All events on Tuesday June 17
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- Daniela Schönbächler
- Tuesday 17 June @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
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- Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of the Italian city, famed... View details »
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- Frontline Confidential
- Tuesday 17 June (7:30–10pm) @ Frontline Club
- This evening, media club Frontline present Paris Review editor Philip Gourevitch in conversation with journalism professor Gavin McFadyen. Gourevitch's new book with filmmaker Errol Morris,... View details »
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- Writing for Games
- Tuesday 17 June (6–9pm) @ Zigfrid Von Underbelly
- The University of Westminster pulls together some of the brightest minds in entertainment to explore the finer details of scriptwriting for video and computer games.... View details »
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- Schadenfreuding
- Tuesday 17 June (6pm) @ The Crypt
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- Proving once and for all that taking pleasure in the misfortune of others is a worthwhile pursuit, Schadenfreuding showcases artists' responses to the concept through... View details »
- Music: Electronic
- Bumblebeez
- Tuesday 17 June (8pm) @ 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 than five years, it... View details »
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- Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
- Tuesday 17 June (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
- For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
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- Amora
- Tuesday 17 June (1pm–midnight) @ Amora More times »
- Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
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- Hibiscus
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–2:30 & 6:30–10pm) @ Hibiscus More times »
- In just a month, chef-proprietor Claude Bosi has taken London's restaurant world by storm. With the relocation of his two Michelin stars from Ludlow to... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- Tuesday 17 June (8am–10pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
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- Furnace
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–3pm & 6–11pm) @ Furnace More times »
- Tucked down a side street off Hoxton Square is the perfect remedy to the seasonal poultry overload. Shoreditch's best-kept secret, Furnace has been in the... View details »
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- Parkour
- Tuesday 17 June @ Westminster Academy More times »
- Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
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- The Regent
- Tuesday 17 June (12:30–11pm) @ The Regent More times »
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
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- Haozhan
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–11:30pm) @ Haozhan More times »
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
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- Fox & Anchor
- Tuesday 17 June (7am–11pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
- Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
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- Salt Yard
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–11pm) @ Salt Yard More times »
- It's not easy to garner favourable comparisons to London tapas giants Fino and Barrafina, but the diminutive Salt Yard pulls off this Goliath-sized task. The... View details »
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- Aaya
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–midnight) @ Aaya More times »
- Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
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- Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
- Tuesday 17 June @ Brunello More times »
- If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- Tuesday 17 June @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
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- Cha Cha Moon
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–11pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
- Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
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- Quo Vadis
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis More times »
- Sam and Eddie Hart cemented their restaurant reputation by reinventing tapas for a sophisticated London clientele at Fino, then tailoring them for a drop-by crowd... View details »
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- Elizabethan Flagons
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:30pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
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- 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 »
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- Jazz in London
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
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- 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 »
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- Pollock's Toy Museum
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5pm) @ Pollock's Toy Museum More times »
- Evoke dusty memories of bygone days with a visit to Pollock's Toy Museum, nestled in the heart of Fitzrovia. Comprised of two conjoined 18th- and... View details »
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- Listening Post
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
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- 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 »
- Film
- Children of Glory
- Tuesday 17 June @ Various locations More times »
- With the Russian FSB flexing its muscles once again under Putin, Krisztina Goda's gripping Cold War-era drama bristles with prescience as it recounts the story... View details »
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- China Design Now
- Tuesday 17 June (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 »
- Music: Rock/Pop
- Joel Armsden's Open Mic Night
- Tuesday 17 June (7:30pm) @ Monkey Chews More times »
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- Joel Armsden and intrepid A&R outfit eAR Music have organized a Camden open mic that doesn't involve Johnny Borrell, offering impromptu performances from their artists... View details »
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- Bikram Yoga
- Tuesday 17 June (6:45am–9pm) @ Bikram Yoga City More times »
- Until the advent of Bikram, yoga was associated mostly with unlawful bending and the ubiquitous "om". Now, the modern twist on the ancient technique has,... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–3:15pm) @ Natural History Museum More times »
- Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send most people into paroxysms... View details »
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- Blood on Paper
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
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- This new exhibition at the V&A offers visual art reworkings and interpretations of the humble paperback. The works on display range from large-scale installations to... View details »
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- Dex Club
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–midnight) @ Dex Club More times »
- Dex Club in Brixton is London's newest private members' club, featuring eight DJ-friendly hotel rooms, quality British dining, a spectacular '20s-style main space and a... View details »
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- For Your Eyes Only
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park More times »
- Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.... View details »
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- Liliane Lijn
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
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- Liliane Lijn's fascination with cosmic forces continues with Stardust. The kinetic artist explores the relationship between space and time by using light, sound and movement... View details »
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- King Lear
- Tuesday 17 June @ Shakespeare's Globe More times »
- Shakespeare's most tragic of tragedies was in the limelight last year with the RSC's production starring Sir Ian McKellen. For the Globe's version, highly regarded... View details »
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- Skin + Bones
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Somerset House More times »
- Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's newest space, the Embankment... View details »
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- Richard Rogers & Architects
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
- Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To appropriately honour his career,... View details »
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- Ryan Gander
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–6pm) @ South London Gallery More times »
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- Some may spend their gap year soul-searching (that is, aimlessly wandering the globe or lolling about in a drunken stupor). But when Ryan Gander took... View details »
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- Rob Ryan
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–6pm) @ Tatty Devine More times »
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- Master papercutter Rob Ryan is the king of collaboration — he's produced an accessories collection for Paul Smith, a dress for Vogue, a Christmas window... View details »
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- Clare Barclay
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
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- In her solo exhibition at Camden Arts Centre this month, Glaswegian installation artist Claire Barclay displays an array of deliciously subversive creations that teeter on... View details »
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- China Landscape
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
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- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
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- Nought to Sixty
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–7pm) @ ICA More times »
- The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months, the artworks roll over... View details »
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- Pygmalion
- Tuesday 17 June @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
- 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 as Henry Higgins —... View details »
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- The Story of the Supremes
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
- Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the most successful performing groups... View details »
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- Angaza Afrika
- Tuesday 17 June (12:30–5:30pm) @ October Gallery More times »
- Free
- If you can't afford a holiday this summer, transport yourself to another place with Angaza Afrika (Look Around Africa), a showcase of some of the... View details »
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- Michael Samuels
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
- Free
- Michael Samuels' exhibition at Bloomsbury's Rokeby precedes this year's Jerwood Contemporary Painters tour, for which the artist has been nominated. Taking an experimental approach to... View details »
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- Portraits of yesterday, today and tomorrow
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ FA Projects More times »
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- The four Hungarian painters featured in this exhibition have all witnessed their fair share of sociopolitical upheaval, having lived through Communism, its breakdown and the... View details »
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- A Century of Olympic Posters
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
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- After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of a show, but it... View details »
- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Pitmen Painters
- Tuesday 17 June @ National Theatre More times »
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- In 1934, some enlightened colliery men in Woodhorn, Northumberland, formed an evening class on art appreciation. The group subsequently took up painting, drawing and sculpting,... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Street & Studio
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
- Giveaway
- Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the dichotomy between images produced... View details »
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- Street Art
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
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- Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind — fortunately, the Tate... View details »
- Art: Photography
- The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–7pm) @ Proud Central More times »
- Free
- Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones' infamous 1969 US tour,... View details »
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- Fernando Casasempere
- Tuesday 17 June @ The Economist Plaza More times »
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- The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the next three months, London-based... View details »
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- Tom Milnes
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
- Free
- Tom Milnes uses his residency at the Gallery Studio to cultivate a strange collection of "culturally redundant audio material". Walkmen, new-age music, and relaxation tapes... View details »
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- Hans Josephsohn
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Hauser & Wirth More times »
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- It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that his new works are... View details »
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- Free Range 2008
- Tuesday 17 June @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
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- Following on the success of last year's Free Range exhibition, the art and design showcase — the largest of its kind in the UK and... View details »
- Performing Arts
- Sprint Festival
- Tuesday 17 June @ Camden People's Theatre More times »
- Giveaway
- 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 scenes. Starting today, the... View details »
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- Hervé Ingrand
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Mummery + Schnelle More times »
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- Hervé Ingrand's La Découverte du Cabinet de Dessins (The Discovery of the Cabinet of Drawings) takes over Mummery + Schnelle for the next few months,... View details »
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- Jake & Dinos Chapman
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ White Cube Mason's Yard More times »
- Free
- BritArt's most infamous double act (not counting the duo's former bosses Gilbert & George) returns with a much-anticipated show. Exact details of the exhibition have... View details »
- Film
- David Lean
- Tuesday 17 June @ NFT1 More times »
- Giveaway
- Although best remembered for his star-studded, Oscar-winning epics Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), director David Lean's early work... View details »
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- Plant Room
- Tuesday 17 June @ Plant Room More times »
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- Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a neglected corner of N1's... View details »
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- Ruth Orkin
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
- Free
- Ruth Orkin wryly described her half-century love affair with the camera as "making people look at what I want them to look at". The daughter... View details »
- Art: Photography
- Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–6pm) @ Proud Galleries More times »
- Free
- It's good to see Proud Galleries opening their new Camden home in a suitably rock 'n roll way. Taking an up-close and personal look at... View details »
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- The Chalk Garden
- Tuesday 17 June (7:30pm) @ Donmar Warehouse More times »
- 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 Taylor vehicle National Velvet,... View details »
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- Quintessential
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Grenade Gallery More times »
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- The Grenade Art Collective, a group of eight urban artists, have taken refuge from the grimy walls of London's streets and set up an indoor... View details »
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- Damian Elwes
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5pm) @ Lefevre Fine Art More times »
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- Damian Elwes presents a series of portraits that do more than just represent a person on canvas. The artist depicts the studios (sans inhabitants) of... View details »
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- Tom Hunter
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
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- Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of local businesses running along... View details »
- Art: Fair
- Summer Exhibition 2008
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Royal Academy of Arts More times »
- With more than £70,000 up for grabs in prize money, including the £25,000 Charles Wollaston Award, the stakes are high at the Royal Academy of... View details »
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- John Hoyland
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5:30pm) @ Nevill Keating McIlroy More times »
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- John Hoyland is often compared to Mark Rothko for the way he uses bold blocks of colour; but the Sheffield-born painter's canvases are lighter and... View details »
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- Miroslav Tichý
- Tuesday 17 June (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
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- Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of 2005 that his work... View details »
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- The Psychology of Fear
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–5pm) @ 198 More times »
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- At her solo show at Herne Hill's 198, Iran-born UK-based artist Maria Kheirkhah confronts the rise of fear in modern society resulting from the British... View details »
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- Mona Hatoum
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
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- British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's show at the Parasol Unit includes a decade's worth of work, giving viewers an opportunity to engage with the full range... View details »
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- Roger Hooper
- Tuesday 17 June (11am–6pm) @ the.gallery@oxo More times »
- Free
- Inspired by Sir David Attenborough's early nature documentaries and his own extensive work for the World Wildlife Fund, photographer Roger Hooper has travelled the globe... View details »
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- Abigail Lane
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Matches More times »
- Free
- Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College student Damien Hirst's groundbreaking... View details »
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- Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects More times »
- Free
- Lip-Gloss and Lacquer's seven artists take on fashion, celebrity and commodification in the glamour industry. Laura Buckley uses video installations of light, refracted by moving... View details »
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- Meltdown
- Tuesday 17 June @ Southbank Centre More times »
- It's not often that a festival attracts more attention for its curators than its performers, but that's long been the case with the Southbank's prestigious... View details »
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- Bob Dylan
- Tuesday 17 June (10am–6pm) @ Halcyon Gallery More times »
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- If you think that being one of the world's greatest musicians is talent enough, think again — this exhibition of Bob Dylan's artwork shows that... View details »
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- Refugee Week
- Tuesday 17 June @ Various locations More times »
- First held in 1998, Refugee Week returns with a jam-packed lineup of shows, exhibitions and conferences celebrating the diverse contributions that refugees have made to... View details »
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- John McAslan + Partners
- Tuesday 17 June (9am–5:30pm) @ Dreamspace Gallery More times »
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- Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned. This show at the... View details »
