Events on Tuesday, July 1
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Dana Centre
Little movements, such as the flicking of a light switch, can have big effects. Organised by the Science Museum, the Light...
Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers
Tuesday 1/7 @ Roxy Bar & Screen
Immerse yourself in Les Blank's lip-smacking tribute to one of the world's most enduring ingredients. Garlic is a 50-minute film that...
Ongoing Events
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Shoreditch Town Hall
The decaying grandeur of Shoreditch Town Hall's basement makes it an appropriate venue for this dark group show. A dozen artists...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Dreamspace Gallery
Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned....
Tuesday 1/7 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Natural History Museum
Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Somerset House
Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Coskun
Andy Warhol surrounded himself with the stars of his time and counted many of his famous subjects as close friends. Coskun...
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Shaw Theatre
A chaotic year to say the least, 1987 saw Margaret Thatcher elected prime minister for the third time, storms battering the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Riflemaker Gallery
Liliane Lijn's fascination with cosmic forces continues with Stardust. The kinetic artist explores the relationship between space and time by using...
Tuesday 1/7 @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre
Berlin-based Jeppe Hein's water fountain is the perfect place to cool down on a sizzling summer day. The grid-like array of...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Delaye Saltoun
One of British pop art's lesser-known figures, Colin Self is described by fellow artist Peter Blake as a "forgotten hero". Delaye...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Grenade Gallery
The Grenade Art Collective, a group of eight urban artists, have taken refuge from the grimy walls of London's streets and...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Rokeby
Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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....
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Andipa Gallery
Chelsea's elegant Andipa Gallery somewhat incongruously hosts ten international "urban artists". The collages, prints, sculptures and installation pieces on display go...
Tuesday 1/7 @ La Viande
La Viande show their commitment to up-and-coming young artists by hosting the graduation show for Havering College's graphic-design students. With a...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Tate Modern
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind...
London Festival of Architecture
Tuesday 1/7 @ Various locations
With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Tatty Devine
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Hackney Empire
Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Lefevre Fine Art
Damian Elwes presents a series of portraits that do more than just represent a person on canvas. The artist depicts the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Hauser & Wirth
It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Economist Plaza
The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Mummery + Schnelle
Hervé Ingrand's La Découverte du Cabinet de Dessins (The Discovery of the Cabinet of Drawings) takes over Mummery + Schnelle for...
Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
Tuesday 1/7 @ BFI Southbank
Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Design Museum
Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To...
Tuesday 1/7 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ Asia House
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
Tuesday 1/7 @ Proud Central
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
Tuesday 1/7 @ 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...
