{"id":35830,"date":"2019-12-09T15:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/?p=35830"},"modified":"2019-12-09T15:41:34","modified_gmt":"2019-12-09T15:41:34","slug":"five-unmissable-london-hidden-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/five-unmissable-london-hidden-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Five unmissable London hidden gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">London is home to some of the most iconic attractions, world-renowned museums and galleries but it also hosts lesser-known gems you may not be aware of.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Explore London&#8217;s secret side in the video below.\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G0Nhanj7odk]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Photographers\u2019 Gallery\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Photographers\u2019 Gallery was founded in 1971 and has been influential in promoting photography\u2019s pivotal and significant role in culture and society, ensuring its place as a noteworthy art form.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s on?:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShot in Soho<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d- 18 Oct 2019 &#8211; 09 Feb 2020, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cFeast for the eyes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: The story of food in photography\u201d &#8211; 18<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct 2019 &#8211; 09 Feb 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Freud Museum London\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This year marks 100 years since Sigmund Freud wrote his paper, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Uncanny<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> &#8211; <\/span><b>a<\/b> <b>theory that went on to inspire art, film, literature and further psychoanalytic enquiry.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s on?:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Uncanny: A Centenary<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; 30<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct 2019 &#8211; 09 Feb 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Lisson Gallery\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lisson Gallery is one of the most influential and longest-running international contemporary art galleries in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What\u2019s on?:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Richard Deacon: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Deep State<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8211; 20<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nov 2019 &#8211; 29 Feb 2020<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>The Vaults\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The graffiti tunnel, founded by Banksy, is a public space where you can view the ever-changing work of different graffiti artist\u2019s. Set in a labyrinth of deserted railway arches under Waterloo station in London, those\u00a0that have a natural affinity to the extraordinary, the bold and the unknown.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Editor&#8217;s Picks:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/from-virginia-to-london-confronting-antisemitism\/\">From Virginia to London: confronting antisemitism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/sex-education-should-be-reinforced-at-universities\/\">Sex education should be reinforced at universities<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/sanguinarians-the-vampires-living-in-the-uk\/\">&#8220;Sanguinarians&#8221;: There are vampires living in the UK<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/top-5-weird-names-of-london-underground-stations\/\">Top 5 weird names of London Underground stations<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>God\u2019s Own Junkyard\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The neon wonderland is filled with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">artist Chris Bracey\u2019s personal collection of work in a salvage yard in Walthamstow. 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Crammed in between all of this, you\u2019ll find his own artwork as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You might also like: <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/thevoiceoflondon.co.uk\/gods-own-junkyard-the-bracey-family-business-full-of-hair-raising-neon-happiness\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interview with God\u2019s Own Junkyard\u2019s director Matthew Bracey<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Address:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>[googlemaps https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=191sz0CTKmQ4n_KtsJjKcERUp1jEgcclz&amp;w=640&amp;h=480]<\/p>\n<p>Words: Martina\u00a0Chausheva<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Martina\u00a0Chausheva<\/p>\n<p>Video: Martina\u00a0Chausheva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London is home to some of the most iconic attractions, world-renowned museums and galleries but it also hosts lesser-known gems you may not be aware of.\u00a0 Explore London&#8217;s secret side in the video below.\u00a0 [youtube&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":476,"featured_media":35831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,42],"tags":[553,579,691,1510,1645,2119,2128,2211,2566,2683,2726,2728,3769,4339,4403,4404,4867,5633,6538,6753],"class_list":["post-35830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts","category-entertainment","tag-art","tag-arts","tag-banksy","tag-contemporary-art","tag-culture","tag-england","tag-entertainment","tag-exhibition","tag-gallery","tag-gods-own-junkyard","tag-graffiti","tag-graffiti-artist","tag-london","tag-must-see","tag-neon","tag-neon-sign","tag-photography","tag-sigmund-freud","tag-uk","tag-voice-of-london"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/thevoiceoflondon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}