Top 5 #LondonExhibitions 19th Dec - 8th Jan

 You may be running around this weekend in preparation for Christmas, but you'll need a chance to relax. So we give you our top 5 #LondonExhibitions to take you into the New Year.

 

Lunar

Don't panic city dwellers, Curious Duke Gallery will be open up to 23^rd of December for all your gift buying needs. Christmas shopping doesn't have to end in packed department stores, instead our Whitecross Street home, a five minute walk from Old Street station. We have prints from £20, gift vouchers from £10 and framed art works from £55. And we'll gift wrap. See you soon!

Now - 31^st January

Curious Duke Gallery

173 Whitecross Street

London, EC1Y 8JT

ClosedWednesday 24th December 2014 – Monday 5th January 2015.

Monday 22nd 11:30 - 6:30

Tuesday 23rd 11:30 – 6:30

Nearest stations: Old Street Exit 6 and Barbican

Free

 

Intrude 

The Christmas Market on London's Southbank has a few large pets from Australian artist Amanda Parer. The ephemeral inflatables of rabbits glow in a fantastic landscape to add a tad more awe and wonder this Christmas.

Now - 11^th January

Southbank Centre Terraces

Belvedere Road

London, SE1 8XX

Open 9-11 daily

Nearest station: Waterloo

Free

 

 

Plastic Words 

Always one to push the boundaries of the arts, Raven Row investigates the area between literature and visual arts. Six weeks of events from writers, performance artists and pop up book shops. How can publishing change? How to the areas combine? What more can be achieved?

Now 30^th January

Raven Row

56 Artillery Lane

London, E1 7LS

Open Wednesday – Sunday 11-6

All events are free, but booking is required. Please see here.

 

Conflict, Time, Photography 

War as you have never seen it. With media announcing horrific attacks on a daily basis, we soon forget the ongoing trauma that follows. This exhibition lets us into a world we are protected from- the skull fused to the helmet in Nagasaki, and shell shocked soldiers and the war destructed areas left to regenerate. Those brave enough to take these photographs

Now- 15^th March

Tate Modern

Tickets £14.50, concessions apply. Book tickets here. 

 

Barbican Conservatory 

This little known gem, is London's second biggest Conservatory of tropical plants. Right in the City centre, and you'll find tropical fish, all fit for a lazy Sunday.

Barbican Centre

Silk Street

London, EC2Y 8DS

Open Sundays only 11-5

Nearest stations: Barbican, Moorgate and Old Street

Free

 

Merry Christmas!

 

Written by Curious Duke Gallery blogger Sinéad Loftus.

Lover of all art and fluffy cats.