{"title": "Tove Jansson and her Families", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration", "address": "Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London", "price": "Adults £15, concessions available", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration", "literature/childrens-books"], "description": "An exhibition dedicated to the Finnish author-illustrator Tove Jansson, the UK's first to show her original works in almost a decade and the first to focus solely on her work as an illustrator. Curated with Paul Gravett among its co-curators, it explores the family, friends and lovers who shaped her life and art. Over 100 rarely shown sketches, paintings, illustrations and photographs are on display, alongside previously unseen drawings, original Moomin art and a public mural shown in the UK for the first time. It runs at the Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tove-jansson-and-her-families-38103/", "official_url": "https://qbcentre.org.uk/exhibitions/tove-jansson-and-her-families", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d0402acf4dcbccb31c4dfc30ededccf56cfb05771ab81084f48cf4bf00eed498-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-09T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration", "address": "Myddelton Passage 1, EC1R 1AG London", "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. Among the characters to look out for are dancers, skaters, parkour athletes, opera singers and a violinist.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/quentin-blake-the-southbank-parade-126017/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/18726a91bb085365607447d870888e743c53d2c29fafea5bc3de7766277e53c6-2000.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": "Exhibit: ‘The Sad Ghost Club’: Lize Meddings", "start": "2026-10-06T10:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-06T16:00:00Z", "place": "The Cartoon Museum", "address": "Wells Street 63, W1A 3AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/comics/graphic-novels"], "description": "An exhibition of artwork from the graphic novel series ‘The Sad Ghost Club’ at a museum of cartoon art. It was created over ten years ago by illustrator Lize Meddings and centres on a sad ghost learning to understand itself and others while raising positive mental health awareness. 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": "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": "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": "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": "Vanessa Bell & Duncan Grant: Inside Bloomsbury", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-11T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Tate Britain", "address": "Millbank, SW1P 4RG London", "price": "FREE FOR MEMBERS", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "history"], "description": "A major art exhibition at Tate Britain celebrating the painters Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant, two of the most celebrated British artists of the twentieth century. Organised by Tate Britain in collaboration with Charleston, it explores the pair's creative partnership of more than 50 years and their legacy as core members of the Bloomsbury Group. Over 300 works are on show, including portraits, still lives, landscape paintings, ceramics and textiles, plus a restaging of the artists' studio relocated from their Sussex home, Charleston. The exhibition also traces the group's commitment to lives of freedom and radical experimentation, which shaped art, literature and societal thought in Britain.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/vanessa-bell-duncan-grant-inside-bloomsbury-38884/", "official_url": "https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/vanessa-bell-and-duncan-grant", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0504dcb22ff839476bff9223ce57dbf2322c8a487006a725be8687562f7301a7-2000.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": "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": "Audrey Amiss: The Surviving Exhibitions", "start": "2026-07-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Wellcome Collection", "address": "Euston Road 183, NW1 2BE London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/drawing", "society/mental-health"], "description": "A free museum exhibition dedicated to the artist Audrey Amiss (1933–2013), running at Wellcome Collection on Euston Road. It brings together her drawings, paintings and exhibition materials, exploring her work as both artist and campaigner who spoke out against harmful treatment within the mental health system. The show focuses on works that records suggest Amiss exhibited or intended to make public, and attempts to restage three of her solo exhibitions. Her extensive archive was donated to Wellcome Collection in 2014.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/audrey-amiss-the-surviving-exhibitions-40244/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/024b88b34ffe66cd45e31c4e8f128b2606f91b6fe009f2a38860b636445d6b93-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Where We Grow: nature, nurture & childhood", "start": "2026-11-17T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-04-18T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Adult £14.50 (£13.50 online); Student (22+) £13 (£12 online); reduced price £13 (£12 online); 21 & u", "price_from": "14.50", "price_to": "14.50", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/childhood", "nature"], "description": "Where We Grow: nature, nurture & childhood is an exhibition at the Foundling Museum exploring the relationship between childhood, childcare and the natural world, from the Foundling Hospital's 18th-century landscape to the gardens, playgrounds and green spaces shaping children's lives today. Through contemporary art, photography, archival material and historic objects, it reveals how nature can offer freedom, imagination and belonging, and asks what happens when access to it is unequal. It features works by Joy Gregory, Andy Holden, Jade de Montserrat, Mark Neville, Quentin Blake, Ruth Beale, Larry Achiampong and David Blandy, and spills out into the wider Museum with a 'nature trail' and a display on the pioneering London Pleasure Gardens. Entry to the exhibition is included with the Museum ticket, and visitors can return for free within a year with an Annual Pass.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/where-we-grow-nature-nurture-childhood-36163/", "official_url": "https://foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/where-we-grow/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3e691db7ccfa2c3564d0076e7b2234b1991a3269e9673801c121750e1466d8b8-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Allen Jones: In Town Tonight", "start": "2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Gazelli Art House", "address": "39 Dover Street, London, W1S 4NN, UK", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting/pop-art"], "description": "\"Allen Jones: In Town Tonight\" is a solo exhibition of new and earlier work by the artist Allen Jones, presented at the London gallery Gazelli Art House during Frieze Week. Jones, a British artist born in Southampton in 1937 and a defining figure of British Pop Art, has worked for more than six decades in painting, sculpture, printmaking and photography. The exhibition pairs substantial new work made between 2024 and 2026 with significant pieces from across his career, centring on his investigation of the human figure, performance and the relationship between image and object. At its heart is a new series of shaped canvas paintings whose intense green, yellow and red evoke a theatre, where spotlights pick out performers' bodies observed from opera boxes.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/allen-jones-in-town-tonight-41426/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/052305c89a511ba53538c97eb7960d9a52e17c4a9b34c81495894611c5736a5d-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Voices in the Room", "start": "2026-06-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-29T00:00:00Z", "place": "Foundling Museum", "address": "Brunswick Square 40, WC1N 1AZ London", "price": "Adult £14.50 (£13.50 online), Student (22+) £13 (£12 online), Reduced price £13 (£12 online), 21 & u", "price_from": "14.50", "price_to": "14.50", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "Voices in the Room is a display of three contemporary artworks recently acquired by the Foundling Museum. The works are by Rachel Kneebone, Tamsin van Essen and Grayson Perry, and are shown for the first time as part of the permanent Collection. They offer fresh perspectives on the Foundling story, exploring care for children, memory, identity and belonging. Among them is Rachel Kneebone's ceramic sculpture Through a Glass III, 2023 and Tamsin van Essen's Entangled Roots, 2023.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/voices-in-the-room-36164/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e5828ed1dd8369ed5e60eeb98b48f39445d5b19874f03a955099fc4cc24132ae-2000.webp"}, {"title": "WINTER EXHIBITION", "start": "2026-11-06T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-18T00:00:00Z", "place": "Connaught Brown", "address": "Albemarle Street 2, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "WINTER EXHIBITION is an art exhibition at the Connaught Brown gallery in London. The gallery presents outstanding works by artists including Chagall, Matisse, Renoir, Morisot, Sisley, Hepworth and others. It runs from 6 November to 18 December 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/winter-exhibition-35416/", "official_url": "https://www.connaughtbrown.co.uk/exhibitions/179-winter-exhibition/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/040115a446e8a1872030a4d2ad9fb1c51232efc6a255aa7465c8eeb2aa9ebefb-1200.webp"}]}