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Art
Sarah Morris
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ White Cube Mason's Yard More times »
Free
White Cube at Mason's Yard plays host to Sarah Morris' Lesser Panda this month. The artist — who calls both New York and London home... View details »
Sarah Morris
Art: Photography
Fashion in the Mirror
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ The Photographers' Gallery More times »
Free
The process that occurs between a fashion photograph's initial conception and the time when the image appears in a glossy magazine — from dealing with... View details »
Fashion in the Mirror

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Free Range 2008
Friday 18 July @ The Old Truman Brewery More times »
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Following on the success of last year's Free Range exhibition, the art and design showcase — the largest of its kind in the UK and... View details »
Free Range 2008
Art: Photography
Jazz in London
Friday 18 July (10am–9pm) @ National Portrait Gallery More times »
Free
Take a trip back to the dark, smoky jazz clubs of the '50s with Walter Hanlon's atmospheric exhibition. While working in the music business during... View details »
Jazz in London
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A Century of Olympic Posters
Friday 18 July (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
Free
After the recent debacle with our city's own 2012 Olympic logo, you might be tempted to dismiss this little gem of a show, but it... View details »
A Century of Olympic Posters
Art
Listening Post
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ The Science Museum More times »
Free
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the Science Museum. Asking "What... View details »
Listening Post
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Tom Hunter
Friday 18 July (10am–5:45pm) @ Museum of Childhood More times »
Free
Exploring the ever-changing face of the trade that in east London, Tom Hunter's portraits document the varied mechants and wares of local businesses running along... View details »
Tom Hunter
Art: Photography
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Proud Galleries More times »
Free
It's good to see Proud Galleries opening their new Camden home in a suitably rock 'n roll way. Taking an up-close and personal look at... View details »
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
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Colin Self
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Delaye Saltoun More times »
Free
One of British pop art's lesser-known figures, Colin Self is described by fellow artist Peter Blake as a "forgotten hero". Delaye Saltoun's exhibition — Self's... View details »
Colin Self
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Hans Josephsohn
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Hauser & Wirth More times »
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It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that his new works are... View details »
Hans Josephsohn
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Mona Hatoum
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
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British-Palestinian artist Mona Hatoum's show at the Parasol Unit includes a decade's worth of work, giving viewers an opportunity to engage with the full range... View details »
Mona Hatoum
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Gail Pickering
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ Gasworks More times »
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Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In her film Hungary! and... View details »
Gail Pickering
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Street Art
Friday 18 July (10am–10pm) @ Tate Modern More times »
Free
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind — fortunately, the Tate... View details »
Street Art
More Flavor: City Gem
China Landscape
Friday 18 July (10am–5:30pm) @ British Museum More times »
Free
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the horticultural preferences of the... View details »
China Landscape
Art: Photography
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
Friday 18 July (11am–7pm) @ Proud Central More times »
Free
Oh, to be a fly on the wall. Such is the sentiment provoked by Ethan Russell's photographs of the Rolling Stones' infamous 1969 US tour,... View details »
The Rolling Stones 1969 US Tour
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Chantal Akerman
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
Free
One of Europe's most significant auteurs, Chantal Akerman makes her first appearance at a UK public gallery with this selection of pioneering films at the... View details »
Chantal Akerman
Art: Photography
Miroslav Tichý
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
Free
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of 2005 that his work... View details »
Miroslav Tichý
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Jayne Amongst the Birds
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Tatty Devine More times »
Free
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes at a competition held... View details »
Jayne Amongst the Birds
More Flavor: Food/Wine
Whitecross Street Market
Friday 18 July (11am–5pm) @ Whitecross Street More times »
Free
For those lusting after a little more than the usual lunchtime selection of sandwiches and salads, best head to Whitecross Street Market. One of London's... View details »
Whitecross Street Market
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Piers Jackson
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ T1 + 2 More times »
Free
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making — at newbie gallery... View details »
Piers Jackson
Art: Photography
Blaize Simon
Friday 18 July @ Calvert Avenue More times »
Free
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 black-and-white Polaroid snaps from... View details »
Blaize Simon
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Daniela Schönbächler
Friday 18 July @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
Free
Awaiting your contemplation, Murano-based artist Daniela Schönbächler's work is in situ in Soho's former gun factory. Schönbächler brings a fragment of the Italian city, famed... View details »
Daniela Schönbächler
More Flavor: Fashion
Abigail Lane
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Matches More times »
Free
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College student Damien Hirst's groundbreaking... View details »
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Neeta Madahar
Friday 18 July (1–5pm) @ PM Gallery & House More times »
Free
Ealing's PM Gallery presents Solstice, a new video project by London-born artist Neeta Madahar, opening on (you guessed it) the solstice. Looking upward to the... View details »
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Et Pendant Ce Temps...
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ Nettie Horn More times »
Free
This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that time is fleeting and... View details »
Et Pendant Ce Temps...
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Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
Friday 18 July (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects More times »
Free
Lip-Gloss and Lacquer's seven artists take on fashion, celebrity and commodification in the glamour industry. Laura Buckley uses video installations of light, refracted by moving... View details »
Lip-Gloss and Lacquer
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Andy Warhol
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Coskun More times »
Free
Andy Warhol surrounded himself with the stars of his time and counted many of his famous subjects as close friends. Coskun displays his celebrity portraits,... View details »
Andy Warhol
Art: Photography
Robert Altman
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ Idea Generation Gallery More times »
Free
The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals to psychedelia and sit-ins.... View details »
Robert Altman
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Machinic Alliances
Friday 18 July (2–6pm) @ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art More times »
Free
In group show Machinic Alliances, 11 artists reveal the bonds that form between human and non-human forces, while delving into biology and technology to reshape... View details »
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The Psychology of Fear
Friday 18 July (11am–5pm) @ 198 More times »
Free
At her solo show at Herne Hill's 198, Iran-born UK-based artist Maria Kheirkhah confronts the rise of fear in modern society resulting from the British... View details »
The Psychology of Fear
Film
Archivos OVNI
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ LUX 28 More times »
Free
Appraising modern-day culture and society, Archivos OVNI (Observatorio de Video No Identificado) occupies LUX 28 over the coming month. The video-archive project — visiting our... View details »
Archivos OVNI
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Huang Yong Ping
Friday 18 July (11am–8pm) @ Barbican Centre More times »
Free
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the British opium trade. A... View details »
Huang Yong Ping
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Mashups
Friday 18 July @ The Kowalsky Gallery More times »
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Acclaimed curator Stuart Semple and four contemporary artists explore one of the hallmarks of Generation Y in this exhibition that champions juxtaposition. Bearing witness to... View details »
Mashups
Art: Architecture/Design
John McAslan + Partners
Friday 18 July (9am–5:30pm) @ Dreamspace Gallery More times »
Free
Londoners hear plenty about graduate work in the fields of fashion, art and design, but architecture and engineering go virtually unmentioned. This show at the... View details »
John McAslan + Partners
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Chantal Joffe
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
Free
Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British artist, who received the... View details »
Chantal Joffe
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Bettina Buck
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
Free
Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The German artist transforms the... View details »
Bettina Buck
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Unnatural Histories
Friday 18 July (1–5pm) @ The Nunnery More times »
Free
Eighteen artists respond to the title theme of this year's Bow Arts Trust exhibition within the interconnected rooms and corridors of the Nunnery Gallery. The... View details »
Unnatural Histories
Art: Photography
Capturing Film History in the Making
Friday 18 July (10am–6:30pm) @ Getty Images Gallery More times »
Free
For a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of some classic films, head down to the Getty Images Gallery for Capturing Film History in the Making.... View details »
Capturing Film History in the Making
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Tim Brennan
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ ROOM More times »
Free
This exhibition at ROOM features images from Tim Brennan's touring photography show The North, which captures Northumbria's former industrial landscapes through pixelated mobile-phone... View details »
Tim Brennan
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Aura Satz
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Artprojx Space More times »
Free
Exploring ghosts in the machine, Artprojx Space present Aura Staz's exhibition Automamusic. Featuring self-played violins and accordians, the installation takes in early means of composition... View details »
Aura Satz
Art: Photography
Richard Prince: Continuation
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Serpentine Gallery More times »
Free
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from the press and repackaged... View details »
Richard Prince: Continuation
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Nick Hornby: Tell Tale Heart
Friday 18 July (10am–5pm) @ Camley Street Natural Park More times »
Free
As bizarre art projects go, building a massive replica of a Disney castle in your West London studio and floating it down a canal to... View details »
Performing Arts: Theatre
Watch This Space
Friday 18 July @ National Theatre More times »
Free
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic shore of the Thames... View details »
More Flavor: City Gem
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ Regent's Park More times »
Free
For Portavilion, a project that puts mobile public art in London's open spaces, Swedish artist Annika Eriksson teamed up with architects and engineers to create... View details »
The Smallest Cinema in the World
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Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Ferreira Projects More times »
Free
This exhibition brings together two leading South African artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, in collaboration with Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD / GALLERY. Blom's The... View details »
Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
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Wang Jianwei & Ali Kazma
Friday 18 July (11am–6pm) @ Whitechapel Art Gallery More times »
Free
Whitechapel Laboratory's multimedia exhibition juxtaposes the videos and photographs of Chinese conceptual artist Wang Jianwei with the art of Turkish filmmaker Ali Kazma, highlighting the... View details »
Wang Jianwei & Ali Kazma
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Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
Friday 18 July (9:30am–6pm) @ The Andipa Gallery More times »
Free
Chelsea's elegant Andipa Gallery somewhat incongruously hosts ten international "urban artists". The collages, prints, sculptures and installation pieces on display go beyond street art, by... View details »
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
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Lewis Scott: The Transient City
Friday 18 July (noon–6pm) @ The Empire Gallery More times »
Free
The Empire Gallery presents The Transient City, the debut show from artist-on-the-rise Lewis Scott. Since graduating from Central St Martins in design, environment and architecture,... View details »
Lewis Scott: The Transient City
More Flavor: City Gem
Games & Theory
Friday 18 July @ South London Gallery More times »
Free
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic concern: the concept of... View details »
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Emilie Selbourne
Friday 18 July (noon–5pm) @ Burgh House & Hampstead Museum More times »
Free
Photographer Emilie Selbourne presents her debut solo exhibition, The Spirit of Hampstead Heath, on the walls of a most appropriate venue, the Grade I-listed Burgh... View details »
Emilie Selbourne
More Flavor: City Gem
Hairywood
Friday 18 July @ Covent Garden Market Piazza More times »
Free
World-renowned design firm Eley Kishimoto teams up with 6a Architects to erect the weird and wonderful Hairywood Tower in the heart of Covent Garden. The... View details »
Hairywood
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Under a Red Sky
Friday 18 July (11am–7pm) @ StolenSpace Gallery More times »
Free
The artists in StolenSpace's summer exhibition come from diverse urban environments, ranging from the seaside town of Hastings to the metropolitan sprawl of São Paulo.... View details »
Under a Red Sky
Art: Architecture/Design
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
Friday 18 July (10am–11pm) @ River Terrace, Southbank Centre More times »
Free
Berlin-based Jeppe Hein's water fountain is the perfect place to cool down on a sizzling summer day. The grid-like array of aquatic plumes takes its... View details »
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
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Mat Collishaw
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Haunch of Venison More times »
Free
British artist Mat Collishaw's first solo exhibition at Haunch of Venison takes a playful attitude toward visual representation, evoking a child playing with a kaleidoscope.... View details »
Mat Collishaw
More Flavor: City Gem
Plant Room
Friday 18 July @ Plant Room More times »
Free
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a neglected corner of N1's... View details »
Plant Room
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Anya Gallaccio
Friday 18 July (10am–6pm) @ Camden Arts Centre More times »
Free
Turner Prize nominee Anya Gallaccio's impressive new sculpture at the Camden Arts Centre sees her once again harnessing materials from nature, having previously employed rotting... View details »
Anya Gallaccio