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What's on in London - January, 2012
Fine Art Exhibitions, Festivals & Fairs
Degas and the Ballet at the Royal Academy, Dutch Landscapes at the Queen's Gallery.
Date: 21 January-9 April 2012 Tickets: £15.50, (Concessions). Tickets are time dated. Book Online. Advance booking strongly recommended London transport: Nearest Tube: Piccadilly, Green Park. Description: The first major exhibition of new landscape works by David Hockney RA. Featuring vivid paintings inspired by the East Yorkshire landscape, these large-scale works were created especially for the galleries at the Royal Academy of Arts. They span a 50 year period to demonstrate Hockney's long exploration and fascination with the depiction of landscape. The exhibition includes a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras, which will be displayed on multiple screens and which provide a spellbinding visual journey through the eyes of David Hockney. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted Toilets: Yes. Venue: Sainsbury Wing, National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN Date: Until 2 February, 2012. Tickets: £16, (Concessions. In person at the Gallery only. London transport: Nearest Tube: Leicester Square, Charing Cross Description: The most complete display of Leonardo's rare surviving paintings ever held. This unprecedented exhibition - the first of its kind anywhere in the world - brings together sensational international loans never before seen in the UK. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see this collection under one roof. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted Toilets: Yes. Venue: Buckingham Palace South Front, Buckingham Gate, London SW1A 1AA. Access: 10am-6pm through 3 October 2011. Thereafter 10am-5.30pm. Closed 10-20 October, 25-26 December 2011. Tickets: 9, (Concessions). Pre-booking online advised. Take advantage of special online prices for 'A Royal Day Out' an omnibus ticket giving access to the Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace and the Royal Mews; or One Year Pass. Otherwise buy on day of visit at the Palace Ticket Office. Entry free with London Pass. London Transport: Nearest Tube: Victoria Rail Terminal; Hyde Park Corner; Green Park. Description: This onetime chapel on the west front of Buckingham Palace was the monarch's private chapel. It was bombed during the London blitz of 1941 and has been beautifully refurbished to provide display space for some of the Royal Collection. A remarkable and wide-ranging collection of paintings, sculpture and artifacts acquired by the monarchy over 500 years and held in trust for the nation are on permanent display here. Additional mounted exhibitions to complement the display are mounted each year. Now on display: The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton & Antarctic Photography. Until 15 April 2012. This exhibition of remarkable Antarctic photography by George Herbert Ponting marks the 100th anniversary of Captain Scott's ill-fated journey of 1910 - 12 to the South Pole which led to the tragic death of five of the team on their return from the South Pole. Hurley's extraordinary icescapes were taken during Ernest Shackleton's Polar expedition in 1914-17, which ended with the heroic sea journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. Both collections of photographs were presented to King George V and are today part of the Royal Photograph Collection.
Holiday Season Festivals and Fairs - Hot Picks Venue: ExCel, One Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, London. E16 1XL. Date:10am - 7pm, (10am-6pm Sun). 12-15 January, 2012. Tickets: £16, (Concessions) Advance online booking or tel: 0166 651 1532. £20 at the door. I ticket gives entry to 4 Shows and children under 16 are FREE. London Transport: Check online for road, rail and river access details. ExCel is outside the London congestion charge area. Undercover car parking. Advance booking £13, (Concessions). At the gate £18, (Concessions). Your one bargain combi ticket allows you entry to the Outdoors Show, Bike Show and the Boat Show. The annual Outdoors Show links up with the Outdoors Activity Show, Bike Show and the Boat Show to become the largest consumer outdoors show in Europe Your ticket gives entry to all three Shows. The Outdoors Show features a stunning lineup of outdoors adventurers, experts and celebrities including Ben Fogle. Free holidays on offer include a luxury family holiday in the French Alps at the Caring Cancer Trust Stand. A donation provides adventure holidays for kids recovering from cancer. Next door, the International Boat Show brings together the world's leading yacht designers and customers looking for anything from a reservoir dinghy to an ocean-going floating gin palace costing £millions. Expect Britain's leading international yachting crews and sailors to make an appearance under the wing of their commercial sponsors, without whose financial backing they cannot afford to ocean race. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted Toilets: Yes. Burlington Bertie's Accommodation Choice: The Custom House Hotel, 283 Victoria Dock Road, Custom House, E16 3BY, offers nearby 3-Star comfort right opposite ExCel and the DLR station. London city Airport is just 2 km away. Park your car at the hotel for a small fee. Hotel facilities include three restaurants. Excellent convenience accommodation for ExCel visitors.
Access: Tues-Fri, 2-m-10pm; Sats 12noon-10pm; Suns 12noon-6pm Tickets: From £25. Recommended Pre-book Saturdays London transport: Nearest Tube: London Bridge. Description: Take a leisurely guided or self-guided afternoon tour around the globe, savouring different types of wine and discovering its history and culture. Audio-guides, film, themed exhibition and tasting tables along a route winding through 22 Victorian railway arches, show you the world's most famous grape producing regions, their unique qualities and differences. This is a most enjoyable and seriously instructive tasting tour that will add to your appreciation of the finer points of wine. Allow at least 2 _ hours. Collapse at the end of it and recover in the excellent Cantina Vinopolis restaurant, (one of four restaurant on site), and sample some more over a gastronomic dinner with a Mediterranean flavour. Or spend Saturday morning visiting the Borough Market, (see Free London), and lunch at the Cantina next door before taking the wine tour in the afternoon. Whisky lovers are also catered for in the Still Room and beer aficionados will enjoy the micro brews in the Brew Wharf. Special whisky tasting masterclasses in the Still Room, 7.30pm, 3 and 17 August, 2011. £39. Wheelchair Accessibility: Yes. Adapted Toilets: Yes.
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