Events on Wednesday, November 5

<em>Le Sang d'un Poete</em> (1932)

Film

Le Sang d'un Poete (1932)

Wednesday 5/11 @ Camden Arts Centre

Although Le Sang d'un Poete (The Blood of a Poet) is best known for photographer Lee Miller's only cinematic appearance, it... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Waste</em>

Theatre

Waste

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Art: Photography

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Wednesday 5/11 @ The Science Museum

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

<em>Girlie</em>

Art

Girlie

Wednesday 5/11 @ Whitecross Gallery

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

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

Art

Gerhard Richter

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Rivane Neuenschwander

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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>Polaroid Retrospective</em>

Art: Photography

Polaroid Retrospective

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

A Lost London

Wednesday 5/11 @ Rathbone

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

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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>The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde

Wednesday 5/11 @ Rochelle School

The first UK show by Moscow Conceptualists Igor Makarevich and Elena Elagina explores the form and hallucinogenic properties of magic mushrooms.... 

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

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Wednesday 5/11 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

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

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

28 Millimetres: Women

Wednesday 5/11 @ Various locations

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

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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>Ivanov </em>

Theatre

Ivanov

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Wednesday 5/11 @ Natural History Museum

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

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

Art

Bull in a China Shop

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Cut & Paste

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Juan Fontanive

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

Debbie Lawson: <em>Dyfuncadelia</em>

Art

Dyfuncadelia

Wednesday 5/11 @ Nettie Horn

Dyfuncadelia, the latest exhibition by Royal College of Art graduate Debbie Lawson, takes the '70s home-decoration obsession with carpeting a step... 

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

Art

The Art of the Poster

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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... 

Art

Extracts from the Log

Wednesday 5/11 @ Artspace Gallery

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

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ 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

Wednesday 5/11 @ Albion

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