During the month of May, London’s museums and galleries will host Lates, the first ever city-wide season of late night openings, with special exhibits, film screenings, music, poetry, club nights and a chance to see some of London’s great masterpieces after dark. Highlights include a recreation of a Surrealist Ball at the V&A, an all night screening of Andy Warhol’s Sleep at Tate Modern, a Tokyo late night lounge at the ICA, a Fashionista Friday at the National Portrait Gallery and the opening of galleries all over the East End organised by the Whitechapel.

Lates is presented by Barbican Art Gallery, British Museum, The Hayward, Institute of Contemporary Art, Museum of London, Museum in Docklands, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Tate Britain, Tate Modern, V&A and Whitechapel, in partnership with the Mayor of London, demonstrating the vitality of London’s museums and galleries in the landscape of London’s cultural life. Lates coincides with the national Museums and Galleries Month season in May, and Night of the Museum on Saturday 19 May, featuring late-night events at hundreds of venues around the country.

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