{"title": "Shaping Croydon: Architecture and Ambition", "start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/urban-history"], "description": "Shaping Croydon is a major new exhibition exploring the intersection between architectural innovation and ambitious town planning, focusing on the changing vision of the town centre from the post-war period to today. It features contemporary photography by Croydon artist and photographer Glenn Foster, work from photographers associated with the Gareth Gardner Gallery, displays from Croydon Urban Room looking at the future of Croydon's town centre, and materials from Museum of Croydon and Croydon Archives. The exhibition traces the ideas and ambitions that have shaped Croydon's architectural landscape, from its designation as a special development zone to aims of becoming Britain's leading multi-storey carpark hub.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/shaping-croydon-architecture-and-ambition-37211/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/35f689c90b8134aa6fa8e654c624ef04e0102f3ad2b0503711b78c283f5a73a6-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-09-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-31T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Wide-Angle View", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tate Liverpool + RIBA North", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.tate.org.uk/membership", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "Wide-Angle View is a free display of 1960s photographs of architecture at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North in Mann Island, Liverpool. 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The artist, born in 1963, is known as one of the most talented draughtsmen of his generation and is better known for large installations and participatory works. His series was inspired by Joseph Michael Gandy's watercolour 'Architectural Ruins: A Vision', commissioned by Sir John Soane, and includes new work imagining the Museum itself in ruins alongside depictions of Mar-a-Lago, the New York Stock Exchange, Chatsworth House and places from Landy's childhood. Through the drawings he continues his decades-long exploration of capitalism, consumerism and destruction, showing architecture's shift from richness to decay and nostalgia.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/michael-landy-future-ruins-38602/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e9521f9fa7188ea8a4235deb015866825f5544c69b5161651f0c9b2cb070682f-1200.webp"}, {"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": "William Klein: 100", "start": "2026-09-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-02T00:00:00Z", "place": "HackelBury", "address": "Launceston Place 4", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://hackelbury.co.uk/exhibitions/133/overview/#", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/street-photography"], "description": "\"William Klein: 100\" is a major retrospective of the artist's work, one of the most comprehensive presentations of it in London in recent years. It opens at the gallery HackelBury to mark the centenary of William Klein's birth. The exhibition brings together street photography, fashion imagery, portraits, early abstract works and later painted contact sheets, tracing his radical reinvention of photography and his influence on post-war visual culture. Moving between New York, Paris and London, it presents the city as a charged theatre of crowds, signage, glamour and confrontation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/william-klein-100-36335/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a8c5d314c372f27729c184c99122f07b4fa94dfaba33e83243c038c6114aa2c6-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Autumn Term Curate an Exhibition: Music and Youth Culture", "start": "2026-11-04T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-16T00:00:00Z", "place": "Roundhouse", "address": "Chalk Farm Road, NW1 8EH London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://booking.roundhouse.org.uk/72753", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A hands-on eight-session programme for 18–25 year olds that blends archive exploration with real-world creative skill-building, ending in a public exhibition opening in Spring 2027. It is delivered in partnership with the Museum of Youth Culture and takes place at the Roundhouse and the Museum of Youth Culture's new Camden space. Participants work with industry professionals on music photography, zine-making, promo video shooting, interviewing, personal branding and exhibition curation, rooted in Camden's music and youth culture heritage. No experience is required, just a passion for music, fashion, visual arts or storytelling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/autumn-term-curate-an-exhibition-music-and-youth-culture-64956/", "official_url": "https://www.roundhouse.org.uk/whats-on/museum-of-youth-culture-au26/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/331918bd37931119cfc798278d55db50752b36a74502da598a9a23dc1565ca10-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers", "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": "£14 (Concs: £11 / Art Pass: £8) in person, £12 (Concs: £9.50 / Art Pass: £7) online, each including ", "price_from": "12.00", "price_to": "14.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.fourcornersbooks.co.uk/books/whippersnappers/", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history"], "description": "Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers is an exhibition at The Photographers' Gallery that explores the history of children as photographers. Curated by Annebella Pollen, Professor of Visual and Material Culture at the University of Brighton, it traces photography's movement from elite pastime to popular hobby through photographs and archives. The show features camera clubs, magazines, photobooks, advertising, manuals, comics and toys, celebrating the creativity and distinctive perspectives of generations of young photographers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/snap-happy-how-children-became-photographers-39557/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd55cd9863d941aafa46f3d6b3192f94d37b1adc091ba80c0f6e221a462be9c0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Decolonising Kingston: The Living Archive", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "place": "Kingston History Centre", "address": "", "price": "FREE Admission", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "The Living Archive is a community led exhibition exploring how history is recorded, who is remembered and how local people can become active authors of Kingston's story. It was developed through a partnership between the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Kingston Race and Equalities Council, local residents and artists, authors, curators and researchers Jaixia, Rong, and Jacqueline from Sharp Raiser Limited, and is supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. The exhibition celebrates the borough's diverse communities and addresses the underrepresentation of marginalized perspectives within local heritage archives, while honouring half a century of Kingston Race and Equalities Council's dedication to race equality, grassroots leadership, and cultural advocacy. Visitors can discover poems, personal stories, interviews, memories and artworks created during the project and contribute something of their own to Kingston's growing Living Archive.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/decolonising-kingston-the-living-archive-36790/", "official_url": "https://www.kingstonheritage.org.uk/events/decolonising-kingston-living-archive", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce984631e8a6026bf07e259daf9699c69bfd68247f8eeca955640f22353b8582-600.webp"}, {"title": "Process Makes Practice", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Art Centre", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Process Makes Practice is a free, drop-in exhibition at Camden Art Centre marking the culmination of a three-year programme supported by The Mildred Fund. Over three years the centre worked with seven artists, two schools and two community groups, including Sidings Community Centre and The Hive, on iterative creative processes without defined outcomes. The exhibition brings together installations, artworks and documentation alongside reflections from those involved, with projects led by artists including Shepherd Manyika, Sam Williams, Sara Heywood, Eva Jonas, Nancy Allen, Lydia Paulett and Maymana Arefin. It offers an insight into the work of artists at the forefront of engagement practice and the creativity of young people in Camden.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/process-makes-practice-60157/", "official_url": "https://camdenartcentre.org/whats-on/process-makes-practice", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67e8e3729b3ecdace538eb998057d839179d6d3d0a837bcf53d5a361a67bbfb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Spot The Difference: A Walk Through Time", "start": "2026-07-17T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "Gunnersbury Park Museum", "address": "", "price": "FREE", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/local-history"], "description": "'Spot The Difference: A Walk Through Time' is an outdoor photographic exhibition at Gunnersbury Park in which large-scale archival photographs are installed in the exact spots where they were originally taken. It is presented by Gunnersbury, whose museum invites visitors to discover the park's past layered against today's landscape. Wandering the grounds reveals changing fashions, lost views, historic events and everyday life across the decades in a 'then and now' experience. Visitors can find the photographs on their own or pick up a free trail map from reception to follow all eight exhibition points.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/spot-the-difference-a-walk-through-time-36328/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/10afa37b114fd35b50fad66f15600bc67039bc5de0408e8b59951cf112c6f8d2-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Human Nature", "start": "2026-08-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-05-30T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Gunnersbury Park Museum", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "history/local-history"], "description": "Human Nature is a free exhibition of photographs at Gunnersbury Park Museum. It was created by the museum's Young Curators, a group of young people who took part in two photography sessions led by Narvir Singh, a poet, artist, filmmaker and photographer. Their pictures show them playing in Gunnersbury Park as part of its centenary celebrations, recreating childhood wonder through games like rolling down hills and making daisy chains. For these young people, nature is never mere scenery, but a place to be wild in, to wander through and to belong to.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/human-nature-36327/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f8f98935b86d21310a6a1ceb5cd3e0f1dd268cd6f1dcd033f90edb7b18076be-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Process Makes Practice", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-08T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Arts Centre", "address": "Arkwright Road 52, NW3 6DG London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "community"], "description": "Process Makes Practice is a free drop-in exhibition at Camden Art Centre marking the culmination of a three-year programme supported by The Mildred Fund, working with artists and young people in the local area. Over three years Camden Art Centre ran long-term programmes with seven artists, two schools and two community groups, embracing iterative creative processes without defined outcomes or expectations. The exhibition features installations, artworks and documentation alongside reflections on the projects from those involved, offering insight into artists at the forefront of engagement practice and the creativity of young people in Camden. A Sharing Day on 29 October 2026 from 2–6pm offers workshops by some of the artists involved.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/process-makes-practice-73862/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/67e8e3729b3ecdace538eb998057d839179d6d3d0a837bcf53d5a361a67bbfb5-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LOST & FOUND", "start": "2026-11-12T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T21:00:00Z", "place": "ANNEX, 1 Tiverton Street SE1 6NT", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "LOST & FOUND is an exhibition by artist Ryan Blackwell, opening with a private view at ANNEX. It explores London through its waste, asking what the objects we leave behind reveal about how we live. Across four interconnected photographic works, it examines the discarded things at the edges of our attention. Blackwell, originally from Liverpool and based in London, spent five years investigating the city's discarded materials.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lost-found-42451/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/lost-and-found-ryan-blackwell", "image": "https://noky.io/images/09524116b79845b3c43f0579dc3555bcc53c5d44d1b73b79f883328c7d25b6c9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The London Model Talk", "start": "2026-10-30T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Centre", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/local-history", "society/urbanism"], "description": "The London Model Talk is a free 30-minute lunchtime talk at The London Centre, using NLA's scale models of London to explore how the city has grown and what could shape it next. It is hosted by NLA (New London Architecture) at its free public gallery, whose models are used by built environment professionals and anyone curious about London's development. The talk covers London's history from the Romans to now, how the city came to be shaped as it is, and how it is being shaped today and for the future. The 16.5-metre 1:2000 London model covers over 247 square kilometres, 22 boroughs and more than 266,000 buildings, alongside a 1:500 City Model showing the future of the Square Mile's skyline.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-london-model-talk-48052/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bc758ddfd8ffa987d13fa4f61399ac176c844acbc6695e6ca6f1c782a970dfeb-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dreaming the Landscape - Ronnie Hackston art exhibition", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Woodfield Pavilion", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/mixed-media"], "description": "An art exhibition titled 'Dreaming The Landscape' by Ronnie Hackston. The exhibition focuses on landscapes real, imagined, dreamed and remembered, from distant vistas and hills to mysterious forests, suburban gardens and cityscapes, exploring layers of history and the effects of light, weather and time. Ronnie Hackston is an artist and photographer, originally from the North-East of England and based in Streatham since the 1980s, who works in a wide variety of media from acrylics and oils to handmade prints, photography and digitally manipulated imagery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dreaming-the-landscape-ronnie-hackston-art-exhibition-42656/", "official_url": "https://www.thewoodfield.org/whatson-1/dreaming-the-landscape-ronnie-hackston-art-exhibition", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f47d1d26c17fe034f60dd716190bd31e00bbcd08c40ea5d4e5f0a4a8a36a830e-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exploring Architecture: National Poetry Library", "start": "2026-11-05T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-05T15:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Institute of British Architects", "address": "Portland Place 66-68, W1B 1AD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/architecture", "literature/poetry"], "description": "A free event about how architecture can inspire poetry, held at the National Poetry Library on Level 5 of the Royal Festival Hall at the Southbank Centre. It is organised by RIBA Learning and centres on the Poetry Buildings group exhibition, where visual poets and artists explore the relationship between poetry and the built environment. The exhibition's collection spans from ancient eras to the concrete poetry movement of the 1950s and today's voices. After an introduction, participants join a short activity writing their own poetry inspired by the brutalist Southbank Centre surroundings, starting from scratch or using prompts from the places they are in.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-65012/", "official_url": "https://www.riba.org/whats-on/exploring-architecture-national-poetry-library-november-2026/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7e4420f30946eba1267b5711fbcbd24f65bdca1761f04da37530082a15107ea4-2000.webp"}]}