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50 Years of CounterCulture
Thursday 20 Mar (7:30–10pm) @ London Print Studio Gallery
Free
Swing back to the '60s with Michael Horovitz's presentation of 50 Years of CounterCulture: From the Beat Generation to a New Waste Land. Featuring a... View details »
50 Years of CounterCulture

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Moore at Kew
Thursday 20 Mar (9:30am–6:30pm) @ Royal Botanic Gardens More times »
Twenty-eight of Henry Moore's pieces have been installed in a scattered fashion around Kew Gardens, giving fans the opportunity to view each work from various... View details »
Moore at Kew
Art: Photography
Alexander Rodchenko
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Hayward Gallery More times »
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In Revolution in Photography, the Hayward celebrates Russian photographer Alexander Rodchenko's trail-blazing versatility. Featuring more than 120 original prints and photomontages, the exhibition traces Rodchenko's... View details »
Alexander Rodchenko
Art: Photography
Peacocks & Pinstripes
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–5pm) @ Fashion and Textile Museum More times »
Made possible by the Fashion and Textile Museum and the Getty Images Gallery, Peacocks & Pinstripes explores the evolution of masculine fashion. The collection looks... View details »
Peacocks & Pinstripes
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Electric Blue
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–6pm) @ Oxo Tower Wharf More times »
Free
The intertwining floors of South Bank's atmospheric Bargehouse overflow with multi-sensory experiences for Electric Blue. The mixed-media artworks range from kinetic and sound installations —... View details »
Electric Blue
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Laughing in a Foreign Language
Thursday 20 Mar @ Hayward Gallery More times »
Many otherwise serious-minded people use comedy to escape their troubles and forget themselves for a short while; so when humour seeps into the notoriously stiff-backed... View details »
Laughing in a Foreign Language
Art: Photography
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–8pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
Free
The quality of the annual Deutsche Börse photography competition just gets better every year. Though this year's winner won't be announced until March, the Photographers'... View details »
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize
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Elizabethan Flagons
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5:30pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
Free
The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad. Stroll down memory lane... View details »
Elizabethan Flagons
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Christian Möller
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–6pm) @ Vegas Gallery More times »
Free
Berlin-based artist and Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts graduate Christian Möller presents a solo exhibition of his most recent efforts at Vegas Gallery. The series... View details »
Christian Möller
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Alfredo Jaar
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–6pm) @ South London Gallery More times »
Free
Fresh from the African Pavilion of the 2007 Venice Biennale, New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar arrives at the South London Gallery. Politics of the... View details »
Alfredo Jaar
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Yayoi Kusama
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
Free
The Victoria Miro presents the second of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama's two-part tour de force. Spanning two buildings, Kusama's unique universe features her trademark use... View details »
Yayoi Kusama
Art: Photography
Jazz in London
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–9pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
Free
Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in the music business during... View details »
Jazz in London
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The Camden Town Group
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
Unlike Hawley Arms' caners Winehouse, Fielding and Geldof, this Camden Town Group was a collective of realist painters working in the borough during the early... View details »
The Camden Town Group
Art: Photography
Joss McKinley
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–7pm) @ Golden Lane Estate More times »
Free
Joss McKinley's solo exhibition The Moonlight Rooms promises spine-chilling doom and gloom. The ethereal mixed-media presentation focuses on a series of photographs taken in the... View details »
Joss McKinley
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Annie Ralli
Thursday 20 Mar (9:30am–6:30pm) @ The Colomb Art Gallery More times »
Free
After a few ales, recalling a night out can sometimes be tricky. Lucky, then, that we have the visual evidence of former BBC scenic-artist-turned-painter Annie... View details »
Annie Ralli
Art: Photography
Vanity Fair Portraits
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
Ever since it launched way back when, Vanity Fair has never failed to raise an eyebrow — least of all for its instantly classic cover... View details »
Vanity Fair Portraits
Art: Photography
The ALI Folio
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–7pm) @ Proud Central More times »
Free
Muhammad Ali is one of the world's most photographed people, but despite the amount of coverage he commands, an air of mystique still surrounds the... View details »
The ALI Folio
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The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5:50pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
Free
After debuting at the 2006 Venice Biennale, Breda Beban's wonder of a film is now taking the rest of the continent by storm. At a... View details »
The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha
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Simon Keenleyside
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
Free
For his second solo exhibition at Rokeby, Simon Keenleyside explores the conceptual boundaries of landscapes by examinging the locales around his Essex home. Although many... View details »
Simon Keenleyside
Art: Photography
John Swannell
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5:30pm) @ Chris Beetles Gallery More times »
Free
Over his 35-year career, photographer John Swannell has shot lakes and mountains across the globe, dramatic nudes and models showcasing the latest catwalk collections, but... View details »
John Swannell
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Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
It isn't often you see Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray and Francis Picabia — a conceptualist, a photographer and a poet, respectively — exhibited together. The... View details »
Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia
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Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
Thursday 20 Mar (9am–11pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
In Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, a group of (fictional) Martian curators hand-pick contemporary artworks by 115 Earthlings. As the "curators" aren't from around here,... View details »
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art
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Max Jacquard's Untold Stories
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ ZeST Gallery More times »
Free
ZeST Contemporary presents Max Jacquard's Untold Stories, a solo exhibition of the glass artist's most recent works. Pillow Piece, the collection's haunting main event, is... View details »
Max Jacquard's Untold Stories
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Ten Years Innit!
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–6pm) @ Barrett Marsden Gallery More times »
Free
Ten Years Innit! celebrates a decade of artistic applicability. The exhibition pulls together new work from each of Barrett Marsden's resident artists, as well as... View details »
Ten Years Innit!
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Dallas Seitz
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–5:30pm) @ Carter Presents More times »
Free
Dallas Seitz's bizarre selections of creepy memorabilia comment on personal and collective identity. In Georgette Magritte and the Exotic Sea, the artist examines colonialism and... View details »
Dallas Seitz
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Borders and Identities
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5pm) @ The Stephen Lawrence Gallery at University of Greenwich More times »
Free
Borders and Identities explores the consequences of the lines drawn in geo-political sands. Palestinian-born Sharif Waked's short film Chic Point hauntingly juxtaposes footage of scantily... View details »
Borders and Identities
Art: Architecture/Design
China Design Now
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
Celebrating China's return to the graphic-art world stage, China Design Now embarks on a three-part journey along the country's coastline. The cities examined — Shenzhen,... View details »
China Design Now
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Made by Slaves for Free People
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
Free
Pablo San-José and Cynthia Viera (aka PSJM) are outspoken critics of global capitalism. The dissident duo — who were previously forced to withdraw their exhibition... View details »
Made by Slaves for Free People
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Tobias Till
Thursday 20 Mar (2–7pm) @ gallery12 More times »
Free
Although he lives and works in rural Oxfordshire, Tobias Till's artistic heart clearly lies in London. The Central School and Royal Academy art graduate's first... View details »
Tobias Till
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Listening Post
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
Free
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the Science Museum. Asking "What... View details »
Listening Post
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Draw
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–7pm) @ StolenSpace Gallery More times »
Free
Draw offers up some fine examples of images from the urban jungle — skateboard designs, music-related art, tattoos, graffiti — with everything from haphazard spray... View details »
Draw
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Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–6pm) @ Standpoint Gallery More times »
Free
Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray offer deceptive stylisations of fruit and hot-dog stands (respectively) in their joint sculptural installation, exploring the hidden meanings in familiar... View details »
Jess Flood-Paddock and Liz Murray
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Monologue/Dialogue Part II
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–6pm) @ Bischoff/Weiss More times »
Free
Monologue/Dialogue II's artists use sculpture, painting and installation to convey their own vision of Bangkok. Nathaniel Rackowe's urban, fluorescent installations are juxtaposed with Panya Vijinthanasarn's... View details »
Monologue/Dialogue Part II
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Takahiro Iwasaki and Penny Klepuszewska
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–6pm) @ Room More times »
Free
ROOM presents two up-and-coming artists who build their own quirky, imaginary worlds. UK-based Japanese artist Takahiro Iwasaki creates magical, Lilliputian landscapes out of people's detritus,... View details »
Takahiro Iwasaki and Penny Klepuszewska
Art: Architecture/Design
Amin Taha Architects
Thursday 20 Mar (9am–5:30pm) @ Dreamspace Gallery More times »
Free
Exterior-design up-and-comers Amin Taha Architects showcase their innovative work at dreamspace gallery. Their debut solo exhibition features recently completed projects, maquettes and as-yet-unseen competition entries.... View details »
Amin Taha Architects
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Barry Reigate
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–6pm) @ Paradise Row More times »
Free
Barry Reigate's knack for creating downright bizarre artwork is on full display in his first major London solo show. At Bethnal Green's Paradise Row, Reigate... View details »
Barry Reigate
Art: Photography
PURE_photography
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
Free
The penultimate slice of the PURE series focuses on photography, comprising five snappers' takes on the meaning of "journey". Two standouts are Jane Stockdale and... View details »
PURE_photography
Art: Photography
Live Art on Camera
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–5pm) @ Space Studios More times »
Free
Live Art on Camera presents a series of photographs of performance art from the 1950s to the present day. The exhibition peers into key moments... View details »
Live Art on Camera
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Marc Horowitz
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Southbank Centre More times »
Free
Almost 90 years after the Bauhaus design ideal was unveiled in Germany, comic-slash-artist Marc Horowitz brings a similar concept to London. Famed for his National... View details »
Marc Horowitz
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John Keane
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ Flowers Central More times »
Free
Part of the Children in Conflict collection, John Keane's Angola exhibition documents the fraught state of a post-conflict society six years into peacetime. Keane was... View details »
John Keane
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Chris Levine
Thursday 20 Mar (11am–7pm) @ StolenSpace Gallery More times »
Free
Chris Levine unveils his collection of royal-family holograms at Old Truman Brewery's StolenSpace. Commissioned by the Jersey Heritage Trust, Levine was granted a rare two... View details »
Chris Levine
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Nour el Huda Awad
Thursday 20 Mar (10am–6pm) @ The Cochrane Theatre More times »
Free
Nour el Huda Awad offers a fresh interpretation of traditional Islamic art forms with his installation Alhambra. The solo exhibition features a sequence of kiln-formed... View details »
Nour el Huda Awad
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Tin Fish
Thursday 20 Mar (2:30–6:30pm) @ Red Gate Gallery More times »
Free
Artist collective Tin Fish presents its debut exhibition, Fragile Existence, at the Red Gate Gallery. Artists include Carina Hall, Marie Hart, Danielle Ward and Becky... View details »
Tin Fish
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Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation
Thursday 20 Mar (noon–10:30pm) @ The Wapping Project More times »
Free
For the first installment of the Jerwood: Found in Translation series, Polish filmmaker Marta Michalowska presents four films that encapsulate the history of her hometown,... View details »
Gdansk: Polish Lives Found in Translation