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Image credit: Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Max Waugh) |
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It's October already!
Which means it's Black History Month: keep an eye on our socials where we'll be sharing activities, events and blogs spotlighting Black History all month long.
The art and culture of South Kensington continues with new openings keeping the museums, galleries and institutions bustling in the lead up to half-term.
Explore the possibilities - and impossibilities - of translation between 2-D and 3-D works in Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011-2015 at Serpentine South Gallery. The Design Museum is communication station with Email is D̶e̶a̶d̶. The Royal Society of Sculptors presents I'm Not a Nature Lover outside Dora House and Making Together inside. The ever exciting Wildlife Photographer of the Year returns to the Natural History Museum on 13th Oct inviting you to see the world through a new lens.
School is in session; as the universities in the area start up, we're sharing our Student's Guide to South Ken helping student's make the most of the area and find out what's on!
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| Lates: Fashion (R)evolution |
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Natural History Museum
20th Oct 6.30pm - 10pm |
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| Are you wild about fashion, but know it’s important it doesn’t cost the Earth?
Discover the incredible ways nature inspires fashion, explore stylish specimens, get hands on with creative crafts and meet scientists, designers and artists to learn how we can make clothing and fashion more sustainable. |
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| Rediscovering Black Portraiture |
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V&A
6th Oct 6:30pm-7:30pm |
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| Opera singer and artist Peter Brathwaite discusses his work recreating more than one hundred artworks featuring Black sitters, including 'Francis Williams, The Scholar of Jamaica', part of the 'Between Two Worlds' display now on at the V&A. |
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| Father and Soldier |
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Institut français
6th - 15th Oct Various Times |
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| 1917. Bakary Diallo enlists in the French army to be near Thierno, his 17-year-old son, forced to serve. Sent to the front, father and son must brave the war together. |
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| Making Together |
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The Royal Society of Sculptors
9th Oct - 24th Nov 11am - 5pm |
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| See work created by two peer-to-peer collaborations in this innovative and inclusive exhibition. |
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Image credit: Caiman Crunch © Ian Ford, Wildlife Photographer of the Year
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| Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 |
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Natural History Museum
11th Oct - 19th June 2025 10am - 5.50pm |
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| Experience the wonder of life on Earth through the world’s best wildlife photography. The exhibition is back for its sixtieth year to reveal more of nature’s stories. |
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| Crown to Couture |
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Kensington Palace
On until 29th Oct Times vary |
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| Last chance to see this glittering exhibition at Kensington Palace with dazzling contemporary couture worn by celebrities including Lizzo and Lady Gaga, alongside beautiful historic costumes. |
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| Skateboard |
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Design Museum
On until 2nd June 2024 10am-6pm |
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| This new exhibition presents the design evolution of the skateboard from the 1950s to today. The exhibition also hosts a skateboard ramp, which can be booked as an Open Skate session and exhibition ticket combined (for over 15s). |
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| Amadeus Live |
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Royal Albert Hall
24th Oct 7.30pm |
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| Amadeus - the dazzling story of the tortuous rivalry between world-renowned composers Mozart and Salieri - returns to Royal Albert Hall. Accompanied by a live performance of the score. |
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| I'm Not a Nature Lover |
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The Royal Society of Sculptors
9th Oct - 24th Nov |
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| A specially modified skip provides a home to a flower inspired, maximalist, attention grabbing and positivity inducing artwork at Dora House. |
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| Birdsong by Ensemble La Rêveuse |
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Institut français
12th Oct 7pm |
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| This programme brings to life a certain vision of the music of the Middle Ages to the 21st century through a fascination for birdsong in pieces by Rameau, Purcell, Saint-Saëns, or Ravel. |
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| Gif It Up Workshop |
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Goethe-Institut
19th Oct 7pm - 8.30pm |
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| Explore Europe's cultural heritage digitally and learn how to remix German artworks to make your own Pop Art gifs! |
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| Explore Festival |
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Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
30 Oct - 6 Nov Varies |
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| This year's Explore Festival welcomes you to examine the history of exploration, hear tales from the field, and learn more about travel with purpose. The Festival ends with the Explore symposium bringing expedition professionals, field scientists, intrepid travellers together. |
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| 'Making Together' Kids Craft Day |
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The Royal Society of Sculptors
21st Oct 12pm - 4pm |
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| Get crafty and creative at Dora House with a day of multisensory activities! |
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Image credit: Courtesy of the guests and Cromwell Place
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| Tertulias Artisticas: Memory as Resistance: Perspectives on Chilean Visual Arts |
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Cromwell Place
6th Oct 11am - 12.30pm |
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| A forum exploring photography and art practices that play a part in creating and conveying memory. |
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Image credit: © SkatetotheMAX
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| Design Camp: Skateboard Deck Making for 11 to 14 year olds |
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Design Museum Kensington
26th Oct 10.15am - 4.15pm |
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| Learn about the unique skill of deck pressing using the vacuum press – a hands on experience designing, decorating and making a skateboard deck to keep. |
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| Email is Dead |
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Design Museum Kensington
28th Sept- 22nd Oct 10:00am - 17:00pm |
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| A playful and immersive display in partnership with Intuit Mailchimp to explore email’s transformational powers. With the acceleration of new technologies like artificial intelligence and new methods of connecting online, the display will ask: how will email shape our future? |
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| Serpentine Pavilion 2023 by Lina Ghotmeh |
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Serpentine
June- October 2023 |
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| Last chance to see the Serpentine Pavilion: À table, designed by architect Lina Ghotmeh, derives from the aspiration to create a sustainable kinship with the land through food and our primal relationship to the Earth. |
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| RCM Brass Ensemble: Cuban Fire! |
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Royal College of Music
2nd Nov 7.30pm |
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| RCM Brass Ensemble presents a fire-filled performance with an arrangement of Johnny Richards' 1956 influential Latin jazz suite Cuban Fire. |
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| Family Fun: Paper Marbling Workshop |
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Leighton House and Sambourne House Museum
25th Nov 11am - 12.30pm |
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| Looking at the colours and shapes in Maha Ahmed’s exhibition Where Worlds Meet, children will learn about paper and how it is made, before they have a go at making their own beautiful, marbled papers to take home. |
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Image credit: Lawrence Watson and Phil Knott
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| National Album Day at the V&A: Goldie |
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V&A
13th Oct 6.30 - 7.30pm |
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| Join the inaugural ‘National Album Day at the V&A’ to celebrate albums released in the 1990s. Musician, artist and actor Goldie will be in conversation with Jacqueline Springer, V&A Curator, Africa & Diaspora. Online. |
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| Secondhand Booksale |
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Goethe-Institut
14th Oct 1pm - 5pm |
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| The library is selling ex-library titles and giving you a chance to sell, exchange or give away your unwanted German books. |
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| October Half Term in South Ken |
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Discover South Kensington
Daily |
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| Half term in South Kensington is packed with plenty of great events, exhibitions, performances and films to keep the kids entertained - from music, films, drop-in workshops, discovery days and activities at the museums, and so much more! |
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| Alternative Ways To Get To South Ken |
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| Uncover some quiet, alternatives to conventional modes of travel, including walks and cycle routes, and exploring the most carbon-efficient methods. |
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Discover South Kensington is an initiative of the Exhibition Road Cultural Group, a partnership of the cultural and educational organisations in and around Exhibition Road, South Kensington.
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Our partners include:
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The Design Museum
Goethe-Institut
Imperial College London
Institut franҫais
The Ismaili Centre
Kensington Palace
Natural History Museum
Royal Albert Hall
South Kensington Estates
Royal College of Art
Cromwell Place
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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Royal College of Music
Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
The Royal Parks
Serpentine Galleries
The Science Museum
V&A South Kensington
The Royal Society of Sculptors
Japan House
Westminster City Council
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