Exhibitions and shows

'Making Nature' exhibition at Wellcome Collection

Thursday 1 December - Sunday 21 May 2017

The question of how humans relate to other animals has captivated philosophers, anthropologists, scientists, ethicists and artists for centuries.This collection will bring together over 100 objects from literature, film, taxidermy and photography to examine what we think, feel and value about other species and the consequences this has for the world around us.

Kingston Museum: Ink in Kingston

Friday 3 March - Saturday 15 April 2017

This exhibition will explore how a local resident played an integral part in the history of British tattooing and present new, thought-provoking artwork created by some of Kingston's talented tattoo artists/

Hilary Lloyd: Inaugural Dorich House Fellowship

Thursday 9 March - Saturday 29 April 2017

A major new site-specific commission for our inaugural Dorich House Fellowship, inspired by the alternative and anecdotal legacies of the house. Lloyd's practice centres on film and video, while engaging with sculpture, painting and installation. Our thanks to Sadie Coles HQ.

The Japanese house: Architecture and life after 1945

Thursday 23 March - Sunday 25 June 2017

Barbican Centre, Silk St, London EC2Y 8DS

As part of 'The Japanese house: Architecture and life after 1945' exhibition, Kingston University staff member Takeshi Hayatsu was commissioned by the Barbican Centre to create a tea house designed by Fujimori.

Taking Race Live: Spaces of Race and Culture

Tuesday 28 March 2017, 5.00pm

St John the Evangelist Church, Grove Lane, Kingston Upon Thames

Hosted by students from sociology, dance, music and film, media and television.

Symposium: Wild Minds

Friday 31 March 2017, 10.15am

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), 12 Carlton House Terrace London SW1Y 5AH

Symposium: Wild Minds, is focused on the ambiguities and co-operations that define our relations with other species.

Thames Philharmonic Choir perform Vaughan Williams' 'Sancta Civitas'

Saturday 1 April 2017, 6.30pm

Vaughan Williams' haunting cantata, written in response to the First World War, describes the end of time and the descent of the holy city from Heaven. It is a visionary work of great power, rarely performed due to the complex choral input, including a distant children's choir. This performance is at the request of the late Ian Buist, scholar, humanitarian, gay rights activist and distinguished civil servant, who sang Sanctas Civitas with the Oxford Bach Choir, conducted by Vaughan Williams himself. The choir will be joined by Wimbledon Youth Choir and trebles from Shrewsbury House School, Surbiton.