Having trouble deciding on the best spots for photography in London?
Then check out the amazing events in the London and Watford area this month. These events are more geared towards photography and art.
Welcome to my August newsletter, as the last month of summer unfolds, I’m writing this from the south Devon coast in the UK on a nice relaxing holiday. A heatwave is going on, which is a welcome relief from the cool summer so far.
Last Updated: 1st August
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Flawa at the Southbank Centre, London – 2nd till 4th
Kick off a glorious weekend with Latin American artists by getting your body moving with classic and new sounds from the Global South.
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Tides Music Festival, Greenwich Peninsula, London – 10th
Transforming Design District into a vibrant hub of live music and community spirit, Greenwich Peninsula’s Turning Tides festival features a day packed with acclaimed UK and international artists, all culminating in a headline performance by the electrifying Girl Ray.
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Festival of Fairytales, Garden Museum, London – 11th
This summer the Garden Museum will be transformed into celebration of storytelling and creativity that explores the magic of growing for the Festival of Fairytales. Guest curated by Originary Arts and designed to delight and inspire imagination in children aged 4-10 and their grown ups.
Find out more here.
Perseid meteor shower in Cassiobury Park (August) – 12th
Bring a flask and a deck chair and watch the celestial light show. Or if you have a camera with a tripod, you can take photographs of the night sky. The Perseid meteor shower happens every year and can be quite spectacular. The peak display is between the 12th & 13th of August; there could be around 50 to 90 an hour. Back in 2016, there was 80 – 100 an hour.
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Colour Walk Meetup at Spitalfields Market – 15th
It is an informal gathering of colourful, creative souls who meet, dressed in their finest, to walk, talk, and strut their stuff. It is excellent for photography.
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Colourscape in Watford – 17th to 26th
Enter a new world of colour and light. Explore a unique labyrinth of 70 interlinked chambers of intense colours and discover musicians and dancers interacting with you. Explore for a while and discover long views of intense colour and light. Move forward, and another view opens up—and another—and another! Musicians and dancers are found anywhere in this extraordinary space, leading you on a journey of colour, music, and space.
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Ballerina / model Shoot in Cassiobury Park – Watford – 18th
Through Cassiobury Park, Watford, with Meghan and the late summer flowers and trees. Meghan will be doing ballet poses and modelling at sunset in the woods. The group will consist of five people and a minimum of three people.
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Sunflower Model Shoot, Tulleys Field – TBA
We will be shooting a couple of models against the beautiful backdrop of the Mayfield lavender fields. The shoot will take place two hours before sunset, and the light should be golden.
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Greenwich+Docklands International Festival (GDIF) – 23rd
London’s leading festival of free outdoor theatre and performing arts and, in the words of The Guardian, makes an “unrivalled contribution to the happiness of the people of London”. GDIF is committed to breaking new ground in outdoor performance and raising the ambition, quality and diversity of outdoor work produced in the UK.
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Nottinghill Carnival, London – 25th till 26th
Nottinghill carnival returns to the streets of West London with vibrant costumes being displayed by dancers. Catch the parade over the two days, with Saturdays Children Carnival, culminating in the Mondays large parade.
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Herts Pride, Cassiobury Park – 31st
Herts Pride is a non-profit organisation run entirely and exclusively by volunteers. It supports the local LGBTQ+ community and is an annual event where everyone is welcome to attend and celebrate diversity in Hertfordshire.
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Summer Exhibition 2023, Burlington House – till 20th August 2024
Art overflowing into the streets of Piccadilly, drinks with friends in the Main Galleries, finding the perfect painting and even taking it home — it’s the Summer Exhibition.
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Royal Portraits: A Century of Photography at Buckingham Palace – till 28th August 2024
For centuries, portraiture has played a vital role in shaping the public’s perception of the Royal Family. This exhibition will chart the evolution of royal portrait photography from the 1920s to the present day, bringing together more than 150 photographic prints, proofs and documents from the Royal Collection and the Royal Archives.
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Judy Chicago: Revelations at Serpentine North – till 1st September 2024
Serpentine presents the first major interdisciplinary, immersive institutional exhibition in London of Judy Chicago. Focused on drawing, it will combine new and little-seen works and preparatory studies alongside audio, visual and new technology materials.
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Tavares Strachan: There Is Light Somewhere at Hayward Gallery – till 1st September 2024
This is the first mid-career survey dedicated to the work of New York-based, Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan (born in 1979). The exhibition showcases the remarkably inventive ways in which Strachan has celebrated unsung explorers and cultural trailblazers, inviting audiences to engage with overlooked characters whose stories represent and illuminate histories hidden by bias.
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Yoko Ono: ‘Music of the Mind’ at Tate Britain – 1st September 2024
Delve into the powerful, participatory work of artist and activist Yoko Ono. Yoko Ono is a trailblazer of early conceptual and participatory art, film and performance, a celebrated musician, and a formidable campaigner for world peace. Developing her practice in the United States, Japan and the UK, ideas are central to her art, often expressed in poetic, humorous, profound and radical ways.
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Enzo Mari at the Design Museum – till 8th September 2024
This major exhibition will celebrate the life and work of one of the greatest Italian designers of the 20th century, Enzo Mari, whose designs have inspired generations of creatives worldwide. Mari was also an artist, teacher, theorist, and more. During his prolific career, he created countless enduring and timeless designs, filling the homes and streets of the Milanese and beyond.
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Design Discoveries: Towards a DESIGN MUSEUM JAPAN – till 8th September 2024
While Japan is synonymous with exemplary design, it doesn’t yet have a dedicated national museum. This exhibition brings together seven significant designers, from filmmakers to architects, to consider what they would put into a permanent collection of design treasures. Their personal responses capture Japan’s regional diversity and 10,000 years of history.
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Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence – till 22nd September 2024
Tropical Modernism was an architectural style developed in the hot, humid conditions of West Africa in the 1940s. After independence, India and Ghana adopted the style as a symbol of modernity and progressiveness, distinct from colonial culture.
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Marc Quinn: Light into Life at Kew Gardens – till 29th September 2024
Explore a new exhibition from leading contemporary artist Marc Quinn at Kew Gardens this spring and summer. Light into Life presents 17 stunning stainless steel and bronze sculptures around the Gardens and in the Temperate House alongside a presentation of Quinn’s new and existing paintings, drawings, sculptures and evocative frozen works in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery.
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Tate Britain: Now You See Us – till 13 October 2024
Spanning 400 years, this exhibition follows women on their journeys to becoming professional artists. From Tudor times to the First World War, artists such as Mary Beale, Angelica Kauffman, Elizabeth Butler and Laura Knight paved a new artistic path for generations of women. They challenged what it meant to be a working woman of the time by going against society’s expectations – having commercial careers as artists and participating in public exhibitions.
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Expressionists: Kandinsky at Tate Modern – till 20th October 2024
Explore the groundbreaking work of a circle of friends and close collaborators known as The Blue Rider. In the early 20th century they came together to form, in their own words, ‘a union of various countries to serve one purpose’ – to transform modern art. The artists rallied around Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Münter to experiment with colour, sound and light, creating bold and vibrant art.
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Serpentine Pavilion, London – till 27th October 2024
Titled Archipelagic Void, the Pavilion is composed of five ‘islands’; each structure is unique in size, height and form. Built predominantly in timber, these structures are supported by identical footings that adapt to the slightly sloping topography of the site.
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Barbie®: The Exhibition at Design Museum – till 23rd February 2025
A major exhibition exploring the design evolution of one of the world’s most famous dolls: Barbie®. Journey into the Barbie universe and discover over 250 remarkable objects, with rare, unique and innovative dolls dating from 1959 to the present day.
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