The National Gallery
As the hub of the UK's arts and entertainment scene, London has a wide variety of attractions and events that make dividing up your leisure time a tedious procedure when trying to plan out your visit.
With endless amounts of events and exhibitions taking place in London and the rest of the UK, Ents24 is an ideal source to keep you informed of events that you don't want to miss.
To get you started, Ents24 has compiled a list of the most popular exhibitions that are sweeping through the nation's capital.
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Museum Of London
ON UNTIL 25 NOVEMBER
London's Burning: The Great Fire Of London 1666 @ The Museum Of London
Explore the Great Fire, the most famous disaster in London's history, and find out how it shaped the city we know today. Hear the real stories of how Londoners lived through this tragedy.
What was it like to live through the terror of having your home and livelihood destroyed? How did people cope? And why did a fire which claimed less than a dozen lives end up changing London's cityscape forever?
The exhibition is FREE!
Duveens Commission - Eva Rothschild
ON UNTIL 29 NOVEMBER
Duveens Commission: Eva Rothschild @ Tate Britain
For the latest in the celebrated Duveens Commission series, which has recently included Mark Wallinger and Martin Creed, Eva Rothschild has conceived a new ambitious sculpture for the galleries that lie at the heart of Tate Britain. This is the first time a single work has been designed to stretch nearly the full length of the space, over 70 metres. Using minimal materiality, the work fills and disrupts the grandeur of these neoclassical galleries with a chaotic, energetic presence. One of the most interesting artists of her generation, Rothschild makes striking objects which continually investigate new relationships between volume and mass, surface and structure.
The exhibition is FREE!
ON UNTIL 15 JANUARY 2010
British Music Experience @ The O2 Arena
The British Music Experience is a permanent exhibition dedicated to the history of popular music in Britain. It is an enthralling, technologically unrivalled and seriously cool sonic trip through time. Using state of the art effects and iconic memorabilia, they show how rock, pop, dance and other genres were formed and have influenced the last sixty years of British culture. From the classic era defining sounds of the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Dusty Springfield... to stadium filling giants like The Who and Queen... to the irresistible anarchy of bands like The Specials and Sex Pistols... right up to recent crowd-pleasers such as Spice Girls, Oasis, Coldplay and Arctic Monkeys.
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Moctezuma
ON UNTIL 24 JANUARY 2010
Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler @ The British Museum
This major exhibition explores Aztec civilisation through the divine, military and political role of the last elected ruler, Moctezuma II.
From his capital in Tenochtitlan (the site of modern Mexico City), Moctezuma's empire comprised much of modern highland Mexico, stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Pacific Ocean. His power was reflected in the splendour of his capital's architecture, his command of the prestigious Jaguar and Eagle military orders, and his sacrificial rituals to the gods.
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The Beatles, 1963. Photo: Fiona Adams Private Collection
ON UNTIL 24 JANUARY 2010
Beatles To Bowie: The 60s Exposed @ The National Portrait Gallery
Beatles to Bowie explores the leading pop music personalities who helped create 'Swinging London' in the 1960s. Bringing together 150 photographs, together with a range of memorabilia, the exhibition evocatively illustrates how image, music, fashion and performance combined to make these musicians the leading icons of their time and London the world's most important cultural capital. Highlighting key pop cultural figures from each year of this remarkable decade, the exhibition includes classic images of groups such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks and The Who as well as early portraits of singers such as Cliff Richard, Billy Fury, Marianne Faithful, Jimi Hendrix and David Bowie.
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The National Gallery
ON UNTIL 24 JANUARY 2010
The Sacred Made Real Spanish Painting & Sculpture 1600 - 1700 @ The National Gallery
This exhibition will bring together paintings and painted wooden sculptures by the great Spanish realists of the 17th century. 'The Sacred Made Real' will provide a reappraisal of the crucial role of these hyper-realist sculptures in the development of Spanish art. Providing a unique experience, sculpture and painting will be displayed side-by-side. This will be the first major exhibition to explore this relationship.
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