Events on Monday, June 23

Terry Callier

Music

Terry Callier

Monday 23/6 @ Zavvi

Apart from an eight-year sabbatical programming computers in the '80s, folk-jazz legend Terry Callier has been active since 1963. The prolific... 

[SOLD OUT] My Bloody Valentine

Music

[SOLD OUT] My Bloody Valentine

Monday 23/6 @ Roundhouse

Shoegaze progenitors My Bloody Valentine regroup in London after more than 15 years of Barrett-esque reclusive behaviour, all of which followed... 

Gavin & Gavin: <em>It's a Long Road That Doesn't Have a Bend</em>

Theatre

It's a Long Road That Doesn't Have a Bend

Monday 23/6 @ Etcetera Theatre

This evening, Camden's Etcetera Theatre — host to productions of a distinctly fringe-like nature — presents siblings Gavin & Gavin with... 

Ongoing Events

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

Art: Photography

Street & Studio

Monday 23/6 @ 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

Monday 23/6 @ Plant Room

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

Art

Tom Milnes

Monday 23/6 @ Ferreira Projects

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

Art: Happening

Summer Exhibition 2008

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Psychology of Fear

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

Free Range 2008

Art

Free Range 2008

Monday 23/6 @ 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>Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture</em>

Art

Skin + Bones

Monday 23/6 @ Somerset House

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

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

Theatre

The Pitmen Painters

Monday 23/6 @ National Theatre

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

Liliane Lijn: <em>Stardust</em>

Art

Liliane Lijn

Monday 23/6 @ Riflemaker Gallery

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

David Lean

Film

David Lean

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

N20 Comedy Festival presents Daniel Kitson: <em>66a Church Road </em>

Comedy

Daniel Kitson

Monday 23/6 @ Battersea Arts Centre

In the run-up to the Edinburgh Fringe, well-bearded comic Daniel Kitson is touring the UK to road test material for his... 

<em>Street Art</em>

Art

Street Art

Monday 23/6 @ 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>Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent </em>

Art: Photography

Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

Fashion/Style

Abigail Lane

Monday 23/6 @ 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

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

<em>King Lear </em>

Theatre

King Lear

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

A Century of Olympic Posters

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

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

City Gems

Fernando Casasempere

Monday 23/6 @ The Economist Plaza

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

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

Art

Tom Hunter

Monday 23/6 @ 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

Monday 23/6 @ 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>Nought to Sixty</em>

Art

Nought to Sixty

Monday 23/6 @ ICA

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

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

City Gems

China Landscape

Monday 23/6 @ British Museum

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

Roger Hooper: <em>Exposed</em>

Art: Photography

Roger Hooper

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

John McAslan + Partners

Monday 23/6 @ Dreamspace Gallery

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

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

Art: Photography

Jazz in London

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

Festival: Performing Arts

City of London Festival

Monday 23/6 @ Various locations

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

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 23/6 @ The Science Museum

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

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

Art

Daniela Schönbächler

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

John Hoyland

Art

John Hoyland

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

Viktor & Rolf

Fashion/Style

Viktor & Rolf

Monday 23/6 @ Barbican

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

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

Art

Bob Dylan

Monday 23/6 @ 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

Monday 23/6 @ 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>Pygmalion</em>

Theatre

Pygmalion

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

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

Art

Richard Rogers & Architects

Monday 23/6 @ Design Museum

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

Sprint Festival of Performance Art

Performing Arts

Sprint Festival

Monday 23/6 @ 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>The Story of the Supremes</em>

Art

The Story of the Supremes

Monday 23/6 @ 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

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

<em>The Chalk Garden</em>

Theatre

The Chalk Garden

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>

City Gems

Amazing Butterflies

Monday 23/6 @ Natural History Museum

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

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

Art: Photography

The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour

Monday 23/6 @ Proud Central

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

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

Art

Damian Elwes

Monday 23/6 @ Lefevre Fine Art

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

Elizabethan Flagons from St Mary Woolnoth

Art

Elizabethan Flagons

Monday 23/6 @ 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

London Festival of Architecture

Monday 23/6 @ Various locations

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

China Design Now

Art

China Design Now

Monday 23/6 @ 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... 

Blaize Simon

Art: Photography

Blaize Simon

Monday 23/6 @ 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...