Events on Saturday, July 26
Saturday 26/7 @ Dex Club
Leftfield club night Stranger Than Paradise returns to the gilded grandeur of its new home above KFC in Brixton, with a...
Saturday 26/7 @ Cargo
Go!Zilla has been pumping out killer London parties for more than 1,095 days now (that's three years). Celebrate its success tonight...
Saturday 26/7 @ Corsica Studios
Although it may be across the river (and therefore a world away) from the East End's current electro obsessions, tonight's edition...
Ongoing Events
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Saturday 26/7 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Saturday 26/7 @ Nettie Horn
This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that...
Saturday 26/7 @ Lazarides Gallery
Superhero satirist Ben Turnbull's debut show back in January 2007 was thought by some to be overly brash and lacking in...
Saturday 26/7 @ Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of...
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Saturday 26/7 @ Bloomberg SPACE
On the Rocks, the result of a collaboration between prominent artists Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, represents a rare public foray...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Tatty Devine
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes...
Saturday 26/7 @ Hauser & Wirth
It's impressive that figurative sculptor Hans Josephsohn is still active in his practice at age 87 — and more so that...
Saturday 26/7 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art,...
Saturday 26/7 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Saturday 26/7 @ HOST Gallery
For their first-ever show, Foto8 get together with HOST Gallery to celebrate contemporary photography. The exhibition features an awards ceremony judged...
Saturday 26/7 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
Chantal Joffe exhibits at the Victoria Miro Gallery with a series of cheeky — quite literally — canvas paintings. The British...
Capturing Film History in the Making
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
In Search of Beauty and Wellbeing
Saturday 26/7 @ The Menier Gallery
Since 1959, Paintings in Hospitals have lent artwork to health-care institutions in order to brighten up depressing corridors and wards and...
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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,...
Saturday 26/7 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Saturday 26/7 @ Tate Modern
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind...
Saturday 26/7 @ Hackney Empire
Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,...
Saturday 26/7 @ Royal Opera House
Monkey: Journey to the West, the circus opera directed by the acclaimed Chen Shi-Zheng and composed by Blur/Gorillaz frontman Damon Albarn,...
Saturday 26/7 @ Proud Central
Attention country fans: if you couldn't get tickets for Dolly's recent O2 appearance, check out this Johnny Cash photography exhibition instead....
Saturday 26/7 @ White Cube Mason's Yard
White Cube at Mason's Yard plays host to Sarah Morris' Lesser Panda this month. The artist — who calls both New...
Saturday 26/7 @ Various locations
If you want to learn how to recreate elaborate '50s hair and makeup à la Marilyn Monroe, see electronic-music legend John...
Saturday 26/7 @ Transition Gallery
Susan Aldworth's new show at Bethnal Green's Transition Gallery sees her encapsulating the essence of being in material form. After observing...
Saturday 26/7 @ The Photographers' Gallery
The process that occurs between a fashion photograph's initial conception and the time when the image appears in a glossy magazine...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Design Museum
Modern, functional design has long been synonymous with architect Richard Rogers, who's stamped his distinctive imprint on buildings throughout Europe. To...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 176
French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially...
Saturday 26/7 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Saturday 26/7 @ Sadler's Wells
It's been some 50 years since Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim's musical update of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet first appeared on...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Saturday 26/7 @ National Theatre
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic...
Saturday 26/7 @ Gasworks
Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In...
Trespass Alliance: Inside Urban Art
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Michael Hoppen Gallery
Czech artist Miroslav Tichý produced most of his oeuvre between 1950 and 1980, but it was not until the summer of...
Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark: The Drain of Progress and Hypocrite’s Lament
Saturday 26/7 @ Ferreira Projects
This exhibition brings together two leading South African artists, Zander Blom and Julia Rosa Clark, in collaboration with Cape Town's WHATIFTHEWORLD...
Saturday 26/7 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Saturday 26/7 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Saturday 26/7 @ Asia House
Outstanding photojournalism should bring things that are out of reach into shockingly close range, and Seamus Murphy's exhibition at Asia House...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ Royal Festival Hall
Flying monkeys, munchkins and talking trees, oh my — the ruby-slippered Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto land at the...
Mind over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd
Saturday 26/7 @ the.gallery@oxo
Surreal and iconic large-scale designs are the order of the day at Mind over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd, on display...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ South London Gallery
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic...
Saturday 26/7 @ T1 + 2
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making...
Saturday 26/7 @ StolenSpace Gallery
The artists in StolenSpace's summer exhibition come from diverse urban environments, ranging from the seaside town of Hastings to the metropolitan...
Saturday 26/7 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Saturday 26/7 @ Fred [London] Ltd
Vyner Street's Fred [London] Ltd shows the work of Jakob Roepke, a master of collage who has been refining his skills...
Saturday 26/7 @ Somerset House
Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
Saturday 26/7 @ The Bush Theatre
Over the last year, the innovative Bush Theatre have been asking their audience members to anonymously write down their best break-up...
Saturday 26/7 @ Rokeby
Having exhibited in Ecuador, Cologne and Rome, Bettina Buck makes her London debut with Flexing Brown at the Rokeby Gallery. The...
Saturday 26/7 @ Natural History Museum
Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send...
Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
Saturday 26/7 @ BFI Southbank
Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands...
Saturday 26/7 @ 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...
