{"title": "Tove Jansson and her Families", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-05-09T23:59:00+01:00", "place": "Quentin Blake Centre of Illustration, Clerkenwell", "address": "", "price": "£16.50 adult / £6.60 child", "price_from": "16.50", "price_to": "16.50", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration"], "description": "'Tove Jansson and her Families' is a major UK exhibition of work by the Finnish author and artist who created the Moomins. It presents unseen drawings of her characters alongside over 100 rarely seen sketches, paintings, illustrations and photographs, including original illustrations for the Swedish edition of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. The show spotlights the people who shaped her life and work, from her sculptor father to friends in London's and Finland's queer circles and her life partner Tuulikki Pietilä. 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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": "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": "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/painting"], "description": "‘Woandering’ is a solo exhibition of works by the artist R&F Mo, open at Oliver Projects Gallery from 23 October to 21 November 2026 and coinciding with the publication of her book of the same name. Mo’s paintings, works on paper and cardboard, prints and theatrical enactments explore connections between the seen, the sensed and the dreamed. Her playful, otherworldly worlds are inhabited by fantastical figures and beasts, often featuring ‘the Woanderer’, a unique horse-headed creature that navigates imaginary landscapes while exploring the notion of identity. Mo studied at City and Guilds and the Royal College of Art in London, and her works have been shown at the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, among others.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/woandering-137745/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "R&F Mo in conversation with artist Ansel Krut", "start": "2026-11-21T14:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oliver Projects", "address": "Grove Vale 49, London", "price": "Free, no need to book", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "A talk in which artist R&F Mo appears in conversation with Ansel Krut, held at Oliver Projects gallery. Mo's playful, otherworldly paintings and prints often feature 'the Woanderer', a horse-headed creature navigating imaginary landscapes. The conversation takes place alongside her solo exhibition 'Woandering', which runs at the gallery until 21 November alongside the publication of her book of the same name.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rf-mo-in-conversation-with-artist-ansel-krut-37548/", "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": "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": "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": "The Story Orchestra - Draw-a-long Music Event with Illustrator", "start": "2026-11-21T15:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Pickled Pepper Books", "address": "Middle Lane 10, London", "price": "from €6,69", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books", "music"], "description": "A musical story-time and draw-a-long for children, held to celebrate the latest launch in The Story Orchestra series, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It is led by illustrator Jessica Courtney-Tickle. The child's ticket includes a copy of the book, and siblings can attend at a lower price, part of which can be spent on books.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-story-orchestra-draw-a-long-music-event-with-illustrator-41829/", "official_url": "https://www.pickledpepperbooks.co.uk/collections/events/products/the-story-orchestra-draw-a-long-music-event-with-illustrator-sat-21st-nov-3pm", "image": "https://noky.io/images/69155edbbac02180d0288935a2de2067a579079ddf63c3b3a3c1b490051736c6-1200.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": "The Illustrators 2026", "start": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-02T00:00:00Z", "place": "Chris Beetles Gallery", "address": "Ryder Street 8 & 10, SW1Y 6QB London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/illustration"], "description": "The Illustrators 2026 is a selling exhibition at the Chris Beetles Gallery on Ryder Street, presenting the British art of illustration from 1807 to 2026. It is the gallery's annual exhibition and the biggest event worldwide for cartoon and illustration collectors, featuring over 400 pictures spanning the last two centuries. The works range from pieces by Thomas Rowlandson and Isaac Cruikshank to nursery rhymes by Kate Greenaway, the Robinsons and Margaret Tarrant.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-illustrators-2026-123650/", "official_url": "https://www.chrisbeetles.com/exhibition/374/the-illustrators-2026", "image": ""}, {"title": "Hide and Seek Santa: Marta Altés (Author/Illustrator Visit)", "start": "2026-11-21T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-21T12:00:00Z", "place": "The Alligator's Mouth", "address": "Church Court 2a, TW9 1JL Richmond", "price": "£6.00", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "6.00", "category": "kids-family", "tags": ["literature/childrens-books"], "description": "A festive children's event at the bookshop The Alligator's Mouth in Richmond, where Marta Altés reads her new book \"Hide and Seek Santa\" and leads a session making pop-up Christmas cards. Marta Altés is the author and illustrator of \"Hide and Seek Santa\"; she studied graphic design in Barcelona, completed the MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art, and now works as an illustrator in London and as a part-time lecturer on that course. The event is ideal for ages 4 and over, and children aged 7 and under must be accompanied by an adult, with each ticket covering one child with accompanying adult(s). £3 of the ticket price is redeemable against \"Hide and Seek Santa\" on the day, and additional books will be available to buy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hide-and-seek-santa-marta-altes-authorillustrator-visit-42202/", "official_url": "https://www.thealligatorsmouth.co.uk/event-details/hide-and-seek-santa-marta-altes-author-illustrator-visit", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6eccda75795ba6946d4635a2ed763d7d495af0a5d57a642f1ac8f948f1ad2edf-1200.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"}, {"title": "SYNESTHESIA: BEYOND THE VISUAL", "start": "2026-11-18T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Maddox Gallery", "address": "Westbourne Grove 112, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "A studio session at Maddox Gallery marking the end of Mina Alikhani's artist residency. Visitors can view works that took shape during her residency and hear more about her practice. Places are limited, and interested attendees must register in advance to attend, with the gallery confirming each session.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/synesthesia-beyond-the-visual-135684/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7b87de5802face627be66d52dd4fce37b2b1b5dc177a7485ab7a061c7f9be95-2000.webp"}, {"title": "et.al", "start": "2026-11-20T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-20T20:30:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["diy/printmaking"], "description": "et.al is an exhibition of unique monoprints by Cai Tuomivaara. The works, made during Tuomivaara's 2026 residency at East London Printmakers, take clouds as a recurring point of departure, using repetition, layering, waiting and chance to consider time, pressure and change. They are shown in the Chapel at St Margaret's House, a Grade II listed building whose Chapel entry is not step-free. The exhibition runs alongside an opening event with free but essential registration.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/etal-49495/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9f2118d84570f18833ac8c1805222657279a966e10394660fb4266efaeb94c0d-1200.webp"}]}