{"title": "West London Open Art Studios: Free Double-Decker Bus Tour", "start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T18:00:00Z", "place": "The Muse", "address": "Portobello Road 269, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art"], "description": "A free double-decker bus tour taking visitors to independent art studios and creative communities across West London, starting and ending at The Muse Gallery on Portobello Road. Organized by XYZ as part of West London Open Art Studios, the tour visits three creative destinations: The Light Factory, XYZ Bolsover Street and XYZ Brentford. Along the way, visitors can meet artists, explore their working environments and discover the diverse practices and communities shaping the local art scene.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/west-london-open-art-studios-free-double-decker-bus-tour-133138/", "official_url": "https://www.xyzcommunities.com/events/west-london-open-art-studios-free-double-decker-bus-tour", "image": "https://noky.io/images/066e36416cef34c2094134be6fd258e8136ba940cac8a5a134fc82e244909ad7-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T18:00:00Z", "place": "The Muse", "address": "Portobello Road 269, London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "XYZ BRENTFORD - OPEN STUDIOS", "start": "2026-11-13T17:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T17:00:00Z", "place": "XYZ", "address": "The Waterman's Building, 40 High Street, Brentford, London TW8 0DS", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "XYZ Communities hosts Open Studios Brentford, a three-day gathering of artists and creative practitioners at The Waterman's Building in Brentford. The open studios bring together a diverse group of artists working across different disciplines and approaches. Visitors can step inside the artists' working environments, encounter works in progress and finished pieces, and get closer to the ideas, processes and conversations behind their practices. They can meet the artists, explore the studios and discover the creative community at XYZ.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/xyz-brentford-open-studios-133137/", "official_url": "https://www.xyzcommunities.com/events/xyz-brentford-open-studios-1", "image": "https://noky.io/images/af9142a7a2cdedbf5546f12939d5f5a04b1d16038cda382b8f700cd04a68ed2f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Art on Your Doorstep", "start": "2026-09-04T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "Boston Manor", "address": "Boston Manor Road, TW8 9JX Brentford", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Art on Your Doorstep is a free outdoor exhibition bringing life-size reproductions of National Gallery masterpieces to Brentford, displayed across the town in fine detail and complete with their frames. It is part of The National Gallery: Art On Your Doorstep, a national touring project taking works from the nation's collection beyond Trafalgar Square to twelve towns across the UK. Brentford is one of those twelve towns, with up to 30 masterpieces exhibited, shaped by this year's Creative Mile theme of 'Love' and by the people, landmarks and history of Brentford. Visitors to Boston Manor House can see three masterpiece reproductions: one by the café terrace and two photo stand-ins inside the House.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/art-on-your-doorstep-35024/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc999c3f25e613b04ee7dac017aa6cdd1309692f498f2aea24ec5c49e803c497-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Heights Open Studios", "start": "2026-11-13T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T17:00:00Z", "place": "Heights", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art"], "description": "Heights Open Studios is a two-day event that invites visitors into the studios of an artist community, where they can meet the artists, explore the spaces and discover the creative processes taking place throughout the building. It is organised by The Koppel Project, whose Heights building in Elephant & Castle is home to over 270 artists, makers and creative practitioners working across painting, sculpture, photography, fashion, textiles, ceramics, design and moving image. This edition celebrates two years of the artist community at KOPPEL Heights, an occasion the organisers mark as part of sustaining creative space in a rapidly changing part of South London. Entry is free and everyone is welcome.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/heights-open-studios-70583/", "official_url": "https://thekoppelproject.com/events/autumn-open-studios-2026-koppel-heights", "image": ""}, {"title": "Illuminated River Walking Tours", "start": "2026-10-01T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-12-10T00:00:00Z", "place": "Blackfriars Station", "address": "", "price": "£15 per person", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art"], "description": "Illuminated River Walking Tours are relaxed walking tours exploring the world's longest public art commission, spanning nine central London bridges over 3.2 miles. The artwork features bespoke lighting designs by artist Leo Villareal, with gently moving LED light sequences that reveal the beauty of the bridges' architecture and their relationship with the Thames. The tour uncovers the architecture, heritage and stories behind these crossings and the vision behind Illuminated River, with a choice of routes exploring the eastern or western bridges.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/illuminated-river-walking-tours-37588/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ce1341936910fbe1c33d11b75f664f2ed92997d542323eae3c6d555c1121b08f-1200.webp"}, {"title": "West Contemporary Exhibition: The Lock Up", "start": "2026-11-19T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-19T21:00:00Z", "place": "Pavilion Knightsbridge", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary"], "description": "An evening art show at Pavilion Knightsbridge celebrating fifteen years of 'The Lock Up'. It was conceived by West Contemporary as a pop-up format taking over historic, industrial, or abandoned spaces, moving away from the sterile elitism of traditional white-cube institutions to let raw British creativity push visual boundaries. The high octane showcase brings together some of the biggest and most vibrant British artists, with confirmed names including Banksy, Goldie, Jamie Reid, Harland Miller, Illuminati, The Connor Brothers, Fin DAC, Maxim, Jeremy Cunningham, Lois Winstone and Otto Schade.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/west-contemporary-exhibition-the-lock-up-76735/", "official_url": "https://pavilion.club/event/west-contemporary-exhibition-the-lock-up/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/40d6c7d8b3dc01c3bba5ddb61af00c8e9390af907a9eb7c541f9ed90a036e275-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Introduction to Painting and Drawing", "start": "2026-11-09T18:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-09T20:30:00Z", "place": "art in the docks", "address": "Shackleton Way 25, E16 2XJ London", "price": "Free to join", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "An open painting and drawing session at a London art space, welcoming everyone from complete beginners to accomplished artists. It is run by Art in the Docks and funded by Newham's People Powered Places, supported by the Notting Hill Genesis Love While You Live Fund and the Royal Docks Trust. Participants can work on their own projects or join a guided session on techniques led by a professional artist, sharing ideas and helping each other. All you need is your imagination and a willingness to try new ideas.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/introduction-to-painting-and-drawing-40958/", "official_url": "https://www.artinthedocks.com/upcomingevents/introduction-to-painting-and-drawing-f29mt-9sec4", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9c577cb9965733337bd4995d99dcdaf7b41f19e641d206cee96aba289a25e702-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Free Community Group Tours: Earthly Paradise", "start": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-03-28T00:00:00Z", "place": "William Morris Gallery", "address": "Forest Road, E17 4PP London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["society/activism", "art"], "description": "Free guided tours for community groups of the exhibition Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK. The William Morris Gallery offers these tours to local community groups, faith groups and charities, for groups of 10 to 20 people. The exhibition explores the people and places that have shaped art and activism across Britain over the last 200 years, highlighting individuals and communities who challenged social conventions and created new ways of living, working and imagining society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise-40318/", "official_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/free-community-group-tours-earthly-paradise/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/961365502e1e4d8bc486274302d0ab68a8adf9f15d0c676286343240de4c0d62-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: mapping histories of migration, community and public art with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-11-07T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T13:00:00Z", "place": "Bow Road & Nunnery Gallery, 181-183 Bow Road, London, London, E3 2SJ, United Kingdom", "address": "", "price": "£7.00 – £10.00 (£7 for concessions)", "price_from": "7.00", "price_to": "10.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art", "history/migration", "community"], "description": "A guided walking tour exploring Bhajan Hunjan's public art, beginning with samples in the Nunnery Gallery before visiting her public commissions around the local area. It is led by Kuda Mushangi, an award-winning London-based artist and architect whose practice explores migration, memory and belonging. The walk takes in sites speaking to East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, including works in Stroudley Walk and on St Paul's Way made with local schools and communities. Participants are invited to consider how public space holds multiple histories and to share their own memories and reflections.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-pu-35044/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-mapping-histories-of-migration-community-and-public-art-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/74d0ddaf428855060e861a2ad69f00fcdd7dcec0e4f8cfaea29d498f5555acf3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "SET Wimbledon Open Day", "start": "2026-11-14T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T16:00:00Z", "place": "SET Wimbledon", "address": "1 St George's Road, SW19 4DR London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art"], "description": "SET Wimbledon Open Day is the first ever open day at SET Wimbledon, a 30,000 sq ft arts centre in the former offices of St George's House East, directly opposite Wimbledon Station. SET opens up a selection of its available artists' studios so visitors can look around, meet the artists based there, and chat to the team about finding a space. From 11am to 2pm there are welcome drinks and drop-in exploration, and from 1pm to 4pm bookable 30-minute guided studio viewings covering sizes, prices and membership. Admission is free, with guided studio tours bookable on Outsavvy.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/set-wimbledon-open-day-112089/", "official_url": "https://setspace.uk/event/set-wimbledon-open-day/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7cf6e6ba9a3777425c160904c1841766f1e72a0290be417c2863aad55b5dce83-2000.webp"}]}