Events on Tuesday, June 17

<em>Schadenfreuding</em>

Art

Schadenfreuding

Tuesday 17/6 @ The Crypt

Proving once and for all that taking pleasure in the misfortune of others is a worthwhile pursuit, Schadenfreuding showcases artists' responses... 

Bumblebeez w/ James Ford

Music: Electronic

Bumblebeez

Tuesday 17/6 @ Hoxton Square Bar & Kitchen

Hailing from New South Wales, Australia, Bumblebeez are brother and sister Chris and Pia Colonna. Though they've been playing for more... 

Writing for Games

Special Event

Writing for Games

Tuesday 17/6 @ Zigfrid Von Underbelly

The University of Westminster pulls together some of the brightest minds in entertainment to explore the finer details of scriptwriting for... 

Frontline Confidential: Philip Gourevitch on <em>Standard Operating Procedure</em>

Special Event

Frontline Confidential

Tuesday 17/6 @ Frontline Club

This evening, media club Frontline present Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch in conversation with journalism professor Gavin McFadyen. Gourevitch's new book... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent </em>

Art: Photography

Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent

Tuesday 17/6 @ Proud Galleries

It's good to see Proud Galleries opening their new Camden home in a suitably rock 'n roll way. Taking an up-close... 

<em>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Tuesday 17/6 @ Tate Modern

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

Plant Room

City Gems

Plant Room

Tuesday 17/6 @ Plant Room

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

Maria Kheirkhah: <em>The Psychology of Fear</em>

Art

The Psychology of Fear

Tuesday 17/6 @ 198

At her solo show at Herne Hill's 198, Iran-born UK-based artist Maria Kheirkhah confronts the rise of fear in modern society... 

Jake & Dinos Chapman: <em>If Hitler Had Been a Hippy How Happy Would We Be</em>

Art

Jake & Dinos Chapman

Tuesday 17/6 @ White Cube Mason's Yard

BritArt's most infamous double act (not counting the duo's former bosses Gilbert & George) returns with a much-anticipated show. Exact details... 

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

Art

Skin + Bones

Tuesday 17/6 @ Somerset House

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

<em>Lip-Gloss and Lacquer</em>

Art

Lip-Gloss and Lacquer

Tuesday 17/6 @ Spring Projects

Lip-Gloss and Lacquer's seven artists take on fashion, celebrity and commodification in the glamour industry. Laura Buckley uses video installations of... 

Liliane Lijn: <em>Stardust</em>

Art

Liliane Lijn

Tuesday 17/6 @ Riflemaker Gallery

Liliane Lijn's fascination with cosmic forces continues with Stardust. The kinetic artist explores the relationship between space and time by using... 

<em>Pygmalion</em>

Theatre

Pygmalion

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Miroslav Tich&yacute;

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Tuesday 17/6 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of... 

Hans Josephsohn

Art

Hans Josephsohn

Tuesday 17/6 @ Hauser & Wirth

It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that... 

Daniela Sch&ouml;nb&auml;chler: <em>The Silent Art of Secrecy</em>

Art

Daniela Schönbächler

Tuesday 17/6 @ Riflemaker Gallery

Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of... 

Michael Samuels: <em>Childstar</em>

Art

Michael Samuels

Tuesday 17/6 @ Rokeby

Michael Samuels' exhibition at Bloomsbury's Rokeby precedes this year's Jerwood Contemporary Painters tour, for which the artist has been nominated. Taking... 

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

City Gems

China Landscape

Tuesday 17/6 @ British Museum

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

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

Art

Blood on Paper

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Bob Dylan: <em>The Drawn Blank Series</em>

Art

Bob Dylan

Tuesday 17/6 @ Halcyon Gallery

If you think that being one of the world's greatest musicians is talent enough, think again — this exhibition of Bob... 

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

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

John McAslan + Partners: <em>Beginnings</em>

Art

John McAslan + Partners

Tuesday 17/6 @ Dreamspace Gallery

Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned.... 

<em>Angaza Afrika: African Art Now </em>

Art

Angaza Afrika

Tuesday 17/6 @ October Gallery

If you can't afford a holiday this summer, transport yourself to another place with Angaza Afrika (Look Around Africa), a showcase... 

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

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

The Pitmen Painters

Tuesday 17/6 @ National Theatre

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

Art

Tom Milnes

Tuesday 17/6 @ Ferreira Projects

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

John Hoyland

Art

John Hoyland

Tuesday 17/6 @ Nevill Keating McIlroy

John Hoyland is often compared to Mark Rothko for the way he uses bold blocks of colour; but the Sheffield-born painter's... 

Refugee Week

Festival: Performing Arts

Refugee Week

Tuesday 17/6 @ Various locations

First held in 1998, Refugee Week returns with a jam-packed lineup of shows, exhibitions and conferences celebrating the diverse contributions that... 

Roger Hooper: <em>Exposed</em>

Art: Photography

Roger Hooper

Tuesday 17/6 @ the.gallery@oxo

Inspired by Sir David Attenborough's early nature documentaries and his own extensive work for the World Wildlife Fund, photographer Roger Hooper... 

Art: Happening

Summer Exhibition 2008

Tuesday 17/6 @ Royal Academy of Arts

With more than £70,000 up for grabs in prize money, including the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, the stakes are high at... 

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Fashion/Style

Abigail Lane

Tuesday 17/6 @ Matches

Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Tuesday 17/6 @ The Science Museum

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

Free Range 2008

Art

Free Range 2008

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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

Tuesday 17/6 @ Tate Modern

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

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

City Gems

Fernando Casasempere

Tuesday 17/6 @ The Economist Plaza

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

Rob Ryan

Art

Rob Ryan

Tuesday 17/6 @ Tatty Devine

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

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Tuesday 17/6 @ Natural History Museum

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

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Zsolt Bodoni, Roland Horvath, Peter Sudar and Dorottya Szabo: <em>Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow</em>

Art

Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow

Tuesday 17/6 @ FA Projects

The four Hungarian painters featured in this exhibition have all witnessed their fair share of sociopolitical upheaval, having lived through Communism,... 

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

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Tuesday 17/6 @ Design Museum

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

Damian Elwes: <em>Creative Spaces: The Studio of Dal&iacute;, Kahlo, Picasso and Matisse</em>

Art

Damian Elwes

Tuesday 17/6 @ Lefevre Fine Art

Damian Elwes presents a series of portraits that do more than just represent a person on canvas. The artist depicts the... 

<em>The Chalk Garden</em>

Theatre

The Chalk Garden

Tuesday 17/6 @ Donmar Warehouse

Enid Bagnold's dark comedy The Chalk Garden kicks off tonight at Donmar Warehouse's not-for-profit theatre. Bagnold, best known for penning Elizabeth... 

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

Art

Clare Barclay

Tuesday 17/6 @ Camden Arts Centre

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

<em>King Lear </em>

Theatre

King Lear

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Ruth Orkin

Art: Photography

Ruth Orkin

Tuesday 17/6 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

Ruth Orkin wryly described her half-century love affair with the camera as "making people look at what I want them to... 

Mona Hatoum: <em>Present Tense</em>

Art

Mona Hatoum

Tuesday 17/6 @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art

British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's show at the Parasol Unit includes a decade's worth of work, giving viewers an opportunity to engage... 

David Lean

Film

David Lean

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Tuesday 17/6 @ Proud Central

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

Grenade Art Collective: <em>Quintessential</em>

Art

Quintessential

Tuesday 17/6 @ Grenade Gallery

The Grenade Art Collective, a group of eight urban artists, have taken refuge from the grimy walls of London's streets and... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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.... 

Herv&eacute; Ingrand: <em>La D</em>&eacute;<em>couverte du Cabinet de Dessins</em>

Art

Hervé Ingrand

Tuesday 17/6 @ Mummery + Schnelle

Hervé Ingrand's La Découverte du Cabinet de Dessins (The Discovery of the Cabinet of Drawings) takes over Mummery + Schnelle for... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Meltdown

Festival: Performing Arts

Meltdown

Tuesday 17/6 @ Southbank Centre

It's not often that a festival attracts more attention for its curators than its performers, but that's long been the case... 

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

Art

Ryan Gander

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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... 

Sprint Festival of Performance Art

Performing Arts

Sprint Festival

Tuesday 17/6 @ 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...