Events on Wednesday, July 16
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- Film: Documentary
- Car Bomb
- @ ICA
- Tonight, former CIA agent Robert Baer, probably best known for his onscreen incarnation portrayed by George Clooney in Syriana, presents his... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- 68SFTD
- @ ICA
- Artist Seth Kim-Cohen presents his conceptual rock performance at the ICA. Taking its inspiration from the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy for the... View details »
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- Architecture Rocks!
- @ Bloomsbury Ballroom
- Marking the close of this year's London Festival of Architecture, the Architecture Rocks! competition descends upon Bloomsbury Ballroom's stage for an... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- The Rage On in Summer
- @ Cargo
- If you haven't heard, Rage events are great opportunities to get early looks at exciting new bands. They happen only a... View details »
Ongoing Events
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- Art: Fair
- Summer Exhibition 2008
- @ 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... View details »
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- Huang Yong Ping
- @ Barbican Centre
- Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Pygmalion
- @ 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... View details »
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- Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
- @ 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... View details »
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- Gail Pickering
- @ Gasworks
- Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In... View details »
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- Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
- @ 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... View details »
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- Wang Jianwei & Ali Kazma
- @ 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... View details »
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- City of London Festival
- @ Various locations
- Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Capturing Film History in the Making
- @ 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... View details »
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- Et Pendant Ce Temps...
- @ Nettie Horn
- This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that... View details »
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- Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
- @ Ferreira Projects
- This exhibition brings together two leading South African artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, in collaboration with Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD... View details »
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- Lewis Scott: The Transient City
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Jazz in London
- @ 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... View details »
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- Spice Festival
- @ Hackney Empire
- Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,... View details »
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- Anya Gallaccio
- @ 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,... View details »
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- Haozhan
- @ Haozhan
- Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey... View details »
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- Daniela Schönbächler
- @ 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... View details »
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- Tom Hunter
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film
- Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
- @ BFI Southbank
- Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands... View details »
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- Street Art
- @ Tate Modern
- Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind... View details »
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- Performing Arts
- There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Richard Rogers & Architects
- @ Design Museum
- Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To... View details »
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- Colin Self
- @ 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... View details »
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- Games & Theory
- @ South London Gallery
- This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic... View details »
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- Abigail Lane
- @ Matches
- Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College... View details »
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- The Regent
- @ The Regent
- If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub... View details »
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- Amazing Butterflies
- @ Natural History Museum
- Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send... View details »
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- The Psychology of Fear
- @ 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... View details »
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- London Fencing Club
- @ Finsbury Leisure Centre
- If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that,"... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Seamus Murphy
- @ Asia House
- Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House... View details »
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- Aura Satz
- @ Artprojx Space
- Exploring ghosts in the machine, Artprojx Space present Aura Staz's exhibition Automamusic. Featuring self-played violins and accordians, the installation takes in... View details »
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- London Festival of Architecture
- @ Various locations
- With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off... View details »
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- Chantal Joffe
- @ Victoria Miro Gallery
- Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British... View details »
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- Piers Jackson
- @ T1 + 2
- British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making... View details »
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- Music: Rock/Pop
- Summer Series
- @ 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... View details »
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- Nick Hornby: Tell Tale Heart
- @ 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... View details »
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- Film
- Archivos OVNI
- @ 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... View details »
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- Café on the Hill
- @ Cafe on the Hill
- With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like... View details »
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- Little Black Dress
- @ 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... View details »
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- Mat Collishaw
- @ 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... View details »
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- Dehesa
- @ Dehesa
- Together with Alan Yau's Cha Cha Moon and ace burger joint the Diner, Dehesa completes Ganton Street's status as the epicentre... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Blaize Simon
- @ 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... View details »
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- Listening Post
- @ The Science Museum
- Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the... View details »
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- Earls Court Community Festival
- @ Various locations
- Best known for its antipodean residents, gargantuan exhibition hall and teeming tube station, Earls Court is also home to one of... View details »
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- Mona Hatoum
- @ 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... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Festival
- Almeida Summer Festival
- @ Almeida Theatre
- The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art,... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Skin + Bones
- @ Somerset House
- Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
- @ 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... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- Watch This Space
- @ National Theatre
- For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic... View details »
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- Chantal Akerman
- @ 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... View details »
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- Neeta Madahar
- @ 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.... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Street & Studio
- @ Tate Modern
- Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the... View details »
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- Jayne Amongst the Birds
- @ Tatty Devine
- In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes... View details »
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- Plant Room
- @ Plant Room
- Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a... View details »
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- The Courtauld Cézannes
- @ The Courtauld Institute of Art
- Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in... View details »
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- Bettina Buck
- @ Rokeby
- Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- King Lear
- @ 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... View details »
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- Andy Warhol
- @ Coskun
- Andy Warhol surrounded himself with the stars of his time and counted many of his famous subjects as close friends. Coskun... View details »
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- Art: Photography
- Miroslav Tichý
- @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
- Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- John McAslan + Partners
- @ Dreamspace Gallery
- Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned.... View details »
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- Viktor & Rolf
- @ Barbican Centre
- About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of... View details »
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- London Literature Festival
- @ 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... View details »
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- Richard Prince: Continuation
- @ Serpentine Gallery
- American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from... View details »
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- Robert Altman
- @ Idea Generation Gallery
- The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
- @ 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... View details »
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- Emilie Selbourne
- @ Burgh House & Hampstead Museum
- Photographer Emilie Selbourne presents her debut solo exhibition, The Spirit of Hampstead Heath, on the walls of a most appropriate venue,... View details »
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- Free Range 2008
- @ 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... View details »
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- A Century of Olympic Posters
- @ 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... View details »
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- Architectural Bike Tours
- @ 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... View details »
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- For Your Eyes Only
- @ 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... View details »
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- Nought to Sixty
- @ ICA
- The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,... View details »
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- Mashups
- @ The Kowalsky Gallery
- Acclaimed curator Stuart Semple and four contemporary artists explore one of the hallmarks of Generation Y in this exhibition that champions... View details »
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- Hans Josephsohn
- @ Hauser & Wirth
- It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that... View details »
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- Noise of Art Summer Micro Festival 2008
- @ Various locations
- As urban art and music festivals go, Noise of Art is dizzyingly comprehensive. And although the price is right (at £8.60,... View details »
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- China Landscape
- @ British Museum
- Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the... View details »
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- Performing Arts: Theatre
- The Chalk Garden
- @ 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... View details »
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- Art: Architecture/Design
- The Story of the Supremes
- @ 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... View details »
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- The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
- @ Proud Central
- Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'... View details »
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- Hairywood
- @ 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... View details »
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