Gallery Visits London

GATHERING GROUND then coffee social

🌿 **Rethinking our relationship with nature.** 🥁 Join us to see an exhibition exploring the connections between environmental and social justice, and our place in the natural world. Through striking installations, film, sculpture and sound, artists from around the world challenge how we think about land, identity and the environment, inviting us to reconsider how we live alongside other forms of life. An inspiring opportunity to ask how we can be good Ancestors for future generations. What’s our role in creating a more equal world? 🌍 [More info on the gallery’s event page here. ](https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/gathering-ground?utm_source=musa.guide&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=discover&utm_content=gathering-ground) 🎫 **The exhibit is free and no booking is required. We will meet outside the exhibition room at the Natalie Bell Building, Level 4 Joiner.** **We will explore the exhibit for about 40mins then will go for coffee inside the gallery or nearby for socialising.** ☕️ Everyone welcome 🙂 Important to note: 1. We typically socialise at cafés after the exhibit, nice, independent ones, not chains and not at pubs. If the event is late on a Saturday we go to a nice bar/pub for drinks after. This meetup is inclusive and everyone is welcome to join. 1. If you get there before everyone and you’re not sure what to do or where we are, post a comment on here and I will let you know our whereabouts. 1. Once we go in we may separate, feel free to explore the exhibit by yourself, we don’t have to be together. Some people like chatting to others while exploring and other people prefer to be with their own thoughts. You are welcome to express yourself and do whatever feels comfortable. 1. If you are late or if you’ve booked for an earlier or later time don’t worry just go in and you’ll find us inside. Keep an eye on the comments as I’ll be posting updates.

The 90s: Art and Fashion

**Join us for an exciting Art Exhibition hosted by the Black Art Enthusiasts Collective.** **This is not a free event details on how to purchase tickets below.** **The 90s: Art and Fashion:** Curated by fashion industry game changer Edward Enninful OBE, whose lived experience of the decade informs the exhibition *The 90s: Art and Fashion* examines a defining period in which a groundswell of creativity changed the face of British culture. As Britain began to emerge from recession, a new dawn of optimism, freedom, and rebellion was ushered in, epitomised by a new generation of diverse creative talent. Seen through Edward Enninful’s eyes, this sense of opportunity resulted in art, design, fashion and photography fusing into one potent cultural force, signalling an audacious renewal of British spirit. The exhibition explores how long-held hierarchies were dismantled, with high art and pop culture feeding into one another, and reflects both the energy and the challenges of the decade, looking at the enduring influence of key figures who emerged during this time. After exploring the exhibition we will have a discussion after. [Purchase tickets here](https://shop.tate.org.uk/ticket/date?cgid=375284) **Please arrive promptly at 13.45 pm to go in at 2pm**

Renoir & Love - pay what you wish

What better way to spend a Friday evening during early darkness and likely miserable weather than taking in the painterly delights of joyous Parisian scenes, and go for a cosy drink afterwards! **Renoir & Love:** Renoir’s ultimate celebration of life and love, ‘Dance at the Moulin de la Galette’ is on display for the first time in the UK. Renoir is known for joyful social scenes, he loved painting lively gatherings of friends, dancers, and diners enjoying leisure time in Paris. The National Gallery are offering '**Pay what you wish**' entry to the Renoir & Love exhibition on some Friday evenings from late October onwards. Many slots on 23rd are already sold out so I suggest 18:15 on Fri 13 November. If this sells out by the time you book, try to go for a slot one earlier or later - we'll catch up inside the exhibition. I think this is an excellent way to see this exhibition because I certainly don't have pockets deep enough for the £25 standard ticket at weekend prices. You need to pay at least £1, they suggest £10 (Plus attendance fee of £3 applies to go towards Meetup costs). \>\>\> **Please book your own ticket as soon as you can**: https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/exhibitions/renoir-and-love/renoir-and-love-pay-what-you-wish These Friday evenings are going to be very busy and we don’t want to miss our slot, so I’d like us to gather by 6pm near the entrance for ticket holders, the Getty Entrance: “The Getty entrance is close to Charing Cross Road. There are six steps or a lift to the right just inside the doors. The Getty entrance is for paid exhibition ticket holders.” – this is the ground level entrance, not the main portico with its steps, closer to Charing Cross Rd than the other entrances. Seeing as it’s Friday night, let’s go for a drink afterwards to socialise. The Horse and Guardsman pub on Whitehall has been good to us in terms of finding a table, we’ll try it (they do hot drinks and food too). There are other pubs in the area if it doesn’t come through.

Traditional Drawing Class at the V&A

Enjoy a relaxed, fun drawing class taught using traditional drawing methods that are suitable for all drawing levels and creative abilities. Classes are kept small, so we can concentrate on drawing methods and techniques. You can RSVP for free, but to properly book your place, you will need to pay **£15 per person via contactless or cash in person or via this link:** [Book Your Place Here](https://buy.stripe.com/6oUeVffaZ03E9Mma9B5gc03) Bring your own sketchbooks and pencils. If you don't have materials, the V&A shop often sells sketchbooks and pencils, so please arrive a little earlier if you need to purchase materials before we begin. We will **meet at 6:45pm just inside the main entrance from Cromwell Road.** You can find me facing the doors as you enter. I look just like my profile picture and will have a bag or sign that has the name of our group. If you think you might be late or are lost, please text me on: +44(0)7548310132 **We'll head into the gallery we'll be working in by 6:55pm**, so please be on time, as I'm afraid I cannot answer my phone once we start. The event will end at 8:30pm. To learn more about my teaching and art practice, please visit my website: [www.franceskamcculloughfineartist.com](https://www.franceskamcculloughfineartist.com) To learn more about my other creative projects, please visit my Substack website here: [MirMarnia](https://chaigatcheska.substack.com)

APA Winter Exhibition 2026/27 — Private View

Join us for the Private View of the APA Winter Exhibition 2026/27 at POSK Gallery, Hammersmith. Come along for an evening of contemporary art, conversation and creative community as we celebrate the opening of the exhibition. Meet the participating artists, connect with fellow creatives and art enthusiasts, and enjoy the work in the gallery. 📅 Date & Time Sunday 13 December 2026 17:00–20:00 📍 Venue POSK Gallery 238–246 King Street London W6 0RF The exhibition runs from 12 December 2026 – 20 January 2027. 🎨 About the Exhibition The APA Winter Exhibition brings together artists from the APA community, showcasing a diverse range of contemporary artistic practices and perspectives. The Private View is a chance to experience the exhibition at its opening, meet the artists and become part of the wider creative community surrounding APA and POSK Gallery. Artists, creatives, collectors, art lovers and anyone interested in contemporary art are warmly welcome. Come along, meet the artists and celebrate the opening with us. Photo: Małgorzata Łapsa-Maławska

Highly Sensitive? Understand Yourself, Live Well and Find Your People

**Understand your sensitivity, explore the latest research, learn what helps you live well, and meet other people who get it.** Do You think deeply about almost everything? Do you replay conversations afterwards, wondering what you said, what they meant, and whether you missed something? Do you think through every possible outcome before making a decision, sometimes to the point where you are exhausted before you have even started? Do you notice subtleties, patterns and small changes that other people seem to miss? Do you need time to process experiences properly, rather than simply moving on to the next thing? And does all that processing, noticing and feeling sometimes leave you overwhelmed? You may be highly sensitive. A central feature of high sensitivity is **depth of processing**. HSPs tend to process information and experiences more deeply. That can bring insight, intuition, creativity and a rich inner life. It can also mean overthinking, difficulty switching off, becoming overstimulated and needing more time to recover. For many people, discovering that there is research behind this trait brings a huge sense of recognition. Things they have puzzled over for years begin to make sense. I’ve worked with highly sensitive people for more than 15 years and I see this again and again. Understanding the trait can change the way you understand yourself. Learning how to live well with it can change a great deal more. That is what this day is about. **What you'll take from the day** * A clear understanding of high sensitivity and the research behind it * A better understanding of your own depth of processing and why your mind can be so difficult to switch off * Ways of recognising overload earlier and understanding what helps you recover * Practical tools for working with your nervous system rather than continually pushing through * A chance to explore the strengths of sensitivity as well as the parts that can be difficult * Time with other highly sensitive people who understand what it is like to experience the world this way **Not sure whether you’re highly sensitive?** You can take [Highly Sensitive Person self-test ](https://sensitivityresearch.com/self-tests/adult-self-test-updated/ "https://sensitivityresearch.com/self-tests/adult-self-test-updated/")before the event. It isn’t a diagnostic test, and you don’t need to be sure that you are highly sensitive before coming along. **Practical information:** **Date:** Sunday 15 November 2026 **Time:** 10.30am–5.30pm **Venue:** St Anne’s Church, Soho, London, W1D 6AF A quiet oasis of calm in the middle of Soho with its own courtyard and cafe. **Tickets:** £120 early bird HSPconnect members - if you're not already a member and would like to join, find out more at [HSPconnect.app](https://hspconnect.app/ "https://hspconnect.app/") £135 early bird regular ticket until 10 October £145 general admission from 11 October Tea, coffee, drinks and snacks during the breaks are included. **Lunch is not included.** There are lots of places to eat within a few minutes’ walk in Soho and we’ll send some suggestions. There is also a lovely cafe within the church grounds. You are very welcome to come on your own. We expect many people will. You don’t need to be an HSPconnect member to attend. **Your guides:** **Cindy Gale is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, HSP specialist and founder of HSPconnect.** She has worked therapeutically with Highly Sensitive People for more than 15 years and has trained with and learned from leading figures in the field, including Dr Elaine Aron. Much of Cindy’s work is about helping highly sensitive people understand their sensitivity more fully and work out what they need in order to live well. **Dr Andrew May is a leading researcher in sensitivity and Sensory Processing Sensitivity.** Andrew will explore the research underpinning high sensitivity, what it tells us about the trait, some of the theories that help explain it, and some of the areas where the picture is more complex than popular descriptions of HSPs sometimes suggest. Andrew has a real gift for making the science clear, interesting and relevant. He brings the research to life, including through experiential exercises, and has a way of leaving you wanting to know more. **Priyal Shah developed the HSPreset Toolbox.** This is a practical collection of body-based ways to help highly sensitive people recognise when they are becoming overloaded and find ways to reset. His work draws on breathwork, meditation, movement and body awareness, with simple practices that can be used in everyday life.

Visit the Wallace Collection!

Come along on Sunday 22nd November to visit the Wallace Collection! **About the collection** The Wallace Collection is a national museum, established in 1897 and which displays the wonderful works of art collected in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by the first four Marquesses of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace, the son of the 4th Marquess. The collection consists of over 5,500 items. It is probably best known for its paintings by artists such as Titian, Rembrandt, Hals (The Laughing Cavalier) and Velázquez. It also holds paintings by Rubens, Van Dyck, Canaletto and Gainsborough. It has a superb collection of eighteenth-century French paintings, porcelain, furniture and gold boxes, probably the best to be found anywhere outside France. There are also splendid medieval and Renaissance objects, including Limoges enamels, maiolica, glass and bronzes, as well as the finest array of princely arms and armour in Britain, featuring both European and Oriental objects. **Cost** Entry is free! The visit should last about 1h 30mins/2 hours. The visit is self guiding. **Become a Full Member** To become a Full Member (£14 a year), either: \- Pay cash at an event \- Pay via Bank Transfer \(TSB Bank plc\, Sort code: 77\-66\-65\, Account no: 00030809\, Account name: Cultureseekers\) \- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance \([https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QHZ1Y3UB](https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QHZ1Y3UB)) \- go to PayPal \- [https://www.paypal.com/uk/](https://www.paypal.com/uk/), then click on 'Pay & Get Paid‘, then click on 'Send Money’, put in the email address: general@cultureseekers.org in the 'Send Money' box, then 'Next' and then enter the amount to pay. Click 'Next', then 'For Friends & Family', then 'Continue' Benefits of becoming a Full Member [here...](https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/531979527/) **Afterwards** After we will head to 'The Metropolitan Bar' 7 Station Approach (next to Baker Street Tube Station). Please note, we only wait outside the station for 10 minutes after the advertised meeting time, so please be early or on time. If you can't see us outside the station, please text. Look out for the red and blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign. Hope to see you there! Robert 07905 901 834 (prefer text) ***On the day, if you can’t make the trip, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it.*** ***Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.*** *Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing -* ***[https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/](https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/)***

Visit the Imperial War Museum!

Come along on Sunday 8th November for a visit to the Imperial War Museum! **About the museum** Founded in 1917, the museum reopened in 2014 after a £25m refurbishment, which includes new WW1 galleries telling the story of the war. The museum has occupied the former Bethlem Royal Hospital site since 1936. It holds over 11 million items relating to wars fought in by Britain and the Commonwealth over the last 110 years. The museum also has separate exhibitions on the holocaust, a family in war, the secret war (about spies & codebreaking) and paintings of war. There is a lot to see in the museum, so best to just go round two galleries. The visit should last 2 hours and is self-guided. We can't do a guided tour around the museum, but I can answer any questions whilst we are going around. **Cost** Entry is free! **Become a Full Member** To become a Full Member (£14 a year), either: \- Pay cash at an event \- Pay via Bank Transfer \(TSB Bank plc\, Sort code: 77\-66\-65\, Account no: 00030809\, Account name: Cultureseekers\) \- Pay via credit card on the day or in advance \([https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QHZ1Y3UB](https://pay.sumup.com/b2c/QHZ1Y3UB)) \- go to PayPal \- [https://www.paypal.com/uk/](https://www.paypal.com/uk/), then click on 'Pay & Get Paid‘, then click on 'Send Money’, put in the email address: general@cultureseekers.org in the 'Send Money' box, then 'Next' and then enter the amount to pay. Click 'Next', then 'For Friends & Family', then 'Continue' Benefits of becoming a Full Member [here...](https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/531979527/) **Afterwards** After the visit we will head to the museum cafe for a chat over a drink from 4pm. If you can't see us outside the station, please text. Please note we only wait for 10 minutes at the meeting point after the advertised meeting time. Look out for the red & blue 'London Cultureseekers' group sign. Hope to see you there! Robert 07905 901 834 (prefer text) or email: [general@cultureseekers.org](http://general@cultureseekers.org) ***On the day, if you can’t make the visit, just change your RSVP to No or text me to say you can’t make it.*** ***Please don’t post any messages in the comments that you can’t make it, as this generates spam for everyone else.*** ***Please make sure you are aware of the group rules here before RSVPing - [https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/](https://www.meetup.com/london_cultureseekers/photos/22974682/523578875/Group_Rules/)***

Visit to the William Morris Gallery at Walthamstow,including Wetlands Walk.

This meet up was very popular last time, Come with me an on this enjoyable meetup, we will meet at Costa Coffee at Walthamstow Central at 11 am for a hot drink, after our hot drink, we will make our way to the William Morris Gallery., where the entrance is free. ( To get to Costa Coffee, if you are getting off the Victoria Line, follow the signs for Weaver Line Liverpool Street, when you go to this platform, go through the exit barrier , when you come out, Costa is on the left.) The William Morris Gallery is a museum devoted to the life and works of William Morris, an English Arts and Crafts designer and early socialist. It is located in Walthamstow at Water House, a substantial Grade II\* listed Georgian home. The extensive grounds of the building are a public park, known as Lloyd Park. Curiously, we have come across William Morris on other Meetup walks, namely Red House in Bexleyheath and Merton Abbey Mills in Colliers Wood. Water House in Walthamstow is where William Morris lived as a teenager. After visiting the William Morris Gallery, we will get a bus to The Ferry Boat Inn for lunch. For anyone who does not wish to have lunch in the pub there is an opportunity to visit Walthamstow Wetlands, London Wildlife Trust, across the road , where there is a cafe and tables outside where you can eat your own lunch. After lunch we will have a short walk around some of Walthamstow Wetlands then walk to Tottenham Hale Station, where you can get Overground and Underground trains. £7 meet up fee on arrival {please have the right change}. If you need any more info ring or text Paul on 07530 675739 {this is not a smart pho JOIN OUR 45+ NOT GRUMPY FACEBOOK COMMUNITY <[https://www.facebook.com/45plusnotgrumpy/](https://www.facebook.com/45plusnotgrumpy/)>

Daytime Dykes: National Gallery: Renoir & Love

National Gallery Friday Lates - Free to Attend (Gallery + Pub)

National Gallery Friday Lates offer creativity, inspiration, conversation in a social space where everyone is welcome. Enjoy socialising and discussion inspired by National Gallery's exhibitions, as we head to their Friday Late event to explore ideas about art, culture and society with a talks programme and "Drop & Draw," art activities. Start your weekend in style by visiting world-class exhibitions and discovering the Collection. *** Features: Music & bar Ondaatje Wing Main Hall Drop-in Drawing and Life Drawing Talks & film screenings *** Schedule 7.15 : Group meets to visit displays. 9-11.30 : As a group, we have a few drinks and socialise at a nearby bar, after for drinks. Get to know London's Bohemians, culture seekers & artisans, & discuss the art on display. Meeting 7.15 : At the Sainsbury Wing in the National Gallery. Look to the right when you enter and go up the stairs to level 1, and meet the group near the restaurant. Keep an eye on the photos section which will be posted up with pictures of the meeting spot. Also keep an eye on comments. My number will be displayed in the comments section below. 7.30 : If you are a few minutes late, don't worry, at 7.15, we introduce ourselves and catch up, so you can catch the group just inside the entrance until 7.30. Here, we make acquaintances, and choose which rooms to head off to. *** Extra Info : Keep an eye on the comments throughout the evening. I will post our new location every time we change to a different wing of the gallery. ***

Soho Art Gallery Crawl & Social (£1)

Hi All, There is a few free late art gallery evenings in Soho - so I thought to create this mellow low key event to see this. plan on google maps https://maps.app.goo.gl/8er6d4ng1r6oZKMTA Lets meet at the Edel Assanti We can visit the following galleries in crawl... 1.Edil 2\. Josh Lile 3\. 41 Whitefiled st 4\. Art Forward 5.Mandrake (optional) End at the blue post - top floor dinning area for a social and reflection The event is free - I would like a pint of orange juice or a £1 donation if you like the event as a good gesture. Cheers I will be dressed in a Black Suede Jacket, Black hat inside the first gallery - will write in the comment