Events on Monday, October 6

Durrr feat. pacific!

Music: Electronic

pacific!

Monday 6/10 @ The End

Summer vibes extend past their due date at the End tonight as dream-popsters pacific! perform highlights from their recently released debut... 

Ongoing Events

<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Monday 6/10 @ Imperial War Museum Park

Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at... 

<em>The Norman Conquests</em>

Theatre

The Norman Conquests

Monday 6/10 @ The Old Vic

The Old Vic has been transformed into a theatre in the round for the first major London revival of Alan Ayckbourn's... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Monday 6/10 @ Tate Britain

As famous for his outlandish lifestyle as for his often disturbing paintings, Francis Bacon spent most of his career in the... 

Juan Fontanive: <em>Tin-Tan</em>

Art

Juan Fontanive

Monday 6/10 @ Riflemaker Gallery

American artist Juan Fontanive returns to Riflemaker for his second show exploring the mechanical image. Eschewing the digital media that pervade... 

<em>City Spaces: Urban Stories </em>

Art

City Spaces: Urban Stories

Monday 6/10 @ Vyner Street Gallery

Five photographers examine the world's changing cities in this small but perfectly formed exhibition. German photographer Jan Deckner explores Singapore, peering... 

Phil Clarke-Hill: <em>Lustrabotas</em>

Art: Photography

Lustrabotas

Monday 6/10 @ Viewfinder Photography Gallery

A walk through the streets of La Paz, Bolivia, reveals a staggering number of homeless shoe-shine boys wearing ski masks to... 

<em>Environmental Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Environmental Photographer of the Year

Monday 6/10 @ The Art Pavilion

Happy in Her Own World, the winning picture of this photography contest, powerfully reiterates the ethos of the competition. A young... 

Photomonth

Art: Photography

Photomonth

Monday 6/10 @ Various locations in east London

Photomonth is the UK's largest celebration of photography, so extensive that it in fact lasts two months. The hundred or so... 

<em>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Monday 6/10 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the... 

Kew at the British Museum presents <em>China Landscape</em>

City Gems

China Landscape

Monday 6/10 @ British Museum

Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the... 

Nigel Charnock: <em>Stupid Men</em>

Dance

Nigel Charnock

Monday 6/10 @ The Place

Part of this year's Dance Umbrella festival, Stupid Men sees bad boy of dance Nigel Charnock take to the stage in... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Monday 6/10 @ Tate Britain

Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of... 

<em>Soho Archives: 1950s & 1960s</em>

Art: Photography

Soho Archives

Monday 6/10 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Originally a hunting ground, and briefly a haven for the wealthy, London's Soho is the heart of the gay district, a... 

<em>Drift 08</em>

City Gems

Drift 08

Monday 6/10 @ Various locations

Dredging up more River Thames oddities than usual, Illuminate Productions launch Drift 08. Featuring an array of artworks placed strategically in... 

<em>Designers in Residence</em>

Art

Designers in Residence

Monday 6/10 @ Design Museum

Selected for their all-out experimentation, the Design Museum's resident designers have been asked to respond to the theme of collections and... 

Robin Footitt: <em>Rescue Attempt</em>

Art

Robin Footitt

Monday 6/10 @ Hoxton Hall

Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Monday 6/10 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house.... 

Peter Friedl

Art: Photography

Peter Friedl

Monday 6/10 @ Spring Projects

In his testimonial-led work, Peter Friedl creates new political and artistic discourses by re-photographing his collection of politically charged newspaper images... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Monday 6/10 @ ICA

The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,... 

Ravinder Reddy

Art

Ravinder Reddy

Monday 6/10 @ Grosvenor Gallery

To coincide with the first UK solo exhibition of his work at Grosvenor Gallery, Ravinder Reddy has created a large-scale public... 

<em>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Monday 6/10 @ National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum's archive of photographs, posters and memorabilia provides fascinating insight into a boom time for the British coast.... 

Raindance Film Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

Raindance Film Festival

Monday 6/10 @ Various locations

Promoted by a half-naked woman and a zombie in love, this year's Raindance Film Festival kicks off with Clark Gregg's film... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 6/10 @ The Science Museum

Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Monday 6/10 @ Tate Modern

Latvian-born abstract expressionist Mark Rothko gets a much-overdue retrospective (he hasn't had an exhibition in the UK for more than 20... 

<em>Wouldn't It Be Nice... Wishful Thinking in Art and Design</em>

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Monday 6/10 @ Embankment Galleries

The theme of this installation at Somerset House is the optimistic fusion of modern art and design as a medium for... 

<em>Forever 27</em>

Art: Photography

Forever 27

Monday 6/10 @ Proud Camden

Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the... 

Hannah Waldron: <em>Tonight I Am an Owl</em>

Art

Hannah Waldron

Monday 6/10 @ The Old Shoreditch Station

Hannah Waldron's collection of illustrations comprises a bevy of delicate, colourful musings on space, favourite animals and imaginary worlds. The subjects... 

<em>Rock Music Rock Art</em>

Art

Rock Music Rock Art

Monday 6/10 @ Pangolin London

Pangolin Gallery's inaugural exhibition kicks off with new works by sculptor Peter Randall-Page, inspired by the mystical rock gongs the artist... 

<em>Menagerie</em>

Art

Menagerie

Monday 6/10 @ The Jones

The newly opened Jones Hotel has set about re-creating the once-popular aristocratic pursuit of collecting exotic animals. But this is a... 

Tom Hunter: <em>Are You Being Served?</em>

Art

Tom Hunter

Monday 6/10 @ Museum of Childhood

Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of... 

Gerhard Richter: <em>4900 Colours: Version II</em>

Art

Gerhard Richter

Monday 6/10 @ Serpentine Gallery

For someone who once wrote, "Basically, painting is total idiocy," German painter Gerhard Richter has not done badly with the medium.... 

<em>Waste</em>

Theatre

Waste

Monday 6/10 @ Almeida Theatre

The Almeida presents Waste, Harley Granville-Barker's play about scandal that also provoked its own share of controversy. The story centres upon... 

<em>Edwardian Outdoor Games: Photographs by Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles</em>

Art: Photography

Edwardian Outdoor Games

Monday 6/10 @ Victoria & Albert Museum of Childhood

A revolutionary photojournalist of the Edwardian age, Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles showed a particular interest in capturing leisure pursuits on camera. He accumulated... 

David Blandy: <em>Duels and Dualities</em>

Art

David Blandy

Monday 6/10 @ Artprojx Space

Sinophile and underground artist David Blandy fleshes out his fascination with combat in his upbeat exhibition. Joyously mixing imagery from kung-fu... 

<em>in-i</em>

Dance

in-i

Monday 6/10 @ National Theatre

French avant-gardist Juliette Binoche teams up with maverick choreographer Akram Khan to create a piece that remains in flux as it...