Events on Monday, July 28
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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- 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 »
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