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• Barbican to unveil giant plant-covered clay pavilion next spring

  27-11-2025 17:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  A huge circle of plant-covered clay will fill the Barbican’s Sculpture Court next spring and will be the first UK public commission by Colombian artist Delcy Morelos.
  Delcy Morelos, El abrazo (The Embrace, detail), 2023. Installation view, Dia Chelsea, New York, 2023. Photo credit: Don Stahl. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery
  For the Barbican, Morelos has designed her most ambitious outdoor work to date: an “ovular pavilion” made of clay, soil, fragrant spices,
  
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• New DLR station back on track as long-delayed housing scheme finally moves forward

  27-11-2025 15:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Docklands Light Railway (DLR) could be about to get a new station, as a long stalled housing development gets underway.
  The future Thames Wharf DLR station
  If built, the station, expected to be called Thames Wharf, would sit roughly halfway between Canning Town and West Silvertown on the Woolwich branch.
  It’s long been expected that a DLR station would be built there, and there’s a deliberately straight length of track and a station-style track bed in the location. However, the a
  
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• A Very Wes World: Design Museum’s pastel-hued dive into Anderson’s cinematic universe

  27-11-2025 13:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  The Design Museum is paying homage to Wes Anderson’s pastel perfection in its new exhibition about the filmmaker’s design-focused movies.Over this three-decade career, the filmmaker has carved out a popular niche in stylistically rich movies that have adoring fans swooning over the appearance as much as they do the plotlines.
  Now, from Anderson’s own archive, his uniquely quaint world has come to London.
  As an exhibition, it’s going to appeal to the fans, and like all per
  
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• JP Morgan revives £3 billion skyscraper plan for Canary Wharf after 20 years on ice

  27-11-2025 11:24 via ianvisits.co.uk
  One of Canary Wharf’s largest undeveloped plots is finally set to be built on, with JPMorganChase confirming plans for a new £3 billion skyscraper — two decades after the site was first earmarked for development.
  Artist’s impression: The view from JPMorganChase’s Riverside office
  The Riverside site, on the edge of the Thames, was bought by JP Morgan in 2008 for a new headquarters, but the banking crisis halted progress almost immediately. They later moved into Lehma
  
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• Oasis tour merchandise pop-up store opening in Piccadilly Circus

  27-11-2025 10:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Oasis fans will have one last chance to buy souvenirs from recent tours, as unsold merchandise is going on sale at a pop-up store.
  Oasis store
  The store will be fully stocked with official Oasis Live ’25 tour merchandise, along with brand-new items such as hats, flags, scarves, posters, and commemorative tickets. The adidas Originals collaboration range will also be restocked for the occasion.
  The pop-up store at Piccadilly Circus will also feature a dedicated visual experience room showca
  
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• Taking a first look at the restored Banqueting House

  27-11-2025 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk
  Although Banqueting House’s full opening isn’t until next Summer, for the next few days, there’s a chance to get a preview of the restoration work that’s been carried out.Most of the work is invisible, in that it involves replacing and upgrading worn-out, inefficient facilities, but there has been a simple yet dramatic change in the main hall itself.
  The decoration seems somehow richer, and that’s mainly thanks to dimming the daylight in the hall and turning up the
  
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