Events on Thursday, July 17
Thursday 17/7 @ Amersham Arms
Compositions lying decidedly outside the realms of convention abound at this evening's performance by electronica and IDM whiz Daedelus (aka Alfred...
Thursday 17/7 @ Wellcome Collection
In the second of two debates that call out the successes and failures of the medical world, the Science Media Centre's...
Thursday 17/7 @ FPHC
Whether you fancy yourself a DH Lawrence or a Dr Seuss, Islington's Poetry Workshop offers constructive support for all budding bards....
Ongoing Events
Thursday 17/7 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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,...
Thursday 17/7 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Thursday 17/7 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Tatty Devine
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British...
Earls Court Community Festival
Thursday 17/7 @ Various locations
Best known for its antipodean residents, gargantuan exhibition hall and teeming tube station, Earls Court is also home to one of...
Thursday 17/7 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of...
Thursday 17/7 @ Somerset House
Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ South London Gallery
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic...
Thursday 17/7 @ Room
This exhibition at ROOM features images from Tim Brennan's touring photography show The North, which captures
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Dreamspace Gallery
Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned....
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Natural History Museum
Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send...
Thursday 17/7 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Thursday 17/7 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ The Nunnery
Eighteen artists respond to the title theme of this year's Bow Arts Trust exhibition within the interconnected rooms and corridors of...
Thursday 17/7 @ StolenSpace Gallery
The artists in StolenSpace's summer exhibition come from diverse urban environments, ranging from the seaside town of Hastings to the metropolitan...
Thursday 17/7 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Thursday 17/7 @ National Theatre
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic...
Thursday 17/7 @ Nettie Horn
This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Asia House
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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,...
Thursday 17/7 @ Hauser & Wirth
It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that...
Thursday 17/7 @ 176
French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Thursday 17/7 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
Thursday 17/7 @ Ferreira Projects
This exhibition brings together two leading South African artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, in collaboration with Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD...
Thursday 17/7 @ Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art,...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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
Thursday 17/7 @ Various locations
With an inspired approach to what could have easily descended into standard festival programming, the London Festival of Architecture kicks off...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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....
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Capturing Film History in the Making
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
Thursday 17/7 @ BFI Southbank
Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands...
Thursday 17/7 @ T1 + 2
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making...
Thursday 17/7 @ Design Museum
Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Lewis Scott: The Transient City
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
Thursday 17/7 @ Proud Central
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones'...
Thursday 17/7 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ Louise T Blouin Institute
The coming weeks of the Louise T Blouin Institute's Art After Dark 10 x 10 series calls to those with nocturnal...
Thursday 17/7 @ Rokeby
Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The...
Thursday 17/7 @ Coskun
Andy Warhol surrounded himself with the stars of his time and counted many of his famous subjects as close friends. Coskun...
Thursday 17/7 @ Hackney Empire
Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,...
Thursday 17/7 @ Gasworks
Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Thursday 17/7 @ 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...
Noise of Art Summer Micro Festival 2008
Thursday 17/7 @ Various locations
As urban art and music festivals go, Noise of Art is dizzyingly comprehensive. And although the price is right (at £8.60,...
Thursday 17/7 @ Idea Generation Gallery
The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals...
