilanderas hosts a Q&A and a Roy Hart-based workshop.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-voice-of-butterflies-60519/", "official_url": "https://www.voilafestival.co.uk/events/the-voice-of-butterflies/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0e53b6b5efb173a3ed6ab8b18e3bd1a35a7ec13e53e468e751ee3a3fd1318a0a-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Changing Rooms: Celebrating Trans+ Domesticities", "start": "2026-11-14T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Museum of the Home", "address": "Kingsland Road 136, E2 8EA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "festivals-street", "tags": ["society/queer/trans", "occasion"], "description": "Changing Rooms: Celebrating Trans+ Domesticities is a day to night celebration launching a new display of trans homes and creativity in 2000s East London. It is funded by Hackney Pride365 Grants as part of Transgender Awareness Week and celebrates the opening of a new room display of A High-rise Flat in 2008, curated by a cohort of community researchers. The community-led programme includes trans+ 2000s themed screenings curated and hosted by TGirlsOnFilm, trans+ poetry readings with Gayathiri Kamalakanthan and Danni Spooner, a trans+ artists and makers market, a panel talk led by Trans Action for Housing Justice, and a cabaret with Major Dom, Jet Moon, Laz Lighning and Cyro.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/changing-rooms-celebrating-trans-domesticities-37223/", "official_url": "https://museumofthehome.org.uk/whats-on/changing-rooms-celebrating-trans-domesticities/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/54df97b475ae986c96fdd485ca6580a986a892b690439bffe55929fa26aa7aef-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Open Spaces 2026", "start": "2026-11-02T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-16T15:00:00Z", "place": "St Mildred's Church", "address": "Bingham Road 30, CR0 7EB Croydon", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/abstract-painting"], "description": "Open Spaces 2026 is a global art trail by the Visual Arts Association that brings art into everyday spaces, shown at St Mildred's Church as a chosen venue. Local artist Marie Alice Phillips selected the church and shows there 'The Space Between', a collection of abstract paintings exploring emotional resilience, adaptation and recovery. Marie has been part of the St Mildred's wider community for over 16 years, and 20% of all artwork sales will be donated to the church. Visitors can discover the collection and enjoy art in a welcoming community setting.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/open-spaces-2026-74857/", "official_url": "https://stmildredschurch.org.uk/event/open-spaces-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/04e94b2b48e541076ca688b4df6448fc99207cabeea36acfacf96c123821c2ae-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Geography of Violence", "start": "2026-11-17T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Irish Cultural Centre", "address": "5 Black's Road, Hammersmith, W6 9DT", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "film", "tags": ["film/short-film", "society/violence-against-women"], "description": "The UK premiere of Maeve Murphy's award-winning trilogy of three short films, The Geography of Violence, which shines a light on gender-based violence. Irish Film & TV UK, in partnership with Wise Women, presents the screening as part of the lead-up to the 15th Irish Film Festival London. It is followed by a panel discussion and Q&A on Jennie's Law and the Wise Women campaign to make a publicly available register of domestic violence offenders available in the UK and Northern Ireland, with filmmaker Maeve Murphy and writer and actor Kellie Shirley on the panel. The event concludes with networking, and admission is free with advance booking required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-geography-of-violence-41577/", "official_url": "https://irishculturalcentre.co.uk/event/uk-premiere-screening-panel-discussion-the-geography-of-violence-by-award-winning-maeve-murphy/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8596cfc66c9b560937ecb3d60fbc49e3b29245bffd6311c5127a255a9a085694-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Transnational Resistances", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Tate Modern", "address": "Bankside, SE1 9TG London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/activism"], "description": "Transnational Resistances is a two-day symposium at Tate Modern rooted in artistic practices of transnational resistance and solidarity. It is organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor, in collaboration with IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, and supported by the Irish and UK Governments. Artists and academics explore support networks, feminist methodologies, memory work, counter-archiving and embodied knowledge across communities resisting erasure. The Friday programme includes workshops, talks, a communal meal, an audiovisual intervention and a keynote in Starr Cinema and Clore Foyer.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/transnational-resistances-87905/", "official_url": "https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/transnational-resistances", "image": "https://noky.io/images/95b14b0c428d32be58e657aa555606139f1b05612c7b1a26c2f664211fdb1632-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Second Daughter: She Was Never One Body pt II", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Eastway Baths", "address": "80 Eastway, E9 5JH London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/film-video", "film/short-film"], "description": "An art exhibition with a short film screening, presented by Second Daughter at Eastway Baths. The works and films explore the body as a collective swarm, with pieces by Karolina Ursala Urbaniak, Keyannah Isaacs, Lottie Stephens, Holly Lou Jones, Eleanor Cox, Georgia Scholes and Kai Thaís, and films including Cailleach, Uproot, Dancing with Broken Feet, Choir of Catharsis and Know That As I Hex You, I Hug You. Film curation is by Lucy Chappell and artwork curation by Holly Lou Jones and Noda Lichen. Second Daughter celebrates dark cinema, art and performance exploring women's stories, made by anyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/second-daughter-she-was-never-one-body-pt-ii-60442/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b729ec8bc12fc075cd3fe063f334b03ee0f2cdcd811785077d4da46481f84c6c-1200.webp"}]}