Events on Sunday, July 27
Sunday 27/7 @ Liverpool Street Station
Lottie Child suggests that we look at London in a new way — as a landscape with which we can interact,...
Sunday 27/7 @ The Lock Tavern
Clash magazine returns to Lock Tavern for its bi-monthly Sabbath shindig, hauling in another batch of young(ish) bands full of spit...
Sunday 27/7 @ 93 Feet East
Sexbeat's sweaty club night teams up with 93 Feet East to provide a whole Sunday's worth of raucous, off-kilter fun. The...
Sunday 27/7 @ Roxy Bar & Screen
Cosy up on one of Roxy Bar & Screen's sofas for a white-knuckle ride through a double bill of Australian thrillers....
Ongoing Events
Sunday 27/7 @ Nettie Horn
This group show of six contemporary artists revives the form of allegorical still life known as vanitas, which reminds viewers that...
Sunday 27/7 @ Tate Modern
Featuring 350 influential works that span from the 19th century to the current day, the Tate Modern's expansive exhibition explores the...
Sunday 27/7 @ Plant Room
Architect duo Ulrike Steven and Gareth Morris (What If) have teamed up with urban-regeneration agency the Shoreditch Trust to transform a...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ StolenSpace Gallery
The artists in StolenSpace's summer exhibition come from diverse urban environments, ranging from the seaside town of Hastings to the metropolitan...
Sunday 27/7 @ Various locations
Since 1962, the City of London Festival has unfurled its teeming arts and music programme over the summer season, inhabiting indoor...
Sunday 27/7 @ ICA
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months,...
Sunday 27/7 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Sunday 27/7 @ Almeida Theatre
The Almeida Summer Festival is, as you would expect, a bit more high-brow than your standard fest fare, combining music, art,...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Natural History Museum
Nothing says "summer is here" like butterflies — just the sight of them fluttering around the park is enough to send...
Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in...
Sunday 27/7 @ Wellcome Collection
The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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,...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Somerset House
Exploring the enduring love affair between two creative entities, Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture hits Somerset House's...
Sunday 27/7 @ Hackney Empire
Variety is indeed the spice of life at Hackney's annual celebration of multiculturalism, which touches down at the Empire. This year,...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Various locations
If you want to learn how to recreate elaborate '50s hair and makeup à la Marilyn Monroe, see electronic-music legend John...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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,...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Tatty Devine
In September 1959, a strange thing happened in Hackney: iconic American blonde bombshell Jayne Mansfield turned up to present the prizes...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Gasworks
Artist and filmmaker Gail Pickering isn't one to shy away from haphazard influences, as her current show at Gasworks proves. In...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ National Theatre
For those navigating the insistently endless summer days on a budget, the National Theatre's Watch This Space returns to the scenic...
Sunday 27/7 @ Idea Generation Gallery
The photographs of Robert Altman, lensman for Rolling Stone, encapsulate nearly all aspects of the 1960s, from free love and festivals...
Sunday 27/7 @ Tate Modern
Now that the sun's finally made an appearance, wandering around a gallery may not be the first thing on your mind...
Sunday 27/7 @ Barbican
About as far-removed from traditional fashion houses as possible, Dutch duo Viktor Horsting and Rolf Snoeren have a surreal sense of...
Sunday 27/7 @ Matches
Abigail Lane first came to the public's attention 20 years ago as one of the YBAs involved in then Goldsmiths College...
Mind over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ Royal Festival Hall
Flying monkeys, munchkins and talking trees, oh my — the ruby-slippered Dorothy Gale and her little dog Toto land at the...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ T1 + 2
British artist (and former Jade Jagger beau) Piers Jackson unveils Optica — a collection of works two years in the making...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ South London Gallery
This exhibition at the South London Gallery features ten artists from the UK and around the globe who share a thematic...
The Smallest Cinema in the World
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ British Museum
Two of the capital's cultural powerhouses — the British Museum and Kew Gardens — join forces to provide insight into the...
Sunday 27/7 @ 176
French curator Vincent Honoré's exhibition at this fabulous NW5 art space explores conceptual art and manipulated media. Past-Forward features two specially...
Sunday 27/7 @ Serpentine Gallery
American artist Richard Prince first achieved notoriety in 1977, when he photographed advertisements (most famously the Marlboro cowboy) and images from...
Sunday 27/7 @ Barbican
Huang Yong Ping's first exhibition in the UK is a satirical diatribe inspired by the Frolic, the flagship vessel of the...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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....
Sunday 27/7 @ 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...
Sunday 27/7 @ 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
Sunday 27/7 @ BFI Southbank
Expect to see Jonathan Ross on the Southbank over the next couple of months, as a season of comic-book adaptations lands...
