{"title": "Wildlife Photographer of the Year", "start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-11T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "From £17, Members: free", "price_from": "17.00", "price_to": "21.00", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/EXH-WPY62", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/nature-photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "Wildlife Photographer of the Year is an internationally acclaimed exhibition celebrating the very best in nature photography, with 100 award-winning images on display. It is held at the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. The photographs journey from polar landscapes to tropical rainforests and oceans to deserts, telling nature's most remarkable stories. Beyond their artistry, the images offer insights into the environmental challenges facing our planet and the people, places and species that need attention most.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-37298/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f608d5cc22772f18001c87274cbb257081a04963a2b2ad54ef1eefead07ea1e6-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-07-11T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "British Wildlife Photography Awards", "start": "2026-07-17T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Horniman Museum", "address": "London Road 100, SE23 3PQ London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/nature-photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "The British Wildlife Photography Awards is a free exhibition showcasing the best in British wildlife photography, celebrating the beauty and wonder of the natural world. Amateur and professional photographers competed in 11 adult categories, alongside a youth competition, Wildlife in HD Video and special awards, with winning images guided by detailed captions in the photographers' own words. The display includes Paul Hobson's Grand Prize Winner A Toad Swims Across Its Woodland Pond and Ben Lucas' Feathery Pillow, named The Young British Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026. 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Amateur and professional photographers competed in 11 categories, with a Youth competition and Wildlife in HD Video completing the awards. Visitors can view remarkable images such as Paul Hobson's Grand Prize-winning 'A Toad Swims Across Its Woodland Pond' and Ben Lucas' 'Feathery Pillow', with captions providing context in the photographers' own words. The exhibition includes distressing images and information about badger culling.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/british-wildlife-photography-awards-50296/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ca2949e2941e597cf50c4260c8f5de160d75519190690149d1d711375cafabc3-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Reverence: The Photography of Paul Nicklen", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Iconic Images", "address": "Park Walk 13a", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://iconicimagesgallery.com/en-fi/collections/all", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/nature-photography", "nature/animals"], "description": "Reverence: The Photography of Paul Nicklen is an exhibition of wildlife photographs shown at the Iconic Images gallery in London. 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His work reflects a conviction that how we look at animals shapes how we treat them.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reverence-the-photography-of-paul-nicklen-41527/", "official_url": "https://iconicimagesgallery.com", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf276f34bfe988d60c9a20db8ac33c89e221c3f20d58be27cde5b61610b282ba-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": "Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026", "start": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z", "end": "2027-01-17T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Portrait Gallery", "address": "WC2H 0HE London", "price": "£10 / £11 with donation (off peak: Mon–Thu); £12 / £13.20 with donation (peak: Fri–Sun); £5 for 25 a", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "The Winston Taylor Photo Portrait Prize 2026 is an exhibition of contemporary photographic portraiture at the National Portrait Gallery. Formerly known as Taylor Wessing, the prize celebrates a diverse range of images, from formal commissioned portraits to spontaneous moments capturing friends and family, with many selected works on display for the first time. The shortlisted photographers are James Clifford Kent, Marcie Docherty, Katie Hitchcock-Smith and Max Pattenden, whose portraits range from a young fencer in Cuba to cowboy-themed pictures in Morocco and a village portrait in Devon. The winner of the prize will be announced on 3 November 2026.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/winston-taylor-photo-portrait-prize-2026-78925/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Visions of Nature", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-03T00:00:00Z", "place": "Natural History Museum", "address": "Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD London", "price": "£9.95", "price_from": "9.95", "price_to": "9.95", "tickets_url": "https://ticketing.nhm.ac.uk/events/VON-VONADM", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["nature/conservation"], "description": "Visions of Nature is an interactive mixed-reality experience at the Natural History Museum in which you wear a headset and travel a century into the future to meet virtual plants and animals thriving across the globe. Over about 20 minutes you journey through eight ecosystems, from highlands and rainforests to the depths of the Arctic Ocean, seeing how human intervention and scientific ingenuity have helped species and habitats recover. It was imagined and co-produced by Saola, who benefited from the support of the French Centre National du Cinema, and runs in partnership with others. 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They share behind-the-scenes stories about bringing London's lesser-spotted wildlife to the screen and discuss why urban wildlife matters, followed by a live question-and-answer session. Onsite tickets include a free drink, the event is recommended for ages 12 and over, and it is wheelchair accessible.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dig-deeper-37304/", "official_url": "https://www.nhm.ac.uk/events/dig-deeper-talks.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1f04b1051d29b6d384b80c3b69ec61ab3d2eb14c5b74f398840ded8a157ae350-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Exhibition preview - Exploration now: fieldwork and expeditions today", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Royal Geographical Society", "address": "Kensington Gore 1, SW7 2AR London", "price": "Member £12.00, Non-member £15.00", "price_from": "15.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://portal.rgs.org/event/book/EXPREV051126", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography", "nature"], "description": "An exclusive evening preview of a new exhibition celebrating stories and discoveries from fieldwork and expeditions around the world, held ahead of the RGS Explore Weekend. The Royal Geographical Society invites visitors for drinks in the Society's Pavilion, with talks, tabletop displays and conversation featuring some of the artists and contributors behind the exhibition. Guests can get close to works of art, photography and audio, hear the stories behind them, and meet the people shaping exploration today. 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The artist paints humble natural subjects such as nests, feathers, birds and plants, seeking to elevate them into works worthy of contemplation. His stated aim is to honour the little wonders that surround us every day, rendering every tiny aspect precisely and using contrasts of light and shadow to define form and texture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/christopher-james-63719/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4978922c65a67bf34b7aced8ad8a5dd3a53a5c7cc76a992ce17c5d04b43d7e6b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "NINAGAWA Mika: Captive Blooms", "start": "2026-06-19T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-06-01T00:00:00+01:00", "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173692530/events", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "A free outdoor exhibition showing works from NINAGAWA Mika's Captive Blooms in Soho Photography Quarter, just outside The Photographers' Gallery on Ramillies Street. The Japanese artist, also a maker of films, video and spatial installations, builds worlds bursting with colour and emotion: intensely coloured photographs of blooming flowers, shimmering goldfish, water, city nights and portraits that dissolve the boundary between the real and the imagined. Her images of domesticated aquatic life and of Japan's springtime cherry blossom, one of her most recognisable motifs, transform the quarter into a place of both spectacle and reflection, bridging art, fashion and pop culture.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/ninagawa-mika-captive-blooms-39558/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/584c32309066ea576af41118bf07f3546c8b8c7853cd185d76f5d38bd7e12be5-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Hand-in week for Patterns in Nature exhibition", "start": "2026-11-10T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Mill", "address": "Coppermill Lane 7-11, E17 7HA London", "price": "£12.50 per piece, or £6 per piece for unwaged", "price_from": "6.00", "price_to": "12.50", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art", "nature"], "description": "A hand-in week during which members of the local community can submit their own artwork for The Mill's upcoming exhibition on the theme of Patterns in Nature. The Mill, a community venue, is behind the exhibition, which invites work inspired by the shapes and colours of the natural world, from autumn leaves to waves, cells and spirals. Up to three pieces per artist are accepted in all media, ready for wall-hanging, with a submission fee per piece, and works may be offered for sale. The exhibition will then be on display at The Mill from late November into the new year.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/hand-in-week-for-patterns-in-nature-exhibition-65743/", "official_url": "https://themille17.org/events/hand-in-week-for-patterns-in-nature-exhibition/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fdc3bccabde84f9d2e832253bc7fd48c6443d8b74f10211ec690d11214dbd487-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Tim Walker's Fairyland: Love and Legends", "start": "2026-10-09T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "National Portrait Gallery", "address": "WC2H 0HE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography"], "description": "An exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery exploring queer identity, community, and love through the lens of one of Britain's foremost photographers. It presents new portraits by Tim Walker, who spent five years photographing dozens of activists, performers, artists, and writers in his whimsical, fairytale-inspired style. Curated by Susanna Brown, the show combines exuberant portraits and fantastical landscapes in a celebration where everyone has the freedom to be themselves, accompanied by a new book with contributions by Travis Alabanza, Russell T Davies, Shon Faye, Lisa Power and Joelle Taylor.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tim-walkers-fairyland-love-and-legends-78924/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-02-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Tate Modern", "address": "Bankside, SE1 9TG London", "price": "£20 / Free for Members; £19 Concessions; £5 for Tate Collective", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://shop.tate.org.uk/ticket/date?cgid=380538", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography"], "description": "Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography is an exhibition at Tate Modern exploring pictorialism as a global movement. It is the first major exhibition on this subject, showing how artists became pioneers of the darkroom and transformed image making. The show brings together over 200 rare prints by more than 80 artists from Seoul to Sydney, New York to Cape Town and Brazil to Singapore. It features never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate's Collection, presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/light-and-magic-the-birth-of-art-photography-38883/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/0a61422445d0f98945ac03c22f024594e000b6e7b71442edced57b33333e5d30-1200.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": "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": "Centrepieces - Birds on a wire exhibition", "start": "2026-11-07T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-01T17:00:00Z", "place": "Hall Place and Gardens", "address": "Bourne Road, DA5 1PQ Bexley", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["nature/animals/birds", "art/contemporary"], "description": "Centrepieces – Birds on a wire exhibition is a showcase of community artwork from across Bexley, held in the Visitor Centre at Hall Place and Gardens. It is a response to the venue's \"Birds on a wire\" project, funded by the William Kendall Charity. The exhibition explores how being present within nature, being part of a community, and creating art can aid in improving mental health. The Stables Art Gallery is fully accessible for wheelchairs.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/centrepieces-birds-on-a-wire-exhibition-36364/", "official_url": "https://www.hallplace.org.uk/event/centrepieces-birds-on-a-wire-exhibition/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b49da770234e081fd6f60b92016786e6c23889aa7cda8912bef82e2ebf4372a9-2000.webp"}]}