Events on Saturday, November 8

Bloomsbury Women

City Gems

Bloomsbury Women

Saturday 8/11 @ Holborn Station

This walk explores the feminine side of the Bloomsbury Group who produced some of the 20th century's greatest creative work. (When... 

Club Motherfucker Live! w/ FrankMusik, DELS, Kamerakino and Tin Can Telephone

Music

Club Motherfucker Live!

Saturday 8/11 @ Bardens Boudoir

The achingly prescient underground indie night they call "mofo" returns for a big November knees-up in Stokie. The Daughters of the... 

Handmade and Bound

Festival: Fair

Handmade and Bound

Saturday 8/11 @ St Aloysius Social Club

Independent book fair Handmade and Bound offers fans of original art books, comics and 'zines the chance to snap up affordable,... 

Man Make Man Winter Special

Party

Man Make Man Winter Special

Saturday 8/11 @ The Last Days of Decadence

Man Make Music's new monthly residency at The Last Days of Decadence sees them grow up a little and lay their... 

The Wam Bam Club

Performing Arts

The Wam Bam Club

Saturday 8/11 @ Soho Revue Bar

At this evening's Wam Bam Club, Lady Alex hosts a rabble of wayward entertainment and wickedly outrageous carousing. The unholy union... 

Duckie

Party

Duckie

Saturday 8/11 @ Royal Vauxhall Tavern

Duckie Club Night mingles outrageous performances with pop music for boys who like boys. The Royal Vauxhall Tavern's modern Vaudevillian institution... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Jacqui Bellamy: Latrino Gals

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008</em>

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

<em>The Norman Conquests</em>

Theatre

The Norman Conquests

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

28 Millimetres: Women

Saturday 8/11 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

The Art of the Poster

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950</em>

Art

Cut & Paste

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Saturday 8/11 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>Material Presence</em>

Art

Material Presence

Saturday 8/11 @ 176

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

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

Art

Charles Avery

Saturday 8/11 @ 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,... 

Debbie Lawson: <em>Dyfuncadelia</em>

Art

Dyfuncadelia

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Saturday 8/11 @ Hayward Gallery

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

<em>Aliens & Exiles</em>

Art

Aliens & Exiles

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Juan Fontanive

Saturday 8/11 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

Richard Serra

Art

Richard Serra

Saturday 8/11 @ Various locations

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

<em>Girlie</em>

Art

Girlie

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Forever 27</em>

Art: Photography

Forever 27

Saturday 8/11 @ Proud Camden

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

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

Art

Gerhard Richter

Saturday 8/11 @ 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

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Saturday 8/11 @ 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

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia</em>

Art

30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia

Saturday 8/11 @ The Horse Hospital

30,000 Years of Cryptomnesia explores the age-old theory of cryptomnesia — the brain passsing off a hidden memory as a new... 

Cildo Meireles

Art

Cildo Meireles

Saturday 8/11 @ Tate Modern

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

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

Art

Robin Footitt

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

Art

Extracts from the Log

Saturday 8/11 @ Artspace Gallery

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

Katie Paterson

Art

Katie Paterson

Saturday 8/11 @ Albion

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

Jules de Goede and Gallery Artists

Art

Jules de Goede

Saturday 8/11 @ Broadbent Gallery

In this new group show at Broadbent Gallery, works from contemporary abstract artists provide a more-than-credible milieu to ten recently uncovered... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Saturday 8/11 @ 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.... 

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

Art

Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth

Saturday 8/11 @ BFI Southbank

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

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Saturday 8/11 @ Tate Britain

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

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

Art

Rivane Neuenschwander

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers</em>

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

Photomonth

Art: Photography

Photomonth

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Bull in a China Shop

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Art: Photography

Erwin Olaf's Grief

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde</em>

Art

The Mushrooms of the Russian Avant-Garde

Saturday 8/11 @ Rochelle School

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

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from the Courtauld</em>

Art

Turner Watercolours

Saturday 8/11 @ The Courtauld Gallery

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

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Saturday 8/11 @ Design Museum

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

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

A Lost London

Saturday 8/11 @ Rathbone

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

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Saturday 8/11 @ Natural History Museum

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

<em>Signs</em>

Art

Signs

Saturday 8/11 @ Tatty Devine

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

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Soho Archives: 1950s & 1960s</em>

Art: Photography

Soho Archives

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

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

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Saturday 8/11 @ Embankment Galleries

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

<em>Ivanov </em>

Theatre

Ivanov

Saturday 8/11 @ 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>Rock Music Rock Art</em>

Art

Rock Music Rock Art

Saturday 8/11 @ 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... 

Klang: A Tribute to Karlheinz Stockhausen

Music: Electronic

Karlheinz Stockhausen

Saturday 8/11 @ Southbank Centre

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