Events on Sunday, June 22

<em>See Me</em>

Art

See Me

Sunday 22/6 @ The Nunnery

For the finale of its annual Open Studios weekend, the Bow Arts Trust turns to artist-curator Lee Campbell for a Sunday... 

<em>Every Story Is a Travel Story</em>

Film: Shorts

Every Story Is a Travel Story

Sunday 22/6 @ Candid Arts Trust

Curator Gaia Tedone teams up with six contemporary film and video artists to examine the relationship between storytelling and migration. Some... 

Ongoing Events

Piers Jackson: <em>Optica</em>

Art

Piers Jackson

Sunday 22/6 @ T1 + 2

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

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

Art: Photography

Street & Studio

Sunday 22/6 @ Tate Modern

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

Plant Room

City Gems

Plant Room

Sunday 22/6 @ Plant Room

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

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

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Sunday 22/6 @ Proud Central

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

Art: Happening

Summer Exhibition 2008

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Dicky Graham

Sunday 22/6 @ f-art

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

<em>Pygmalion</em>

Theatre

Pygmalion

Sunday 22/6 @ 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

Neeta Madahar

Sunday 22/6 @ PM Gallery & House

Ealing's PM Gallery presents Solstice, a new video project by London-born artist Neeta Madahar, opening on (you guessed it) the solstice.... 

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

Art

Skin + Bones

Sunday 22/6 @ Somerset House

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

Sprint Festival of Performance Art

Performing Arts

Sprint Festival

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Food/Wine

Taste of London

Sunday 22/6 @ Regent's Park

Gastronomes of all breeds are set to swarm Regent's Park over the coming days, when Taste of London hits town. Sample... 

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

Art

Clare Barclay

Sunday 22/6 @ Camden Arts Centre

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

Refugee Week

Festival: Performing Arts

Refugee Week

Sunday 22/6 @ Various locations

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

<em>The Smallest Cinema in the World &ndash; For the Wealthy and the Good </em>

City Gems

The Smallest Cinema in the World

Sunday 22/6 @ Regent's Park

For Portavilion, a project that puts mobile public art in London's open spaces, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson teamed up with architects... 

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Sunday 22/6 @ Natural History Museum

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

Roger Hooper: <em>Exposed</em>

Art: Photography

Roger Hooper

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Fashion/Style

Abigail Lane

Sunday 22/6 @ Matches

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

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

Art

Blood on Paper

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Festival: Performing Arts

London Festival of Architecture

Sunday 22/6 @ Various locations

With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off... 

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

Art

Mona Hatoum

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Blaize Simon

Art: Photography

Blaize Simon

Sunday 22/6 @ Calvert Avenue

London-born photographer Blaize Simon returns to the capital for a month-long show stretching the length of Shoreditch's Calvert Avenue. Best-known for... 

Special Event

West End Live

Sunday 22/6 @ Leicester Square

Outdoor entertainment for those on a budget, the all-singing, all-dancing West End Live once again hits Leicester Square in a flurry... 

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Hairywood

City Gems

Hairywood

Sunday 22/6 @ Covent Garden Market Piazza

World-renowned design firm Eley Kishimoto teams up with 6a Architects to erect the weird and wonderful Hairywood Tower in the heart... 

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

Art: Photography

Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Quintessential

Sunday 22/6 @ Grenade Gallery

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

<em>Little Black Dress</em>

Fashion/Style

Little Black Dress

Sunday 22/6 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

Style icon Wallis Simpson once said, "When the little black dress is right, there is nothing else to wear in its... 

Free Range 2008

Art

Free Range 2008

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Festival of Latin Music

Festival: Performing Arts

Festival of Latin Music

Sunday 22/6 @ Green Note

Green Note Café presents the Festival of Latin Music, bringing Cuban grooves and salsa beats to Camden. Events get underway courtesy... 

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Theatre

The Pitmen Painters

Sunday 22/6 @ National Theatre

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

<em>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Sunday 22/6 @ ICA

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

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Sunday 22/6 @ The Science Museum

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

David Lean

Film

David Lean

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Art

Tom Milnes

Sunday 22/6 @ 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>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Sunday 22/6 @ 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 22/6 @ 176

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

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

Art

Bob Dylan

Sunday 22/6 @ Halcyon Gallery

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

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

<em>King Lear </em>

Theatre

King Lear

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Ryan Gander

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Sunday 22/6 @ Design Museum

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

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

City Gems

Fernando Casasempere

Sunday 22/6 @ The Economist Plaza

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

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

Art

Antti Laitinen

Sunday 22/6 @ 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>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

London Festival of Architecture: Architectural Bike Tours

Sports

Architectural Bike Tours

Sunday 22/6 @ Various locations

For a green and cardio-friendly way to tour London's architectural gems, pedal along with the London Festival of Architecture for its... 

Viktor & Rolf

Fashion/Style

Viktor & Rolf

Sunday 22/6 @ Barbican

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

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

City Gems

China Landscape

Sunday 22/6 @ 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 22/6 @ The Shop

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

Meltdown

Festival: Performing Arts

Meltdown

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Sunday 22/6 @ 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.... 

Festival: Performing Arts

City of London Festival

Sunday 22/6 @ Various locations

Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor... 

Gail Pickering

Art

Gail Pickering

Sunday 22/6 @ Gasworks

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

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Sunday 22/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Daniela Schönbächler

Sunday 22/6 @ 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...