{"title": "Window Project 2026: Grow and Bloom by Usva Inei", "start": "2026-11-07T17:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "hARTslane", "address": "Hart's Lane 17, SE14 5UP London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "society/queer"], "description": "An official unveiling of a new artwork at hARTslane's window, part of its annual Window Project. The piece, 'Grow and Bloom', is by Usva Inei, a trans non-binary visual artist who reimagines traditional Slavic imagery through painting, textiles and printmaking. It responds to current anti-trans politics in the UK and the recent supreme court ruling, offering hope, representation and recognition to trans and queer communities. 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It is run by Touch Grass CIC, an outdoor community for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour, and facilitated by Amber, who teaches floral pieces connecting communities to nature. The session is exclusive to queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour, and is part of the Earth to Us Workshops celebrating the launch of Touch Grass's first exhibition, Earth to Us, an archive of queer folk of colour in nature. It is funded by the Greenwich Healthier Communities Fund and Groundwork London, with financial aid available for those struggling to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/touch-grass-day-tripper-winter-bouquet-making-78665/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fec6341a7a142e1fd970a8feb3dc7fca525f58a30b61f80fccbf5a9db01b7119-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Meeting Mohini", "start": "2026-10-27T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "place": "Horniman Museum and Gardens", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography", "society/queer"], "description": "Meeting Mohini is a free photographic display at the Horniman Museum and Gardens, shown in the Balcony Gallery above the World Gallery. It presents work by Zoya Thomas Lobo, India's first transgender photojournalist, and is her first solo exhibition and her first outside India. The photographs look at Koovagam, where thousands of transgender women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people gather each year in the Tamil month of Chithirai to reenact the story of Aravan, who was married for a night by Krishna in his form as the goddess Mohini. The images capture the joy of the wedding day, the sadness of the funeral ceremony, and life outside the festival in Mumbai, shining a light on one of the oldest recognised transgender and LGBTQI+ communities in the world.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/meeting-mohini-50301/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/268fd55d28ef2dfb5aa4ca932d7a9dca815bc14b312d6a36f4d761a0c04b20ab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dark Bloom: Group Art Exhibition", "start": "2026-10-10T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Woodfield Pavilion", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["occasion/day-of-the-dead", "art"], "description": "'Dark Bloom' is a group art exhibition running from 10th to 31st October 2026 at The Woodfield Pavilion. Local artists including Ania Pieniazek, Carry Hornby and many others show a collection of works exploring the shifting boundaries between light and dark, ancient magic, the fragility of life, root and bone, and all things gritty and mystical. Visitors are invited to look a little closer, embrace the shadows and discover beauty in the unknown. The exhibition leads into the venue's Festival of the Dead event and is also part of the Streatham Festival Art Trail.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/dark-bloom-group-art-exhibition-42644/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/e3d1975c87d0a3fa84428cb499b55c884e7800ba401a2a7b099663614078f7f9-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Bibi Lei: Where Light Blooms", "start": "2026-10-16T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "place": "Maddox Gallery", "address": "Westbourne Grove 112, London", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://maddoxgallery.com/collections", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "Bibi Lei: Where Light Blooms is a solo exhibition of paintings at Maddox Gallery's Maddox Street space. Bibi Lei works intuitively, often with her fingers, letting a mark become a flower, flowers expand into landscapes and figures emerge from gardens. Her fairytale-like paintings ask what it means to grow without losing wonder, a question tied to her motherhood and her life between Macau, Lisbon and Tokyo. The show includes key works such as 'Queen of Bloom Mountain', conceived for the London exhibition.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/bibi-lei-where-light-blooms-37119/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/3794c9aa23453a1164621f8289a3997f9f218d6bc7bd69297566ec94d7b063e9-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Meeting Mohini", "start": "2026-10-25T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-15T00:00:00Z", "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": ["society/queer/trans", "art/photography"], "description": "Meeting Mohini is a free photographic display at the Horniman Museum. It looks at Koovagam and spotlights Indian transgender culture through the lens of Zoya Thomas Lobo, India's first transgender photojournalist. Her images follow the ancient Hindu festival celebrating the marriage of the goddess Mohini to Aravan, which thousands of transgender women, non-binary and gender non-conforming people gather each year to reenact. It is her first solo exhibition and first outside India, also centring her own experiences in Mumbai.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/meeting-mohini-36549/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/268fd55d28ef2dfb5aa4ca932d7a9dca815bc14b312d6a36f4d761a0c04b20ab-2000.webp"}, {"title": "The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land", "start": "2026-08-15T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Southwark Park Galleries", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/feminism", "art"], "description": "This is an art exhibition titled 'The Sparkle, The Blossom and The Milky Land', showing moving image, textile and sculpture work. It is the first UK solo exhibition by Taiwanese artist DanFong Wang, who presents her 2024 animation of the same title alongside new embroidery and soft sculpture. Drawing on feminist theory and cultural rituals, the work explores female labor, the body and spiritual transformation, referencing Catholic and Buddhist funerary practices to examine gender and motherhood. Wang was selected by curator A—Z (Anne Duffau) as winner of the gallery's 41st Annual Open in 2025.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/the-sparkle-the-blossom-and-the-milky-land-38734/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8ab5822757fe9a2ae0b9e736aec7dfc277199c7e57c81da2bf3ea5537bdf478f-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": "Touch Grass Day-Tripper — upcycling", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T21:00:00Z", "place": "Firepit Art Gallery", "address": "Cutter Lane 10, SE10 0XX London", "price": "GBP 6.13", "price_from": "6.13", "price_to": "6.13", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/textile-art", "diy/sewing"], "description": "Touch Grass Day-Tripper: Wild Creatives (Upcycling) is a hands-on beginner-friendly workshop where you hand-sew and embroider a personal charm from fabric remnants to decorate your favourite bag or keys, using upcycled materials to reduce textile waste. It is run by Touch Grass CIC, an outdoor community for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour, and is an exclusive event for queer women, trans and non-binary people of colour. The session is facilitated by Tiana, a Greenwich-based designer, stylist and maker known for her sustainable crochet accessories made from upcycled materials, a Kingston School of Art graduate who has collaborated with brands like Puma and Selfridges, appeared on BBC's Make It at Market (Season 3), and led workshops at the V&A Museum and Somerset House. The workshop is hosted to celebrate the launch of Touch Grass's first exhibition, Earth to Us, an archive of queer folk of colour in nature; materials and light refreshments are provided, attendees must be 18 or over, and the venue's ground floor is accessible, with the nearest step-free station being North Greenwich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/touch-grass-day-tripper-upcycling-78663/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/6ece9bf5e32c0961ba536ad7ca8d7f5430c8d280841def182e03249e68e933cd-1200.webp"}, {"title": "There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai", "start": "2026-07-30T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-01T00:00:00Z", "place": "Somerset House", "address": "Strand, WC2R 1LA London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/installation/video-installation", "society/feminism"], "description": "There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women is an installation by Jemma Desai, an artist in residence at Somerset House Studios, presented in space G31. At its heart is a film that assembles archival footage, text, song and new 16mm material drawn from the work of poets, writers, musicians and artists. These extracts form a collage of image and sound bringing together real and imagined scenes of feminist coalition and inheritance. The work invites visitors to consider what commitments they might make when forming relationships across the intimate and the political, and how such relationships might be rehearsed, reimagined and received anew.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/there-are-no-honest-poems-about-dead-women-jemma-desai-38682/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/4b8e94453a18da6eeba0c809da012bbf390cb78ee8b3278374fa96a019addc15-600.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": "Women artists in conflict zones: imagination as an act of resistance", "start": "2026-10-26T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-04T17:00:00Z", "place": "London School of Economics and Political Science", "address": "Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/contemporary", "society/women"], "description": "An exhibition of works by eight women artists from countries including Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine and Venezuela, shown in the Atrium Gallery of the London School of Economics and Political Science. It is hosted by the LSE Centre for Women, Peace and Security and Artists Project Earth, a UK charity that turns artists' creative contributions into support for relief projects, and is curated by May East, a Trustee of the charity. The collection, commissioned since 2022, explores imagination as an act of resistance, turning from the battlefield to the intimate realities of civilian life, from domestic survival to memories of displacement and conflict's marks on bodies and relationships. Among the artists shown are Rala Tarabishi, Khin Thethtar Latt, Sarah Ndele and Dania Bucko, who together give form to experiences rarely captured in peace agreements and reconstruction plans.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/women-artists-in-conflict-zones-imagination-as-an-act-of-res-37076/", "official_url": "https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/arts-and-music/exhibitions/exhibitions/women-artists-in-conflict-zones", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5dd39f3fc7133392ff786f9042c38d405599885f700825d4a0abb4e22dcbca-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Zearo: It follows me quietly still", "start": "2026-11-12T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-12-19T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Sunday Painter", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting", "society/queer"], "description": "A solo exhibition of new work by Zearo, held at The Sunday Painter gallery. Its centre is a single sixteen-metre chalk pastel painting that envelops the gallery's main space. The work takes New Park in Taipei as its point of departure, one of the earliest sites in the Sinophone world where queer men gathered openly, showing it as a place of refuge and exposure where desire finds expression under the shadow of social judgement. Drawing on medieval compositional structures and Chinese handscrolls, the image unfolds as the viewer walks along the wall, considering how longing and connection persist across time.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/zearo-it-follows-me-quietly-still-70671/", "official_url": "https://thesundaypainter.co.uk/exhibitions/81-zearo-it-follows-me-quietly-still/overview/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/72f1b5d564f007509fef065b1c280ed5e5719561787dbfb0f75bf2b3c19331da-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Second Daughter: She Was Never One Body pt II", "start": "2026-10-23T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-21T00:00:00Z", "place": "Eastway Baths", "address": "80 Eastway, E9 5JH London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eastwaybaths.co.uk/events#", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/media-art/film-video", "film/short-film"], "description": "An art exhibition with a short film screening, presented by Second Daughter at Eastway Baths. The works and films explore the body as a collective swarm, with pieces by Karolina Ursala Urbaniak, Keyannah Isaacs, Lottie Stephens, Holly Lou Jones, Eleanor Cox, Georgia Scholes and Kai Thaís, and films including Cailleach, Uproot, Dancing with Broken Feet, Choir of Catharsis and Know That As I Hex You, I Hug You. Film curation is by Lucy Chappell and artwork curation by Holly Lou Jones and Noda Lichen. Second Daughter celebrates dark cinema, art and performance exploring women's stories, made by anyone.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/second-daughter-she-was-never-one-body-pt-ii-60442/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b729ec8bc12fc075cd3fe063f334b03ee0f2cdcd811785077d4da46481f84c6c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Walking Tour: Bhajan Hunjan’s studio visit and exploring public art in East London with Kuda Mushangi", "start": "2026-10-31T11:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T13:00:00Z", "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", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "category": "tours", "tags": ["art/public-art"], "description": "A guided walking tour that begins with an introduction to 'Bhajan Hunjan: speaking through materials' at the Nunnery Gallery and a visit to the artist's studio at P1, where participants can meet and speak with her about her use of materials such as silk-screen printed glass, laser-cut acrylic and metal, and stonework in public art. Artist and architect Kuda Mushangi then leads a walk to explore Hunjan's public art commissions in East London, created with local schools and communities in Tower Hamlets, including Three Mills Pontoon (2011) along the Lea Canal and Stroudley Walk (2026), celebrating the legacy of the Suffragettes in Bow. The walk considers how public space can hold multiple histories and how art can function as cultural memory, touching on East London's histories of migration, settlement, activism and community-building, and themes of empire, displacement, resilience and cultural exchange. Participants are invited to share their own memories and reflections, and will gather at the Nunnery Gallery at 10.45am for an 11am start.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/walking-tour-bhajan-hunjans-studio-visit-and-exploring-publi-35041/", "official_url": "https://bowarts.org/event/walking-tour-bhajan-hunjans-studio-visit-and-exploring-public-art-in-east-london-with-kuda-mushangi/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7765bddff6be19007d3e05be8c6c571ca0183fe4d3b7802e43242547dff486e-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", "tickets_url": "https://bowarts.org/shop/", "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": "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?", "start": "2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-07T00:00:00Z", "place": "Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery", "address": "Conway Street 2, W1T 6BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["art/painting"], "description": "\"Where Have All the Flowers Gone?\" is an exhibition of new paintings shown at an art gallery. It presents a new body of work by the British artist Richard Nott, taking its title from a 1961 folk anthem and filling the canvas with vivid, celebratory flowers rather than lamenting their disappearance. Nott reimagines floral forms drawn from historic Asian ceramics, Indian miniatures, Chinese painting and English embroidery, using layered, scraped and marbled paint applied mainly with palette knives. His engagement with floral motifs is rooted in a fashion career that began as a design assistant to Valentino and included co-founding the label Workers for Freedom, recipient of the 1989 Designer of the Year Award.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/where-have-all-the-flowers-gone-70264/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cfdf152700a788fabde85d34f663154bb0471cf14ccdb7b0207872908f9d07fa-1200.webp"}]}