{"title": "Tove Jansson and her Families", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre of Illustration", "address": "", "price": "£16.50 adult / £6.60 child", "price_from": "16.50", "price_to": "16.50", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration", "literature/childrens-books"], "description": "A major UK exhibition at the new Quentin Blake Centre of Illustration devoted to the Finnish author and artist Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomins. It brings together unseen drawings of the characters alongside over 100 rarely seen pieces of her work, including sketches, paintings, illustrations and photographs. Among them are original illustrations for the Swedish edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The show spotlights the people who shaped Jansson's life and work, from her sculptor father to her friends in London and Finland's queer circles and her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tove-jansson-and-her-families-104182/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5c31ee7407a284e9e2cd56c1d9f68f400c34cd39bc436365e707dea4e7169bf1-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre of Illustration", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Faerdom: Now, As Ever", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-03-29T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration", "address": "Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London", "price": "Adults £15, concessions available. Tickets include entry to all exhibitions. 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The exhibition explores how the digital landscape is shaping our modern lives and asks whether humanity's oldest stories still resonate and can offer perspective and hope.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/faerdom-now-as-ever-38102/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5bf92ecfadc45a060caf679a9b762cc13905c9fdabbd2e925b9b9e09923bd708-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Quentin Blake: The Southbank Parade", "start": "2026-11-08T23:59:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southbank Centre", "address": "Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration"], "description": "An exhibition trail of thirty life-size illustrated characters dotted around the Southbank Centre venue. The illustrator Quentin Blake created the figures to mark 75 years since the Festival of Britain and to honour the pioneers in dance, music, literature and art who have appeared at the centre since 1951. 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The show features original pages from Book 1 and never-before-shared work as the five-volume bestselling series, whose final volume appeared in August 2026, comes to an end. Through comics, zines and other media, it has built a community of over half a million members on Instagram alone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/exhibit-the-sad-ghost-club-lize-meddings-39036/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d2bb97dc01007ffa28dbd15c5afcd6f982a97323c8d48dd0e5a9c94e83ef32e9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Winter Show", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-23T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Fine Art Society", "address": "New Bond Street 148, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "The Winter Show is an exhibition of paintings, watercolours and design objects at the gallery The Fine Art Society. It is presented by The Fine Art Society and runs under the title \"The Winter Show\". The works include paintings by John Knox, Sir John Tenniel, Sam Bough, William McTaggart, Arthur Melville and James Faed Jnr, alongside pieces by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, Christopher Dresser and John Moyr Smith. Some works on view are for sale and can be enquired about through the gallery.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-winter-show-39194/", "official_url": "https://www.thefineartsociety.com/exhibitions/260-the-winter-show/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/97494872fca5b773449a8eeb89702445ba707282d23359b36cc9f0affa36de4b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Conversations | Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell", "start": "2026-11-11T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T20:30:00Z", "place": "Royal Drawing School", "address": "Charlotte Road 19-22, EC2A 3SG London", "price": "Free, booking required", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting", "literature"], "description": "Creative Conversations | Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell is an in-person evening lecture at the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch, seating guests from 6.30pm for a 7pm start with limited tickets. It celebrates the launch of 'Storytelling Pictures: The Paintings of Julian Bell', the first book to survey Bell's paintings, written by American art writer David Carrier and published by DISTANZ. Painter Julian Bell, who has taught at the school since 2012, is in conversation with the London-based painter Matthew Krishanu, whose work is in the collections of Tate and others. The event is part of the Creative Conversations series curated by Dr Claudia Tobin and is chaired by broadcaster and journalist Bidisha, with copies of the book available to purchase.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-conversations-storytelling-pictures-the-paintings-o-135699/", "official_url": "https://royaldrawingschool.org/events/creative-conversations-storytelling-pictures-the-paintings-of-julian-bell", "image": "https://noky.io/images/629e6b0d650e187f2c06bb5cc2dbaf342af4c62c8ec5dbd0e3d390f0939e6a30-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery", "start": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-06-20T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "British Library", "address": "Euston Road 96, NW1 2DB London", "price": "£20-£25", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "25.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["literature/crime"], "description": "Agatha Christie: A World of Mystery is a major exhibition at the British Library about the life of the writer known as the Queen of Crime. It is presented in collaboration with Agatha Christie Limited and The Christie Archive Trust, with support from Great Western Railway. Visitors can walk through immersive spaces inspired by her world, from a country house and a WWI dispensary to an Orient Express-style carriage and an archaeological dig, while hunting for hidden clues. Letters, notebooks, photographs, early drafts and objects on display for the first time, including her 1937 Remington typewriter, reveal how her travels and adventures shaped characters like Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/agatha-christie-a-world-of-mystery-70015/", "official_url": "https://events.bl.uk/exhibitions/agathachristie", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92f45806de3fa87840c347ecacddb79398ac0a9aa0b81b4bab30ac685465b006-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Johnny Depp 148 New Bond Street", "start": "2026-10-13T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "Halcyon Gallery", "address": "New Bond Street 29, W1S 2RL London", "price": "Price On Application", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Halcyon Gallery presents the first major UK exhibition of original artworks by Johnny Depp. The show offers a personal journey through the imagination of a lifelong storyteller, moving from tangled blooms to psychological portraits, via the shadowy depths of nostalgia and fantastical figures, unfolding through light and darkness.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/johnny-depp-148-new-bond-street-41470/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5e118216743f0db911fc3055276e64b6e8df4fec3f7dc427a089174b769c053a-2000.webp"}, {"title": "R&F Mo: Woandering", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Oliver Projects", "address": "Grove Vale 49, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/drawing"], "description": "A solo exhibition by the South London-based artist R&F Mo, titled 'Woandering', held at Oliver Projects. Mo's practice spans drawing, painting, printmaking, sewing and sculpture, with fantastical figures moving through imaginary landscapes while exploring identity. The exhibition shares its name with the artist's recently published book on drawing, which Mo says unites the physical and mental states of a person in motion and thinking. It is her first solo exhibition in London, and a closing talk with artist Ansel Krut takes place on 21 November.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rf-mo-woandering-37547/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/253daa08814cb13a59c8d7c8410050ae993055c2170c9f72cc7c88ac36185f85-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lascar – The Art & Ephemera of Stephen Tennant – The Man Who Stayed in Bed", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-02-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History", "address": "Mare Street 11, E8 4RP London", "price": "", "price_from": "17.81", "price_to": "17.81", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "An exhibition at The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History showing paintings, drawings, scrapbooks and ephemera from its extensive collections. It is devoted to Stephen James Napier Tennant, a British artist known for his decadent, eccentric lifestyle and described as the brightest of the bright young things. A catalogue with essays by Philip Hoare, Hugo Vickers and Max Egremont will be available on the opening night. There is an opening reception with RSVP.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lascar-the-art-ephemera-of-stephen-tennant-the-man-who-staye-79105/", "official_url": "https://thelasttuesdaysociety.org/exhibition/stephen-tennant-an-exhibition/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/69b0bd2335b44ac4268a107bcee603d805fc009032a58d2c15ff51319da59492-1200.webp"}, {"title": "E M Forster’s Legacy of Connection", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre, 2nd Floor, Holborn Library, 32 to 38 Theobalds Road, London WC1X 8PA", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/portrait", "literature"], "description": "An exhibition of unseen memorabilia, letters, photographs and memories of the novelist E M Forster, alongside paintings by Jim Buckingham. Buckingham, Bob Buckingham's nephew, was inspired by Forster to pursue painting privately, and in his 80s holds never-recorded recollections of his 'Uncle Morgan' plus never-before-seen Forster items and his own life's work of paintings, including portraits of Forster. It celebrates Forster's maxim 'only connect' and his lifelong belief in gay rights and criticism of restrictions based on race and class. Admission is free.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/e-m-forsters-legacy-of-connection-69621/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cbec2411ee6bc11b2de1fd2d1308c32f5c8747258b8398cda69c585f64a4a047-2000.webp"}, {"title": "This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte", "start": "2026-09-24T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-12T00:00:00Z", "place": "Gagosian", "address": "Britannia Street 6-24, WC1X 9JD London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/surrealism"], "description": "An exhibition at Gagosian in London called 'This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte'. It brings together paintings by René Magritte alongside works by contemporary artists such as Vija Celmins, Dana Schutz, Allison Katz, Harold Ancart, Robert Gober, Jeff Koons and Maurizio Cattelan. The show places Magritte's surreal paintings in dialogue with art by a wide range of later artists. Installation views of the exhibition are shown on its page.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/this-is-still-not-a-pipe-the-afterlife-of-magritte-36209/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3d4c9f1dce6228ff9e11a691e85b2681656450cbc16aa537537e577080428947-2000.webp"}]}