Events on Monday, July 28

Rogue's Gallery — Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs and Chanteys
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Music: Festival
Rogue's Gallery
@ Barbican Centre
Inspired by Gore Verbinski and Johnny Depp's pirate-lore obsession in Pirates of the Caribbean, 2006's Rogue's Gallery compilation featured indie stars...  View details »

Ongoing Events

<em>Love</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
Love
@ The National Gallery
Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it's also a complex emotion that encompasses a gamut of feelings. With themes of religious...  View details »
Ongoing
Free
Haozhan
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
<em>A Century of Olympic Posters</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>King Lear </em>
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
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 »
Ongoing
Seamus Murphy: <em>A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Viktor & Rolf
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: Fashion
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 »
Ongoing
Tom Hunter: <em>Are You Being Served?</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Camden Fringe
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
More Flavor: Festival
Camden Fringe
@ Various locations
If you can't make the trip to the Edinburgh Fringe this year, head to Camden, which has its own festival in...  View details »
Ongoing
<em>Amazing Butterflies</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Maria Kheirkhah: <em>The Psychology of Fear</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: Fashion
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
Film: Shorts
Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
@ Various locations
If you want to learn how to recreate elaborate '50s hair and makeup à la Marilyn Monroe, see electronic-music legend John...  View details »
Ongoing
<em>Mind over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
Mind over Matter: Images of Pink Floyd
@ 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...  View details »
Ongoing
Free
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow: <em>On the Rocks</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
@ Bloomberg SPACE
On the Rocks, the result of a collaboration between prominent artists Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, represents a rare public foray...  View details »
Ongoing
Free
Richard Prince: <em>Continuation</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art: Photography
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>The Chalk Garden</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
<em>Richard Rogers & Architects:</em><em> </em><em>From the House to the City</em> <em> </em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
<em>Pygmalion</em>
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
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 »
Ongoing
<em>In Search of Beauty and Wellbeing</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
In Search of Beauty and Wellbeing
@ 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...  View details »
Ongoing
Free
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Mat Collishaw: <em>Shooting Stars</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Robert Altman: <em>The Sixties</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art: Photography
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>The Story of the Supremes</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Daniela Sch&ouml;nb&auml;chler: <em>The Silent Art of Secrecy</em>
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Street Art</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Graphic Images: Comic-Book Movies
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
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 »
Ongoing
Café on the Hill
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Susanna Edwards and Luke Stephenson:  <em>Jayne Amongst the Birds</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Aura Satz: <em>Automamusic</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Fashion in the Mirror: Self-Reflection in Fashion Photography</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art: Photography
Fashion in the Mirror
@ 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...  View details »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Capturing Film History in the Making</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>50 Ways to Leave Your Lover</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Performing Arts: Theatre
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
@ 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...  View details »
Ongoing
<em>Skin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
London Fencing Club
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
More Flavor: Sports
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 »
Ongoing
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art: Photography
Foto8 Awards and Summer Show
@ HOST Gallery
For their first-ever show, Foto8 get together with HOST Gallery to celebrate contemporary photography. The exhibition features an awards ceremony judged...  View details »
Ongoing
The Regent
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Jeppe Hein: <em>Appearing Rooms</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Nought to Sixty</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
<em>Listening Post</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
More Flavor: Festival
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 »
Ongoing
Anya Gallaccio: <em>that open space within</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Sid Vicious: No One Is Innocent </em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography </em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
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 »
Ongoing
<em>Mashups</em>
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Kew at the British Museum presents <em>China Landscape</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Almeida Summer Festival
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
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 »
Ongoing
Huang Yong Ping: <em>Frolic</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>The Courtauld C&eacute;zannes</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Plant Room
Month_07 Tuesday Day_29
More Flavor: City Gem
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 »
Ongoing
Free
<em>Johnny Cash: A Definitive Portrait</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art: Photography
Johnny Cash
@ 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....  View details »
Ongoing
Free
<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Month_07 Monday Day_28
Art
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 »
Ongoing
Free
Bogan Bingo
Month_07 Monday Day_28
More Flavor: Spectacle
Bogan Bingo
@ Shepherds Bush Walkabout
Wade through the boisterous flock of antipodean revellers and indulge in a raucous session of Bogan Bingo. Having kicked off in...  View details »
Ongoing
Free