Events on Friday, July 11
Friday 11/7 @ Hayward Gallery
For the occasion of their 40th anniversary, all the Hayward are charging punters today is a paltry penny per year. Vividly...
Friday 11/7 @ Various locations
It's carnival season, and in SE1 that means munchkins, monkeys and magic, as the Wizard of Oz comes to town. Tying...
Stage of the Art feat. These New Puritans
Friday 11/7 @ ICA
It may be insufficient to simply label These New Puritans as "avant-garde". The Southend-based minimalists blend Robert E Smith's prole anger,...
Ongoing Events
Friday 11/7 @ Hauser & Wirth
It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that...
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Friday 11/7 @ Limoncello Gallery
On display at Hoxton's new Limoncello Gallery are playfully quirky mixed-media works from Matthew Harrison. The young designer pays homage to...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
London Festival of Architecture
Friday 11/7 @ Various locations
With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off...
Friday 11/7 @ The Nunnery
Eighteen artists respond to the title theme of this year's Bow Arts Trust exhibition within the interconnected rooms and corridors of...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Somerset House
Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's...
Friday 11/7 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Earls Court Community Festival
Friday 11/7 @ Various locations
Best known for its antipodean residents, gargantuan exhibition hall and teeming tube station, Earls Court is also home to one of...
Lewis Scott: The Transient City
Friday 11/7 @ The Empire Gallery
The Empire Gallery presents The Transient City, the debut show from artist-on-the-rise Lewis Scott. Since graduating from Central St Martins in...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Haunch of Venison
British artist Mat Collishaw's first solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison takes a playful attitude toward visual representation, evoking a child...
Friday 11/7 @ South London Gallery
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic...
Friday 11/7 @ 176
French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially...
Friday 11/7 @ Tate Modern
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Friday 11/7 @ Whitechapel Art Gallery
Whitechapel Laboratory's multimedia exhibition juxtaposes the videos and photographs of Chinese conceptual artist Wang Jianwei with the art of Turkish filmmaker...
Friday 11/7 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Friday 11/7 @ Somerset House
Adele may have the cheesy tag of being 2008's BRIT-alumni-most-likely-to, but along with this year's other ubiquitous female vocalists Duffy and...
Friday 11/7 @ LUX 28
Appraising modern-day culture and society, Archivos OVNI (Observatorio de Video No Identificado) occupies LUX 28 over the coming month. The video-archive...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Camley Street Natural Park
As bizarre art projects go, building a massive replica of a Disney castle in your West London studio and floating it...
Friday 11/7 @ National Theatre
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic...
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Friday 11/7 @ Camden Arts Centre
Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio's impressive new sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre sees her once again harnessing materials from nature,...
Friday 11/7 @ The Shop
The Whitechapel populates a disparate collection of East London venues as part of ongoing art project The Street; since March, artists...
Friday 11/7 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Friday 11/7 @ 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....
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ T1 + 2
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Capturing Film History in the Making
Friday 11/7 @ Getty Images Gallery
For a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of some classic films, head down to the Getty Images Gallery for Capturing Film...
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art,...
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
Friday 11/7 @ Proud Central
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Dreamspace Gallery
Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned....
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Camden Arts Centre
One of Europe's most significant auteurs, Chantal Akerman makes her first appearance at a UK public gallery with this selection of...
Friday 11/7 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Friday 11/7 @ Gasworks
Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In...
Friday 11/7 @ Business Design Centre
A colossal two-part display of freshly plucked talent, New Designers 2008 invites more than 4,000 graduates to invade Islington's Business Design...
Friday 11/7 @ Coskun
Andy Warhol surrounded himself with the stars of his time and counted many of his famous subjects as close friends. Coskun...
Friday 11/7 @ Southbank Centre
Bookworms take note: this year's lit fest is bigger than ever, with a host of famous faces taking the stage (we're...
Friday 11/7 @ Nettie Horn
This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that...
Friday 11/7 @ Design Museum
Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To...
Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
Friday 11/7 @ BFI Southbank
Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands...
Friday 11/7 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Asia House
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House...
There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack
Friday 11/7 @ Hackney Empire
Paul Gilroy's novel, which provides the name for this event, is also the jumping-off point for a series of performances that...
Friday 11/7 @ Tatty Devine
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes...
Friday 11/7 @ Natural History Museum
Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send...
Friday 11/7 @ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art
In group show Machinic Alliances, 11 artists reveal the bonds that form between human and non-human forces, while delving into biology...
Friday 11/7 @ Rokeby
Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The...
Friday 11/7 @ The Economist Plaza
The Economist and the Contemporary Art Society have teamed up to bring sculpture to the heart of the city. For the...
Friday 11/7 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Friday 11/7 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British...
Friday 11/7 @ Hackney Empire
Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,...
Friday 11/7 @ Room
This exhibition at ROOM features images from Tim Brennan's touring photography show The North, which captures
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
Friday 11/7 @ Ferreira Projects
This exhibition brings together two leading South African artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, in collaboration with Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD...
Noise of Art Summer Micro Festival 2008
Friday 11/7 @ Various locations
As urban art and music festivals go, Noise of Art is dizzyingly comprehensive. And although the price is right (at £8.60,...
Friday 11/7 @ 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...
