Events on Sunday, June 1

AITBF Summer Series Part 1: AITBF vs Spent

Music: DJ

AITBF vs Spent

Sunday 1/6 @ The Lock Tavern

Adventures in the Beetroot Field present the year's first foray into a balmy Camden afternoon. But even if the weather stinks,... 

Ongoing Events

Walter Hanlon: <em>Jazz in London</em>

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Sunday 1/6 @ National Portrait Gallery

Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in... 

Plant Room

City Gems

Plant Room

Sunday 1/6 @ Plant Room

Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Sunday 1/6 @ The Science Museum

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

Antti Laitinen: <em>It's My Island</em>

Art

Antti Laitinen

Sunday 1/6 @ Nettie Horn

Helsinki-based artist Antti Laitinen offers an absurdist take on the notion of property and nationality with his solo exhibition of video,... 

<em>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Sunday 1/6 @ Tate Modern

Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind... 

<em>Past-Forward</em>

Art

Past-Forward

Sunday 1/6 @ 176

French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially... 

<em>The City</em>

Theatre

The City

Sunday 1/6 @ Royal Court Theatre

If you're in the mood for social decay, morally repugnant characters and simmering violence, head to Royal Court Theatre, where Martin... 

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Sunday 1/6 @ 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... 

Sprint Festival of Performance Art

Performing Arts

Sprint Festival

Sunday 1/6 @ Camden People's Theatre

The jewel-like Camden People's Theatre, loomed over by the Euston Tower block, is the spiritual home of London's experimental-theatre and performance-art... 

<em>Richard Rogers & Architects:</em><em> </em><em>From the House to the City</em> <em> </em>

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Sunday 1/6 @ Design Museum

Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To... 

In Focus feat. <em>Running Late</em>

Art: Photography

Running Late

Sunday 1/6 @ The Photographers' Gallery

Running Late, an unlikely collaboration between the Photographers' Gallery and Cuts hair salon, doesn't include snaps of hair being swept up... 

<em>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Sunday 1/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the... 

<em>Wildstyles </em>

Art: Photography

Wildstyles

Sunday 1/6 @ Bar Vinyl

PYMCA may be the only photo agency in London that specialises exclusively in youth and music culture — small wonder its... 

Kew at the British Museum presents <em>China Landscape</em>

City Gems

China Landscape

Sunday 1/6 @ British Museum

Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the... 

Bernd Krauss: <em>The Street</em>

Art

Bernd Krauss

Sunday 1/6 @ The Shop

The Whitechapel populates a disparate collection of East London venues as part of ongoing art project The Street; since March, artists... 

<em>King Lear </em>

Theatre

King Lear

Sunday 1/6 @ Shakespeare's Globe

Shakespeare's most tragic of tragedies was in the limelight last year with the RSC's production starring Sir Ian McKellen. For the... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Sunday 1/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria & Albert's latest mini-exhibition features a set of Elizabethan flagons that return to the museum after 70 years abroad.... 

David Lean

Film

David Lean

Sunday 1/6 @ National Film Theatre

Although best remembered for his star-studded, Oscar-winning epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), director... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Sunday 1/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

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... 

<em>Mare Tenebrarum</em>

Art

Mare Tenebrarum

Sunday 1/6 @ Transition Gallery

The bicentenary of the prince of dark literature, Edgar Allen Poe, marks a central concern in the work of the two... 

<em>May 68: Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion</em>

Art

Street Posters from the Paris Rebellion

Sunday 1/6 @ Hayward Gallery

With all of the protests and civil unrest going on, 1968 wasn't the best year to take a trip to Paris.... 

Ethan Russell: <em>Let It Bleed: The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour</em>

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Sunday 1/6 @ Proud Central

Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'... 

<em>Pygmalion</em>

Theatre

Pygmalion

Sunday 1/6 @ The Old Vic

George Bernard Shaw's rags-to-riches tale was made famous by George Cukor's 1964 film musical My Fair Lady, which starred Rex Harrison... 

Dicky Graham:<em> ouR Mutts</em>

Art

Dicky Graham

Sunday 1/6 @ f-art

For his debut solo show, London-based artist Dicky Graham created ten sculptures of dog faces from scrap metal and found objects... 

Ashington Group: <em>The Pitmen Painters</em>

Theatre

The Pitmen Painters

Sunday 1/6 @ National Theatre

In 1934, some enlightened colliery men in Woodhorn, Northumberland, formed an evening class on art appreciation. The group subsequently took up... 

<em>Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture</em>

Art

Skin + Bones

Sunday 1/6 @ Somerset House

Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's... 

Ryan Gander: <em>Heralded as the New Black</em>

Art

Ryan Gander

Sunday 1/6 @ South London Gallery

Some may spend their gap year soul-searching (that is, aimlessly wandering the globe or lolling about in a drunken stupor). But... 

Clare Barclay: <em>Shifting Ground</em>

Art

Clare Barclay

Sunday 1/6 @ Camden Arts Centre

In her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre this month, Glaswegian installation artist Claire Barclay displays an array of deliciously subversive... 

Art

Tom Milnes

Sunday 1/6 @ Ferreira Projects

Tom Milnes uses his residency at the Gallery Studio to cultivate a strange collection of "culturally redundant audio material". Walkmen, new-age... 

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Sunday 1/6 @ Natural History Museum

Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send... 

<em>Pure Gold?</em>

Art: Photography

Pure Gold?

Sunday 1/6 @ the.gallery@oxo

A photography exhibition organised in collaboration with aid agency CAFOD, Pure Gold? explores the social and environmental impact of gold mining... 

Mark Wright

Art

Mark Wright

Sunday 1/6 @ Carter Presents

A strangely serene beauty exudes from the putrid destruction and decay of Mark Wright's chaotic paintings. Drawing from ancient folklore, poetry... 

<em>Blood on Paper: The Art of the Book</em>

Art

Blood on Paper

Sunday 1/6 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This new exhibition at the V&A offers visual art reworkings and interpretations of the humble paperback. The works on display range... 

Fernando Casasempere: <em>The Thought-Provoking Machine</em>

City Gems

Fernando Casasempere

Sunday 1/6 @ The Economist Plaza

The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the... 

<em>A Century of Olympic Posters</em>

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Sunday 1/6 @ Museum of Childhood

After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Sunday 1/6 @ ICA

The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,... 

<em>Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography </em>

Art: Photography

Street & Studio

Sunday 1/6 @ Tate Modern

Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the... 

Rob Ryan

Art

Rob Ryan

Sunday 1/6 @ Tatty Devine

Master papercutter Rob Ryan is the king of collaboration — he's produced an accessories collection for Paul Smith, a dress for... 

Free Range 2008

Art

Free Range 2008

Sunday 1/6 @ The Old Truman Brewery

Following on the success of last year's Free Range exhibition, the art and design showcase — the largest of its kind... 

Wolfgang Tillmans

Art: Photography

Wolfgang Tillmans

Sunday 1/6 @ Maureen Paley

Photographer Wolfgang Tillmans returns to Maureen Paley for his sixth show. After Tillmans won the Turner Prize in 2000, the artist's... 

All Power to the Imagination! 1968 and Its Legacies

Film

All Power to the Imagination!

Sunday 1/6 @ Various locations

This expansive festival celebrates 1968's pivotal role in shaping the world as we know it with a rich slate of events,...