{"title": "Zanele Muholi - Faces and Phases (2006-2026) UK Book Launch", "start": "2026-11-07T12:30:00Z", "end": "2026-11-07T20:30:00Z", "place": "House of Sisters Grimm", "address": "Eastcastle Street 23-25, London", "price": "£39 (with code MUHOLI39, excluding first row VIP)", "price_from": "49.00", "price_to": "95.00", "tickets_url": "https://houseofsistersgrimm.com/group-bookings/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/portrait-photography", "society/queer"], "description": "A UK book launch and signing celebrating twenty years of the portrait series Faces and Phases by South African photographer and visual activist Zanele Muholi, winner of the 2026 Hasselblad Award. Edited by Renée Mussai and published by MACK, the book brings together more than 300 largely unpublished photographs, personal testimonies, essays and an interview championing the visibility and dignity of Black LGBTQIA+ communities. The launch, co-produced by Michael Burgess of Creative Resilience International with support from MACK and Southern Guild, includes an artist conversation, signing sessions, photographs and a reception, with INALA performances the same day. 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No previous artistic or zine-making experience is required, all materials are provided, and participants may bring printed photographs to work on.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reclaiming-the-archives-38782/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/reclaiming-the-archives", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea9c53d56c3c2aafda236f2ac05744c2a292f8c209d434c19caef2c2a88ed03f-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": "https://www.horniman.ac.uk/event/meeting-mohini", "category": "exhibitions-museums", "tags": ["society/queer/trans", "art/photography"], "description": "Meeting Mohini is a free photographic display at the Horniman Museum. 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All materials are provided, including paper, scissors, felt-tips and old teen mags to cut up, and attendees may bring a favourite object, picture or memory as inspiration. It is brought to you by the team behind Queer Diary, the night where LGBTQIA+ adults read their teenage diaries on stage. Booking is essential and spaces are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/queer-diary-zine-making-evening-41650/", "official_url": "https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/event/queer-diary-zine-making-evening/2026-11-05/", "image": ""}, {"title": "Artist Talk: Charlie Phillips", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Photographers' Gallery", "address": "Ramillies Street 16-18, W1F 7LW London", "price": "£10/£7.50", "price_from": "7.50", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.ticketsolve.com/shows/1173694266/events", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/photography/documentary-photography"], "description": "An artist talk at The Photographers' Gallery celebrating the retrospective publication 'A Grassroots Legacy – 1962–2010'. Photographer Charlie Phillips, who documented the West Indian community in London across the 1960s, 70s and 80s, joins Paul Goodwin in conversation, chaired by Isaac Huxtable. The book gathers his era-defining street photography, from musicians, street life and parties to British Caribbean funerals and cultural traditions, capturing a changing London and Britain. The conversation explores his approach to documenting community, culture and everyday life, and the lasting importance of this work.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/artist-talk-charlie-phillips-79084/", "official_url": "https://thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/artist-talk-charlie-phillips", "image": "https://noky.io/images/a994b85458f523c3654765927f5abced2a15d6a04bd528d5e73c29c2cd3ed88a-1200.webp"}]}