Events on Wednesday, June 18

Atmosphere

Music: Hip-Hop

Atmosphere

Wednesday 18/6 @ KOKO

Tonight, veteran US duo Atmosphere — aka rapper Slug and DJ/producer Ant, the backpacker's Fresh Prince and Jazzy Jeff — draw... 

Music: Classical

Fabio Zanon

Wednesday 18/6 @ Fulham Palace

This evening, Brazilian classical guitarist Fabio Zanon fills Fulham Palace's gardens with his wide-ranging technical trickery. Zanon blends a studied approach... 

[SOLD OUT] Midnight Juggernauts

Music: Electronic

Midnight Juggernauts

Wednesday 18/6 @ ICA

Aussie trio Midnight Juggernauts are, by-and-large, an unknown quantity here in the UK, but their epic European tour will change that.... 

Ongoing Events

Rob Ryan

Art

Rob Ryan

Wednesday 18/6 @ Tatty Devine

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

<em>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Music: Classical

Il trovatore

Wednesday 18/6 @ Holland Park

Don your glad rags and head Holland Park way, where the annual season of outdoor opera kicks off with Giuseppe Verdi's... 

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

Art

Skin + Bones

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Wednesday 18/6 @ ICA

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

Liliane Lijn: <em>Stardust</em>

Art

Liliane Lijn

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Art

Tom Milnes

Wednesday 18/6 @ Ferreira Projects

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

Hans Josephsohn

Art

Hans Josephsohn

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Wednesday 18/6 @ Proud Central

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

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

City Gems

China Landscape

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Halcyon Gallery

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

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

Art

Angaza Afrika

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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>A Century of Olympic Posters</em>

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Dreamspace Gallery

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

Miroslav Tich&yacute;

Art: Photography

Miroslav Tichý

Wednesday 18/6 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery

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

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

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ National Theatre

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

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

Art: Photography

Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

John Hoyland

Art

John Hoyland

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Various locations

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

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

Art

Bernd Krauss

Wednesday 18/6 @ The Shop

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

Art: Happening

Summer Exhibition 2008

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

<em>The Chalk Garden</em>

Theatre

The Chalk Garden

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Matches

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

Gail Pickering

Art

Gail Pickering

Wednesday 18/6 @ Gasworks

Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Ruth Orkin

Art: Photography

Ruth Orkin

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

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

Art: Photography

Street & Studio

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ The Economist Plaza

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

Michael Samuels: <em>Childstar</em>

Art

Michael Samuels

Wednesday 18/6 @ Rokeby

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

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ FA Projects

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

<em>Sex and the City: The Movie </em>

Film

Sex and the City: The Movie

Wednesday 18/6 @ The Electric Cinema

Faithful followers of the Emmy Award-winning series, rejoice — the long-anticipated feature-length Sex and the City film has finally arrived, and... 

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

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Lefevre Fine Art

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

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

Art

Antti Laitinen

Wednesday 18/6 @ Nettie Horn

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

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

Art

Clare Barclay

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Viktor & Rolf

Fashion/Style

Viktor & Rolf

Wednesday 18/6 @ Barbican

About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of... 

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

Art

Mona Hatoum

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Roger Hooper: <em>Exposed</em>

Art: Photography

Roger Hooper

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Quintessential

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ Mummery + Schnelle

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

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

Art

Ryan Gander

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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... 

Piers Jackson: <em>Optica</em>

Art

Piers Jackson

Wednesday 18/6 @ T1 + 2

British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making... 

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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

Wednesday 18/6 @ 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...