Events on Sunday, November 30

Utter! Dalston

Comedy

Utter! Dalston

Sunday 30/11 @ Arcola Theatre

An eclectic crew of comedians, storytellers and rabble raisers converge on Dalston's Arcola for an evening devoted to razor-sharp wit and... 

Nibs van der Spuy w/ Alex Roberts and Spoono

Music

Nibs van der Spuy

Sunday 30/11 @ Green Note

South African singer-songwriter Nibs van der Spuy brings his acoustic guitar to Camden jazz hideaway Green Note tonight. Van der Spuy's... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Sunday 30/11 @ 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.... 

<em>The Animal Gaze</em>

Art

The Animal Gaze

Sunday 30/11 @ Various

This multimedia group show spread across three East End venues explores the fruitful relationship between art and animals. Photographic greyhound portraits... 

<em>The Olympic Stadium Project - Le Corbusier and Baghdad</em>

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Sunday 30/11 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This collection showcases the blueprints and models for the Baghdad Olympic Stadium, one of Le Corbusier's final projects. The designs illustrate... 

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Sunday 30/11 @ 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>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Sunday 30/11 @ The Wapping Project

Turning the Season explores the British seasons' effects on humanity through art, writing and performance. Among the exhibits transforming the Wapping... 

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

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Sunday 30/11 @ Embankment Galleries

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

<em>Sterling Stuff II</em>

Art

Sterling Stuff II

Sunday 30/11 @ Pangolin London

Pangolin gallery commissioned more than 50 artists, both young upstarts and world-renowned talents, to create new sculpture in sterling silver for... 

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Sunday 30/11 @ Natural History Museum

The freezing of the Natural History Museum's atmospheric East Lawn for skating has become a festive sight to rival the West... 

Alan Aldridge: <em>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</em>

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Sunday 30/11 @ Design Museum

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains... 

Jacqui Bellamy: <em>Latrino Gals</em>

Art: Photography

Jacqui Bellamy: Latrino Gals

Sunday 30/11 @ The FleaPit

Jacqui Bellamy's debut solo exhibition was unusually created by loitering in women's toilets night after night. Pixelwitch Pictures snapper Bellamy realised... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Sunday 30/11 @ Royal Academy of Arts

GSK Contemporary brightens-up the Royal Academy over the winter with installations, screenings and seminars examining two themes: Molten States and Collision... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Sunday 30/11 @ 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.... 

<em>Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950</em>

Art

Cut & Paste

Sunday 30/11 @ Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art

Though it is now enjoying something of a revival, thanks largely to software such as Photoshop, photomontage was at the height... 

<em>Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from the Courtauld</em>

Art

Turner Watercolours

Sunday 30/11 @ The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery traces the artistic journey of John Mallord William Turner with an exhibition beginning with early sketches and watercolours... 

<em>Material Presence</em>

Art

Material Presence

Sunday 30/11 @ 176

176 presents seven artists whose works, in varying ways, draw the viewer into an immersive sensory experience. Look out for Mark... 

Jan Kjetil Bj&oslash;rheim: <em>The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light</em>

Art

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light

Sunday 30/11 @ Space Station Sixty-Five

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light by Norwegian artist Jan Kjetil Bjørheim is the latest in a... 

<em>Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008</em>

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Sunday 30/11 @ National Portrait Gallery

This year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery includes a shot of Rupert Murdoch competing against a... 

Expanded Cinema for Rothko

Film

Expanded Cinema for Rothko

Sunday 30/11 @ Tate Modern

Four pioneering audio-visual artists respond to Mark Rothko's paintings this weekend at Tate Modern. On Friday evening, Luke Fowler, Keith Rowe... 

<em>Audio Forensics</em>

Art

Audio Forensics

Sunday 30/11 @ IMT

IMT's gallery is transformed into a sonic retreat to showcase the final projects from the London College of Communication's first-ever MA... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Sunday 30/11 @ 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>Signs</em>

Art

Signs

Sunday 30/11 @ Tatty Devine

Lo-tech cut 'n paste artist Mark Pawson breaks away from his usual fayre of postcards, badges and rubber stamps decorated with... 

Photomonth

Art: Photography

Photomonth

Sunday 30/11 @ 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>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Sunday 30/11 @ Hayward Gallery

Though best known for his iconography of American popular culture and controversial merging of art and mass consumerism, Andy Warhol was... 

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Sunday 30/11 @ Natural History Museum

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether... 

Kill Your Timid Notion

Festival: Performing Arts

Kill Your Timid Notion

Sunday 30/11 @ Various

The Kill Your Timid Notion tour arrives in London for a weekend exploring the crossover between sound and image. (This is... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Sunday 30/11 @ The Science Museum

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

Swanfield pop-up boutique

City Gems

Swanfield pop-up boutique

Sunday 30/11 @ Swanfield

The Swanfield pop-up boutique provides a cosy indoor addition to the winter market circuit around Brick Lane. Each Sunday it hosts... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Sunday 30/11 @ Tate Britain

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

Art

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations

Sunday 30/11 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery

Illuminations looks back on the work of satirist Saul Steinberg, who spent six years colouring the pages of The New Yorker... 

Smirnoff Black Boutique Barbers with Hugo Boss

City Gems

Smirnoff Black Boutique Barbers with Hugo Boss

Sunday 30/11 @ Selected Hugo Boss shops

A facial de-stress at Hugo Boss is the ideal tonic for men for whom the mere mention of Christmas shopping induces... 

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Sunday 30/11 @ Tate Modern

Tate Modern presents a long-overdue retrospective for the Brazilian conceptualist who creates intriguing installations and sculptures out of familiar objects such... 

<em>The Art of the Poster: A Century of Design</em>

Art

The Art of the Poster

Sunday 30/11 @ Covent Garden Market Piazza

The eye-catching, amusing and sometimes wry art displayed on the Tube is the subject of a major retrospective at the London... 

<em>Felix's Machines</em>

Art

Felix's Machines

Sunday 30/11 @ Gasworks

Felix’s Machines are intricate triumphs of mechanical music-making, using assorted detritus such as disassembled pianos, towel racks and alarm clocks to... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Sunday 30/11 @ Tate Britain

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

Art: Photography

Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury

Sunday 30/11 @ Proud Central

When asked about Bob Dylan, '60s photographer Jerry Schatzberg said, "You just point the camera at him and things happen." This... 

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

Art: Photography

Edwardian Outdoor Games

Sunday 30/11 @ 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...