Art in Central London
Arts Calendar lists 17 exhibitions, 3 workshops and classes and 1 drawing group at 10 venues in Central London. Monday is the busiest night, with 2 of the regular listings.
Exhibitions on these days
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Opens Wed 4 Nov
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Opens Thu 5 Nov
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Opens Thu 5 Nov
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Opens Fri 6 Nov
Exhibition
Episode 16: Katie Shannon, BACK/PRUNE/VIRGIN/RUIN
Goldsmiths CCA, New Cross, Greater London
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Opens Fri 6 Nov
Exhibition
The Contemporary British Painting Prize 2026
Thames-Side Studios Gallery, Woolwich, Greater London
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Opens Fri 6 Nov
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Opens Mon 9 Nov
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Opens Wed 11 Nov
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Opens Thu 12 Nov
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Opens Thu 12 Nov
Exhibition
Soko Hwang: Flesh of Vessel
198 Contemporary Arts and Learning, Herne Hill, Greater London
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Opens Fri 13 Nov
Exhibition
Alchemies: May Cockcroft, Nour Malas, Sarah Martin-Nuss
Victoria Miro, London, Greater London
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Opens Fri 13 Nov
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Opens Tue 17 Nov
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Opens Wed 18 Nov
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Opens Thu 19 Nov
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Opens Thu 19 Nov
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Opens Fri 20 Nov
Exhibition
Louise Giovanelli: In the Light of False Suns
White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, Greater London
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Opens Fri 20 Nov
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Opens Fri 20 Nov
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Opens Fri 20 Nov
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Opens Fri 20 Nov
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Opens Sat 21 Nov
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Opens Tue 24 Nov
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Opens Wed 25 Nov
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Opens Wed 25 Nov
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Opens Thu 26 Nov
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Opens Thu 26 Nov
Exhibition
Royal Institute of Oil Painters: Annual Exhibition 2026
Mall Galleries, London, Greater London
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Closes Sun 1 Nov
Exhibition
There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai
Somerset House, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
Exhibition
Mary Ramsden: The Feeling of What Happens
Pilar Corrias Conduit Street, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
Exhibition
Nicola Turner: I Tear Secrets From Your Yielding Flesh
Annely Juda Fine Art, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sat 7 Nov
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Closes Sun 8 Nov
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Closes Sun 8 Nov
Exhibition
This Must Be the Place: Artists for Whitechapel Gallery
Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
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Closes Sun 8 Nov
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Closes Sun 8 Nov
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
Exhibition
Rirkrit Tiravanija: (situational awareness)
Pilar Corrias Savile Row, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
Exhibition
William Crozier: Dance of the Living 1961 to 1974
Flowers Gallery Cork Street, London, Greater London
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Closes Sat 14 Nov
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Closes Sun 15 Nov
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Closes Sat 21 Nov
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Closes Sun 22 Nov
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Closes Sun 22 Nov
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Closes Sun 22 Nov
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Closes Sun 22 Nov
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Closes Sun 29 Nov
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Closes Sun 29 Nov
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Closes Sun 29 Nov
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Closes Sun 29 Nov
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Until 6 Dec
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Until 12 Dec
Exhibition
This Is Still Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte
Gagosian Grosvenor Hill, London, Greater London
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Until 12 Dec
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Until 12 Dec
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Until 13 Dec
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Until 13 Dec
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Until 18 Dec
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Until 19 Dec
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Until 19 Dec
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Until 19 Dec
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Until 20 Dec
Exhibition
Wanda and Marion Wulz: Avant-garde Photography in 20th-Century Italy
Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, London, Greater London
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Until 20 Dec
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Until 20 Dec
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Until 23 Dec
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Until 23 Dec
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Until 3 Jan 2027
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Until 9 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Swaying in the Wind: Frédérick Yvan Manuel Gay
The Fan Museum, Greenwich, Greater London
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Until 10 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Rising Voices: Contemporary Art from Asia, Australia and the Pacific
V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 10 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Screen Portraits: Whitechapel Gallery Artists, Part 2
Whitechapel Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Hokusai: Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji from the Iuchi Collection
Dulwich Picture Gallery, Dulwich, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
National Portrait Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 17 Jan 2027
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Until 20 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
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Until 24 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
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Until 31 Jan 2027
Exhibition
Henry Moore: Monumental Nature
Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew, Greater London
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Until 6 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation
National Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 7 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Rudy Loewe: Intimacies of Care, Spaces of Grief and Possibility
Wellcome Collection, London, Greater London
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Until 14 Feb 2027
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Until 14 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
British Wildlife Photography Awards
Horniman Museum and Gardens, Forest Hill, Greater London
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Until 21 Feb 2027
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
William Eggleston: All that goes unnoticed
The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 21 Feb 2027
Exhibition
Snap Happy! How Children Became Photographers
The Photographers’ Gallery, London, Greater London
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Until 26 Feb 2027
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Until 28 Feb 2027
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Until 28 Feb 2027
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Until 7 Mar 2027
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Until 21 Mar 2027
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Until 28 Mar 2027
Exhibition
Earthly Paradise: Radical Living in the UK
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, Greater London
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Until 4 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 11 Apr 2027
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Until 25 Apr 2027
Exhibition
Metamorphoses: Porcelain Sculpture by Rachel Kneebone
The Wallace Collection, London, Greater London
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Until 30 Apr 2027
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Until 3 May 2027
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Until 16 May 2027
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Until 11 Jul 2027
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Until 26 Sep 2027
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Until 26 Sep 2027
Exhibition
Dimensions: Contemporary Chinese Studio Crafts
V&A South Kensington, London, Greater London
Monday 2 November
Born on this day: Emperor Huizong of Song (1082), Jean Siméon Chardin (1699) and Richard Serra (1938)
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Mon 2 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Mon 2 Nov 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 3 November
Born on this day: Annibale Carracci (1560), Benvenuto Cellini (1500), Elizabeth Thompson (1846) and Walker Evans (1903)
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Tue 3 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 3 Nov 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 3 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 3 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 4 November
Born on this day: Guido Reni (1575) and Robert Mapplethorpe (1946)
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Wed 4 Nov 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 4 Nov 19:00 21:00
Thursday 5 November
Happy birthday to Luke Jerram (52 today)
Born on this day: John Berger (1926)
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Thu 5 Nov 10:30 16:30
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Thu 5 Nov 15:00 19:00
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Thu 5 Nov 18:00 19:45
Friday 6 November
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Fri 6 Nov 19:00 21:00
Saturday 7 November
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Sat 7 Nov 12:00 16:00
Monday 9 November
Happy birthday to Michael Heizer (82 today)
Born on this day: Kaj Franck (1911), Peggy Angus (1904) and Robert Frank (1924)
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Mon 9 Nov 10:00 13:00
Workshop
Pottery Course for Beginners and Intermediate Students (Mondays, Farringdon)
The Kiln Rooms Farringdon, London, Greater London
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Mon 9 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Mon 9 Nov 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 10 November
Born on this day: Emmy Bridgwater (1906), Jacob Epstein (1880) and William Hogarth (1697)
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Tue 10 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 10 Nov 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 10 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 10 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 11 November
Happy birthday to Celia Paul (67 today)
Born on this day: Édouard Vuillard (1868), Ida Applebroog (1929), Paul Signac (1863) and Prunella Clough (1919)
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Wed 11 Nov 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 11 Nov 19:00 21:00
Thursday 12 November
Born on this day: Auguste Rodin (1840)
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Thu 12 Nov 15:00 19:00
Friday 13 November
Born on this day: Simon Carroll (1964)
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Fri 13 Nov 19:00 21:00
Saturday 14 November
Happy birthday to Andrew Crummy (67 today) and David Nash (81 today)
Born on this day: Claude Monet (1840), Derwent Lees (1884), Elisabeth Frink (1930) and Sonia Delaunay (1885)
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Sat 14 Nov 12:00 16:00
Monday 16 November
Born on this day: William De Morgan (1839)
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Mon 16 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Mon 16 Nov 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 17 November
Happy birthday to Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (59 today)
Born on this day: August Sander (1876), Bronzino (1503), Isamu Noguchi (1904) and Pierre Mignard (1612)
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Tue 17 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 17 Nov 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 17 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 17 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 18 November
Born on this day: Ana Mendieta (1948), Bruce Conner (1933), David Wilkie (1785), Frank Dobson (1886), Louis Daguerre (1787), Norman Cornish (1919), Stanhope Forbes (1857) and Wyndham Lewis (1882)
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Wed 18 Nov 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 18 Nov 19:00 21:00
Thursday 19 November
Born on this day: Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770)
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Thu 19 Nov 15:00 19:00
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Thu 19 Nov 18:00 19:45
Friday 20 November
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Fri 20 Nov 19:00 21:00
Saturday 21 November
Born on this day: René Magritte (1898)
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Sat 21 Nov 12:00 16:00
Monday 23 November
Born on this day: El Lissitzky (1890) and José Clemente Orozco (1883)
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Mon 23 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Mon 23 Nov 19:00 21:00
Tuesday 24 November
Born on this day: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864) and Lynn Chadwick (1914)
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Tue 24 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 24 Nov 19:00 21:00
Drawing Group
London Drawing Covent Garden Tuesday Studio
Quaker Meeting House Covent Garden, London, Greater London
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Tue 24 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Tue 24 Nov 19:30 21:30
Wednesday 25 November
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Wed 25 Nov 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
London Drawing Waterloo Wednesday Studio
Waterloo Action Centre, London, Greater London
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Wed 25 Nov 19:00 21:00
Thursday 26 November
Happy birthday to Cristina Mittermeier (60 today) and Kara Walker (57 today)
Born on this day: Félix González-Torres (1957)
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Thu 26 Nov 15:00 19:00
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Thu 26 Nov 18:00 19:45
Friday 27 November
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Fri 27 Nov 19:00 21:00
Saturday 28 November
Happy birthday to John Galliano (66 today), Julie Mehretu (56 today) and Sutapa Biswas (64 today)
Born on this day: Wen Zhengming (1470) and William Blake (1757)
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Sat 28 Nov 12:00 16:00
Monday 30 November
Happy birthday to Marina Abramović (80 today)
Born on this day: Clyfford Still (1904), Ulay (1943), William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825) and Winston Churchill (1874)
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Mon 30 Nov 19:00 21:00
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Mon 30 Nov 19:00 21:00
Everything listed in Central London
Exhibitions 17
- Catharina van Hemessen: Signature Works
- German Expressionism: Modern Painting 1900 to 1918
- Jenkin van Zyl: Enclosure
- Mary Cassatt: Radical Impressionist
- Michael Landy: Future Ruins
- Multiplied wonders: Italian Renaissance woodcuts
- Peter Blake: Pop Art Life
- Renoir and Love
- Robert Ryman: The Real Thing
- Salman Toor: Someone Like You
- Sam Belinfante: All that I have to say is…
- Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize 2026
- The Bayeux Tapestry
- There Are No Honest Poems About Dead Women: Jemma Desai
- Van Eyck: The Portraits
- Yinka Shonibare and Thomas Gainsborough: A Conversation
- Yuko Mohri: In Concert
Workshops and classes 3
Drawing groups 1
Something in Central London we are missing?
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