Check out the top things to do in London this November. From ice skating and the Oasis’ Definitely Maybe exhibition to captivating art, there’s so much to explore. It’s also a great time to discover our favourites from the best afternoon teas around town. Here’s our top picks for what’s on in London.
Skate
13 November–12 January 2025 | Somerset House
Usher in the festive season with an unparalleled ice-skating experience, delectable and decadent warming treats, contemporary music and unique gift shopping in the heart of the capital. Somerset House’s iconic neoclassical courtyard will once again transform into a fairytale scene.
Tirzah Garwood: Beyond Ravilious
From 19 November | Dulwich Picture Gallery
The first major exhibition devoted to visionary artist and designer, Tirzah Garwood (1908–1951). Best known until now as the wife of Eric Ravilious and as the author of the autobiography Long Live Great Bardfield, Garwood excelled as a fine artist and printmaker.
Get tickets at the Dulwich Picture Gallery
Definitely Maybe: A View From Within
Ongoing | Town Hall Hotel
An exhibition of works by British photographer Michael Spencer Jones in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Oasis’ seminal album Definitely Maybe and of their recent reunion announcement.
Book your tickets at the Town Hall Hotel
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End In Tears
To 5 January 2025 | Barbican Centre
Move through a series of life-size dioramas, viewing paintings in a narrative sequence, as a story unfurls of a ‘femme fatale’ film noir character living in an imagined colonial outpost. Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.
Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily
To 23 February | Photographers’ Gallery
Letizia Battaglia (1935-2022) was one of Italy’s most important social documentary photographers. She documented everyday life, alongside the brutal reality of the Mafia and their victims in Sicily. Her images are some of the best-known records of life in the shadow of the Mafia. This is a powerful overview of Battaglia’s extraordinary photographic work, from 1971 to 2021.
Get your tickets at the Photographers’ Gallery
Michael Craig-Martin
To 10 December | Royal Academy
Sir Michael Craig-Martin RA fills our Main Galleries with colour at this retrospective of his 60-year career. A key figure in British art, Michael Craig-Martin is one of the most influential artists and teachers of his generation. Since coming to prominence in the late 1960s he has moved between sculpture, installation, painting, drawing, prints and digital works, creating a body of work that has fused elements from pop, minimalism and conceptual art.
Get tickets at the Royal Academy
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