Events on Tuesday, November 4

US Election Live!

Party

US Election Live!

Tuesday 4/11 @ The Sun and Doves

Camberwell's Sun and Doves pub lays on an all-nighter of bitten fingernails, high-octane TV coverage and chilli dogs as the electoral... 

Ongoing Events

PoeJazzi!

Performing Arts: Spoken Word

PoeJazzi!

Tuesday 4/11 @ Volupté Lounge

Spoken word, comic poetry and live music jostle for attention at this waycool night run by A Poem Inbetween People; cheap... 

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Art: Photography

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Tuesday 4/11 @ Hamiltons Gallery

Grief is provocative photographer Erwin Olaf's final installation in a trilogy of portraits inspired by the decor, fashion and feminist factions... 

<em>The Norman Conquests</em>

Theatre

The Norman Conquests

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

Rivane Neuenschwander: <em>Suspension Point</em>

Art

Rivane Neuenschwander

Tuesday 4/11 @ South London Gallery

Brazilian artist Rivane Neuenschwander stages a characteristically magical show at the South London Gallery. In line with her inventive use of... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Tuesday 4/11 @ The Science Museum

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

Art

Extracts from the Log

Tuesday 4/11 @ Artspace Gallery

Jeffrey Dennis' Extracts from the Log explores the tensions simmering beneath the surface of our beloved metropolis. In this distinctly dystopian... 

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

Art

Gerhard Richter

Tuesday 4/11 @ Serpentine Gallery

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

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth: <em>The All-seeing Eye (the hardcore-techno version) </em>

Art

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

Tuesday 4/11 @ BFI Southbank

Following the success of their 2005 Academy Award winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, French director Michel Gondry and visual... 

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

Art

Turner Watercolours

Tuesday 4/11 @ The Courtauld Gallery

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

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Tuesday 4/11 @ Tate Modern

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

Photomonth

Art: Photography

Photomonth

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Ivanov </em>

Theatre

Ivanov

Tuesday 4/11 @ Wyndham's Theatre

Tom Stoppard, one of the 20th century's finest dramatists, makes over the work of Chekhov, arguably the 19th century's greatest playwright,... 

<em>Polaroid Retrospective</em>

Art: Photography

Polaroid Retrospective

Tuesday 4/11 @ Association of Photographers Gallery

This Association of Photographers' exhibition of Polaroid work celebrates the invention of the instant camera by American scientist Edwin Land in... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Girlie</em>

Art

Girlie

Tuesday 4/11 @ Whitecross Gallery

Canadian artist Daphne Plessner's new solo exhibition takes an uncompromising swipe at the frivolous and sexually charged meaning of being "girlie".... 

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

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Tuesday 4/11 @ Embankment Galleries

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

<em>Rock Music Rock Art</em>

Art

Rock Music Rock Art

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers</em>

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Tuesday 4/11 @ The Women's Library

Between the Covers dips into the print archives of the Women's Library to explore how magazines have built relationships with readers... 

Richard Serra

Art

Richard Serra

Tuesday 4/11 @ Various locations

Minimalist sculptor Richard Serra heaves a load of metal slabs through customs for his first UK exhibition for more than a... 

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

Art

Robin Footitt

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

Candlelit Opening

City Gems

Candlelit Opening

Tuesday 4/11 @ Sir John Soane's Museum

On the first Tuesday of each month, visitors enjoy the unique opportunity of exploring Sir John Soane's collection by candlelight, the... 

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

Chris Clunn: <em>A Lost London</em>

Art: Photography

A Lost London

Tuesday 4/11 @ Rathbone

Former NME snapper Chris Clunn has spent the past 25 years recording the lives of ordinary — and often extraordinary —... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Soho Archives: 1950s & 1960s</em>

Art: Photography

Soho Archives

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

Charles Avery: <em>The Islanders: An Introduction</em>

Art

Charles Avery

Tuesday 4/11 @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art

While awaiting the fifth season of Lost, satiate your appetite for fantastical drama by visiting Charles Avery's imaginary island. The Islanders,... 

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

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Tuesday 4/11 @ Design Museum

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

Klang: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen

Music: Electronic

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Tuesday 4/11 @ Southbank Centre

Klang: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen is a weeklong festival celebrating the German composer's work, featuring the world premiere of Urantia... 

<em>Waste</em>

Theatre

Waste

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Tuesday 4/11 @ Natural History Museum

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

Sarah Moon &ndash; <em>1, 2, 3, 4, 5</em>

Art

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Tuesday 4/11 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

Impressionist snapper Sarah Moon combines previously unseen fashion plates with the fairytale images that took her to the top of commercial... 

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

JR: <em>28 Millimetres: Women</em>

Art: Photography

28 Millimetres: Women

Tuesday 4/11 @ Various locations

Provocateur photographer JR transforms Soho into a teeming favela for his new exhibition, 28 Millimetres: Women. The Parisian snapper takes over... 

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

Art

Juan Fontanive

Tuesday 4/11 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Edwardian Outdoor Games: Photographs by Andrew Pitcairn-Knowles</em>

Art: Photography

Edwardian Outdoor Games

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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>Aliens & Exiles</em>

Art

Aliens & Exiles

Tuesday 4/11 @ Alberto Vilar Gallery

Core Arts' new exhibition attempts to convince Londoners to forget those oh-so-experimental student shows and big-name, high-price exhibitions for a week... 

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

Art: Photography

Jacqui Bellamy: Latrino Gals

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Art of the Poster

Tuesday 4/11 @ 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... 

Stephanie Quayle: <em>Bull in a China Shop</em>

Art

Bull in a China Shop

Tuesday 4/11 @ Trolley Gallery

Stephanie Quayle's debut solo exhibition is dominated by a full-size clay replica of an Indian bull elephant. The motionless menagerie also... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Tuesday 4/11 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>Forever 27</em>

Art: Photography

Forever 27

Tuesday 4/11 @ Proud Camden

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

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Tuesday 4/11 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Tuesday 4/11 @ Hayward Gallery

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

Katie Paterson

Art

Katie Paterson

Tuesday 4/11 @ Albion

Katie Paterson's fresh batch of conceptual works at Albion Gallery follows up her previous exhibition which featured a live phone link...