Events on Sunday, December 7

Damo Suzuki

Music: Experimental

Damo Suzuki

Sunday 7/12 @ Bardens Boudoir

Cult Japanese vocalist Damo Suzuki, who plays Barden's Boudoir this evening, began his musical journey when he was recruited by seminal... 

The Residents present <em>The Bunny Boy</em>

Music: Experimental

The Residents

Sunday 7/12 @ HMV Forum

The Residents' first show since 2003 features material from their recent, Mute-released LP, The Bunny Boy. The mysterious avant-gardists combine music,... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Sunday 7/12 @ Design Museum

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

<em>Hamlet </em>

Theatre

Hamlet

Sunday 7/12 @ The Novello Theatre

It goes without saying that David Tennant is marvellous as the student prince — melancholy, hyperactive and witty in equal measure... 

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

Art

The Art of the Poster

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Dispersion</em>

Art

Dispersion

Sunday 7/12 @ ICA

In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new... 

<em>Fashion V Sport</em>

Special Event

Fashion V Sport

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Beauty Untold: Portraits from the Street</em>

Art: Photography

Beauty Untold

Sunday 7/12 @ Topshop

For this one-off exhibition at the Topshop flagship store on Oxford Street, British-Iranian photographer Sara Shamsavari shot portraits of people she... 

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

Art

Turner Watercolours

Sunday 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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>Homeless in the Capital</em>

Art

Homeless in the Capital

Sunday 7/12 @ Museum of London

Given that there are an estimated 150,000 homeless individuals in the city, the Museum of London's exhibition offers a poignant slice of reality... 

Swanfield pop-up boutique

City Gems

Swanfield pop-up boutique

Sunday 7/12 @ Swanfield

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

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Sterling Stuff II</em>

Art

Sterling Stuff II

Sunday 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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... 

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

Art

Andy Warhol

Sunday 7/12 @ Hayward Gallery

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

<em>The Animal Gaze</em>

Art

The Animal Gaze

Sunday 7/12 @ Various

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

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

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Sunday 7/12 @ Natural History Museum

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

<em>Felix's Machines</em>

Art

Felix's Machines

Sunday 7/12 @ Gasworks

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

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Sunday 7/12 @ 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: Photography

Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury

Sunday 7/12 @ Proud Central

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

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Sunday 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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 7/12 @ 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 One Ton Show</em>

Art

The One Ton Show

Sunday 7/12 @ Shoreditch Town Hall

For this quirky exhibition, 100 artists, illustrators and photographers were asked to create work based on song lyrics about London. Chas... 

<em>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Sunday 7/12 @ The Wapping Project

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

Francis Bacon

Art

Francis Bacon

Sunday 7/12 @ Tate Britain

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

<em>Signs</em>

Art

Signs

Sunday 7/12 @ Tatty Devine

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

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

Art: Photography

Edwardian Outdoor Games

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Sunday 7/12 @ 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.... 

Matthew Bourne's <em>Edward Scissorhands</em>

Dance

Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands

Sunday 7/12 @ Sadler's Wells

Demonstrating that Walthamstow has delivered more than early-'90s boy-banders to the world, choreographer and E17 native Matthew Bourne — whose past... 

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

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Sunday 7/12 @ 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... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Cut & Paste: Photomontage 1920-1950</em>

Art

Cut & Paste

Sunday 7/12 @ 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>Wouldn't It Be Nice... Wishful Thinking in Art and Design</em>

Art

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Sunday 7/12 @ Embankment Galleries

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

<em>Stylees Project</em>

Art: Photography

Stylees Project

Sunday 7/12 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Othello De'Souza-Hartley offers those blessed with sartorial style (and those that are not) the chance to become part of his Stylees... 

<em>Cupboard Love 3</em>

City Gems

Cupboard Love 3

Sunday 7/12 @ Greenwich foot tunnel

Occupy My Time's Cupboard Love 3 disproves the conventional art wisdom that white cubes are the ideal environment for exhibiting art....