By Adam Bloodworth
Some amazing things to do in London this weekend. Thank us later…
From Barbie at the Design Museum to never-before-seen David Bowie photographs at a new exhibition north of Oxford Street, there’s plenty of newness going on in the capital this weekend.
Here’s how to keep busy with the best things to do in London this weekend.
SEE NEW DAVID BOWIE PHOTOGRAPHY A new free-to-attend exhibition about David Bowie is taking place in the Fitzrovia Chapel just north of Oxford Street. It’s all the work of one London based photographer, Kevin Davies, who shot all these images of Bowie in one day in 1994. It was shortly before the musician released his 18th album Black Tie White Noise. They’ve been under wraps but are viewable until 20 March. All weekend.
LIVE OUT YOUR BEST NERD FANTASIES Olympia London is hosting Comic Con spring, a two-day event for film and TV fans. Celebrity guests include Billie Piper, Alfie Allen and Michelle Greenidge and there are stalls selling memorabilia as well as talks and opportunities to meet the actors for photo ops. All weekend.
SEE AN ECCENTRIC NEW PLAY See a frankly bonkers play about a family who fall out over the discovery of an authentic Adolf Hitler painting in their late father’s loft. Does selling it mean inheriting blood money, or is that being too moralistic? This Young Vic satire questions where we put our value, and whether all of us ultimately have a cost. Friday and Saturday.
RELISH THE END OF FEBRUARY March can still be very rubbish weather wise, but at least it marks the beginning of the end of winter. The days are longer and January and February are finally over. Celebrate with a visit to Kew Gardens for the final weekend of the Orchid Festival. The royal parks plant one million daffodil bulbs every year so head to one of those for a chance of sun. All weekend.
CHECK OUT BARBARA KRUGER’S MAD SHOW Barbara Kruger has taken over the Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park with one of her famous walls-floor-and-ceiling installation pieces, featuring blistering messages about freedom and feminism. Timely and provocative, it’s perfect Sunday afternoon viewing.
SEE THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF LIFE AT THE HAYWARD GALLERY The Hayward Gallery’s latest installation features a collection of more than six decades of sculpture examining the ‘undulating, drooping, erupting, cascading and promiscuously proliferating’ of natural forms. Expect room-filling representations of the cells and droplets and blobs of goo that give us life.
BE SURROUNDED BY LOTS OF CUTE STUFF The inimitable Somerset House has amassed an incredible collection of artworks and installations related to all things cute. There are memes and emojis and mascots and robots, each one adorable – but why? Find out this and more at this stunning exhibition. And yes, of course there is plenty of Hello Kitty. All weekend, Somerset House.
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