All events on Tuesday September 16

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Art
Menagerie
Tuesday 16 Sep @ The Jones More times »
Free
The newly opened Jones Hotel has set about re-creating the once-popular aristocratic pursuit of collecting exotic animals. But this is a menagerie with a twist:... View details »
Menagerie
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Michael Mainelli
Tuesday 16 Sep (6pm) @ Gresham College
Free
It's to be an almighty battle between two fiercely opposed forces this evening at Gresham College, where professor Michael Mainelli lectures on issues of economic... View details »
Art: Photography
AfroBrazil
Tuesday 16 Sep (6–8pm) @ Gallery 32 More times »
Free
Forming part of this autumn's Brazilian Season in London, which includes theatre productions, art exhibits and music concerts, the three-day cultural celebration AfroBrazil centres around... View details »
AfroBrazil
Music: Rock/Pop
Artrocker
Tuesday 16 Sep (8:30–11pm) @ Buffalo Bar
For scuzzed-out rock, head to the Buffalo Bar on Tuesdays, when by-the-people, for-the-people night Artrocker showcases a miscellany of alt-acts. Pennsylvania's Modey Lemon headline tonight,... View details »
Artrocker

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Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
Tuesday 16 Sep (9am–2pm) @ Wimbledon Village Stables More times »
For city-bound equestrians missing their early-morning ride and novice ponyphiles alike, Wimbledon has more to offer than Wombles. Even if you have a penchant for... View details »
Horse Riding at Wimbledon Village Stables
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Amora
Tuesday 16 Sep (1pm–midnight) @ Amora More times »
Amora — the Academy of Sex and Relationships — offers an educational exploration of all aspects of intimacy. Seven distinct zones take you through everything... View details »
Amora
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Hibiscus
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–2:30 & 6:30–10pm) @ Hibiscus More times »
In just a month, chef-proprietor Claude Bosi has taken London's restaurant world by storm. With the relocation of his two Michelin stars from Ludlow to... View details »
Hibiscus
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Café on the Hill
Tuesday 16 Sep (8am–10pm) @ Cafe on the Hill More times »
With most of central London out-of-bounds (either closed or crammed with shoppers), get perspective on the city from Muswell Hill. Like a less pretentious Hampstead,... View details »
Café on the Hill
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Furnace
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–3pm & 6–11pm) @ Furnace More times »
Tucked down a side street off Hoxton Square is the perfect remedy to the seasonal poultry overload. Shoreditch's best-kept secret, Furnace has been in the... View details »
Furnace
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Parkour
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Westminster Academy More times »
Release your urban primate with parkour, the sport that catapults folks around London using vaults, leaps and climbs. The beginner's class breaks you in gently... View details »
Parkour
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The Regent
Tuesday 16 Sep (12:30–11pm) @ The Regent More times »
If you awake to find yourself north of Notting Hill on a Sunday morning, get rejuvenated at Kensal Rise's best grub 'n boozer. Since its... View details »
The Regent
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Haozhan
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–11:30pm) @ Haozhan More times »
Thanks to its bustling location in London's tourist hub, Chinatown is less a mecca for cuisine lovers than a torturous odyssey to find decent food,... View details »
Haozhan
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Fox & Anchor
Tuesday 16 Sep (7am–11pm) @ Fox & Anchor More times »
Dating from the late Victorian era, this pub — an old favourite of blood-spattered meat traders from Smithfields Market down the street — has just... View details »
Fox & Anchor
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Salt Yard
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–11pm) @ Salt Yard More times »
It's not easy to garner favourable comparisons to London tapas giants Fino and Barrafina, but the diminutive Salt Yard pulls off this Goliath-sized task. The... View details »
Salt Yard
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Aaya
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–midnight) @ Aaya More times »
Though Aaya has been open for a few months, it's still biding its time; rather than go for a press blitz, the restaurant wants to... View details »
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Brunello Picnic in Kensington Gardens
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Brunello More times »
If carrying equipment and provisions on public transport seems like too much perspiration for a weekend's picnic, then the Brunello restaurant's new selection of hampers... View details »
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London Fencing Club
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Finsbury Leisure Centre More times »
If you've ever watched the dueling scene in The Mask of Zorro and thought, "Hey, I could do better than that," now you can prove... View details »
London Fencing Club
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Cha Cha Moon
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–11pm) @ Cha Cha Moon More times »
Influential restaurateur Alan Yau is back with Cha Cha Moon, returning to cuisine with widespread appeal (he devised Wagamama and Busaba Eathai) at this Malay-Chinese... View details »
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Quo Vadis
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–2:45 & 5–10:45pm) @ Quo Vadis More times »
Sam and Eddie Hart cemented their restaurant reputation by reinventing tapas for a sophisticated London clientele at Fino, then tailoring them for a drop-by crowd... View details »
Quo Vadis
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Pollock's Toy Museum
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5pm) @ Pollock's Toy Museum More times »
Evoke dusty memories of bygone days with a visit to Pollock's Toy Museum, nestled in the heart of Fitzrovia. Comprised of two conjoined 18th- and... View details »
Pollock's Toy Museum
Art
Listening Post
Tuesday 16 Sep (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
Film
Children of Glory
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Various locations More times »
With the Russian FSB flexing its muscles once again under Putin, Krisztina Goda's gripping Cold War-era drama bristles with prescience as it recounts the story... View details »
Children of Glory
Music: Rock/Pop
Joel Armsden's Open Mic Night
Tuesday 16 Sep (7:30pm) @ Monkey Chews More times »
Free
Joel Armsden and intrepid A&R outfit eAR Music have organized a Camden open mic that doesn't involve Johnny Borrell, offering impromptu performances from their artists... View details »
Joel Armsden's Open Mic Night
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Bikram Yoga
Tuesday 16 Sep (6:45am–9pm) @ Bikram Yoga City More times »
Until the advent of Bikram, yoga was associated mostly with unlawful bending and the ubiquitous "om". Now, the modern twist on the ancient technique has,... View details »
Art
For Your Eyes Only
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Imperial War Museum Park More times »
Ian Fleming, the author responsible for birthing the shaken-not-stirred secret agent James Bond, receives his due in this new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.... View details »
For Your Eyes Only
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China Landscape
Tuesday 16 Sep (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
Nought to Sixty
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–7pm) @ ICA More times »
The ICA's ambitious new show brings together 60 early career artists from Britain and Ireland. In an exhibition spanning six months, the artworks roll over... View details »
Nought to Sixty
Art: Architecture/Design
The Story of the Supremes
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
Relive the days of '60s doo-wop and soul at the Victoria & Albert Museum's latest exhibition. Hailed as one of the most successful performing groups... View details »
The Story of the Supremes
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Plant Room
Tuesday 16 Sep @ 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
Art
Tom Hunter
Tuesday 16 Sep (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
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Côte
Tuesday 16 Sep (8am–11pm) @ Côte More times »
The first Côte opened in Wimbledon last August; before the rapturous reception had died down, a Soho-based second location opened in May, bringing the all-day... View details »
Film
The Escapist
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Various locations More times »
Like all good prison-escape movies, The Escapist has an ensemble cast of stereotypes: the lifer (Brian Cox), the serial escapee (Liam Cunningham), the fixer (Seu... View details »
The Escapist
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The Old Ship
Tuesday 16 Sep @ The Old Ship More times »
If you're planning a trip to the Hackney Empire any time soon, be sure to stop by the newly renovated Old Ship next door. Gone... View details »
The Old Ship
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Dehesa
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–11pm) @ Dehesa More times »
Together with Alan Yau's Cha Cha Moon and ace burger joint the Diner, Dehesa completes Ganton Street's status as the epicentre of Soho spur-of-the-moment dining.... View details »
Art
Huang Yong Ping
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ 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
Art
The Courtauld Cézannes
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The Courtauld Institute of Art More times »
Proving that good things do indeed come in small packages, the Courtauld Gallery hosts a series of Paul Cézanne works in its diminutive interior. Presenting... View details »
The Courtauld Cézannes
Art: Architecture/Design
Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
Tuesday 16 Sep (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
Film
The Visitor
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Various locations More times »
Economics professor Walter Vale is widowed and weary, his lonely existence accentuated by his fumbling attempts to emulate his late wife on the piano. Arriving... View details »
The Visitor
Performing Arts: Theatre
Watch This Space
Tuesday 16 Sep @ 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 »
Film
Puffball
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Various locations More times »
Don't Look Now director Nicolas Roeg's latest cinematic offering is based on Fay Weldon's novel, adapted into a screenplay by her son, Dan. Kelly Reilly... View details »
Puffball
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Skeletons
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Wellcome Collection More times »
Free
The Wellcome Collection present Skeletons, a gruesome yet fascinating look at London history. Drawing from the Museum of London's collection of over 17,000 skeletons, the... View details »
Skeletons
Art
Love
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ The National Gallery More times »
Free
Love is a many-splendoured thing, but it's also a complex emotion that encompasses a gamut of feelings. With themes of religious devotion, unrequited passion, jealousy,... View details »
Love
Art
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Bloomberg SPACE More times »
Free
On the Rocks, the result of a collaboration between prominent artists Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow, represents a rare public foray for the largely low-profile... View details »
Richard Deacon and Bill Woodrow
Art
Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
Tuesday 16 Sep (10:30am–5:30pm) @ The Cartoon Museum More times »
What a whizzer idea: anarchic kids' comics The Beano and The Dandy launched on the eve of WWII and are still going strong today. Celebrate... View details »
Beano and Dandy Birthday Bash!
Art: Photography
Joseph Szabo: Jones Beach
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Michael Hoppen Gallery More times »
Free
Spanning three decades, Joseph Szabo's silver gelatin prints expose life in all its forms on Jones Beach — one of New York State's most popular... View details »
Joseph Szabo: Jones Beach
Art
Jamie Reid
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ The Aquarium L-13 More times »
Free
It may seem like a long journey from a punk portrait of HRH Queen Elizabeth (complete with swastikas and safety pins) to abstract works created... View details »
Jamie Reid
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Fashion V Sport
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Victoria and Albert Museum More times »
Try as you might, it's next to impossible to recall a time when contemporary sportswear and fashion weren't merrily playing house. V&A's new exhibition Fashion... View details »
Fashion V Sport
Art
Robin Footitt
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Hoxton Hall More times »
Free
Although he's best known for his collaboration with singer KT Tunstall (he rendered her as a comic-book character for Tunstall's album Drastic Fantastic), artist Robin... View details »
Robin Footitt
Art: Photography
London Through a Lens
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6:30pm) @ Getty Images Gallery More times »
Free
Contemporary London owes its reputation to its diverse, cosmopolitan residents. London Through a Lens, a collection of photographs from Getty Image's Hulton archive, transports us... View details »
London Through a Lens
Art
WK-LISTER
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–6pm) @ Elms Lesters Painting Rooms More times »
Free
Counter-culture gallery Elms Lesters Painting Rooms' pulsating new show brings internationally renowned urban artists WK Interact and Anthony Lister under their roof once again (both... View details »
WK-LISTER
Art: Photography
Forever 27
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–5:30pm) @ Proud Camden More times »
Free
Besides having great musicianship in common, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all share in the fact that they died... View details »
Forever 27
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'80s Spotlight Aerobics
Tuesday 16 Sep (6:30pm) @ Electricity Showroom More times »
If synchronised dance routines, fluorescent leg-warmers and perms inspire in you a deep sigh of longing, best head Electricity Showrooms way for '80s Spotlight Aerobics.... View details »
'80s Spotlight Aerobics
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Collector
Tuesday 16 Sep (8:15pm) @ Arcola Theatre More times »
Adapted from John Fowles' novel The Collector, the Arcola's Ben Caplan-directed stage version is an unnerving and unforgiving examination of human obsession. The action focuses... View details »
The Collector
Art
Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Trolley Gallery More times »
Free
In her first solo exhibition, Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance! artist Isabelle Graeff brings together the obscene and the commonplace in a provocative display... View details »
Romance Is Dead! Long Live Romance!
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WITH
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Rokeby More times »
Free
Rokeby Gallery have teamed up with WITH to offer bespoke life solutions. WITH's agents — sometimes blue-faced and always sporting anonymously numerical names — offer... View details »
WITH
Film
The Wackness
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Various More times »
The Wackness is the sort of movie whose most redeeming qualities are least likely to be advertised in its trailers. About a teenage weed dealer... View details »
The Wackness
Art
Udomsak Krisanamis
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Victoria Miro Gallery More times »
Free
Udomsak Krisanamis's new show at the Victoria Miro Gallery evokes a distinctly East-meets-West feeling. The mottled array of pieces take in Krisanamis' characteristically layered collages,... View details »
Udomsak Krisanamis
Art
Roger Hiorns
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–7pm) @ Artangel Harper Road Site More times »
Free
British artist Roger Hiorns leaves his trademark chemical trace in new project Seizure, commissioned by Artangel and the Jerwood Charitable Foundation. Hiorns focuses his attention... View details »
Roger Hiorns
Art
David Spiller
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:30pm) @ Beaux Arts More times »
Free
Taking a none-too-subtle approach to his work, David Spiller draws from the immediate nature of pop art to create a series of lurid canvas landscapes... View details »
David Spiller
Art
Hannah Waldron
Tuesday 16 Sep (8am–9pm) @ The Old Shoreditch Station More times »
Free
Hannah Waldron's collection of illustrations comprises a bevy of delicate, colourful musings on space, favourite animals and imaginary worlds. The subjects of her previous ink... View details »
Hannah Waldron
Art
Illumini
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–7pm) @ The Crypt, St Pancras Church More times »
Free
Taking light in all its forms, from fire to electricity, as its theme, this Jane Webb-curated exhibition kicks off with a night of free entertainment,... View details »
Illumini
Art
Manfredi Beninati
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Max Wigram Gallery More times »
Free
Executing a swift "Bruce Wayne by day, Batman by night" manoeuvre, Italian artist Manfredi Beninati presents La Natura Morta at the Max Wigram Gallery —... View details »
Manfredi Beninati
Art
Anthony Goicolea
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Haunch of Venison More times »
Free
Anthony Goicolea's previous, Cindy Sherman-esque photography has included portraits of himself as a young boy and dreamlike tableaux with gruesome twists. Earlier this year, the... View details »
Anthony Goicolea
Art
Clare Woods
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Stuart Shave/Modern Art More times »
Free
Clare Woods takes the British countryside as subject matter for her large-format enamel/oil paintings, but unlike Constable or Turner, she depicts desolate country landscapes in... View details »
Clare Woods
Art
The Good, the Bad and the Necessary
Tuesday 16 Sep (noon–6pm) @ The Horse Hospital More times »
Free
The Horse Hospital has been spicing up London's art scene for the past 15 years, and they're celebrating with a birthday exhibition. Bringing together 50... View details »
The Good, the Bad and the Necessary
Performing Arts: Theatre
365
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Lyric Theatre Hammersmith More times »
Set in a practice flat intended to support young people coming out of the care system, 365 follows a group of teenagers venturing into adulthood.... View details »
365
Art
Michael Müller
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Mummery + Schnelle More times »
Free
Presenting an aesthetically minimalist series of artworks, Michael Müller's solo exhibition Caoutchouc launches today at Mummery + Schnelle. Utilising a stark cartographic style in addition... View details »
Michael Müller
Art
Charles Avery
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art More times »
Free
While awaiting the fifth season of Lost, satiate your appetite for fantastical drama by visiting Charles Avery's imaginary island. The Islanders, an ongoing project that... View details »
Charles Avery
Art
David Blandy
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Artprojx Space More times »
Free
Sinophile and underground artist David Blandy fleshes out his fascination with combat in his upbeat exhibition. Joyously mixing imagery from kung-fu films, arcade fighting games... View details »
David Blandy
Art: Architecture/Design
Designers in Residence
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:45pm) @ Design Museum More times »
Selected for their all-out experimentation, the Design Museum's resident designers have been asked to respond to the theme of collections and collecting. Jethro Macey reinvents... View details »
Designers in Residence
Art
Francis Bacon
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:50pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
As famous for his outlandish lifestyle as for his often disturbing paintings, Francis Bacon spent most of his career in the capital, at his infamous... View details »
Francis Bacon
Performing Arts: Theatre
The Norman Conquests
Tuesday 16 Sep @ Old Vic Theatre More times »
The Old Vic has been transformed into a theatre in the round for the first major London revival of Alan Ayckbourn's 1973 trilogy of plays.... View details »
The Norman Conquests
Art
Through Glass Walls
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Zest Gallery More times »
Free
This exhibition proves that there's more to glass than vases and bowls, with six contemporary glass artists displaying artworks designed for walls. Lucy Alexandra Batt's... View details »
Through Glass Walls
Art: Photography
Peter Friedl
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5pm) @ Spring Projects More times »
Free
In his testimonial-led work, Peter Friedl creates new political and artistic discourses by re-photographing his collection of politically charged newspaper images in high-contrast black-and-white. Friedl's... View details »
Peter Friedl
Performing Arts: Theatre
Ivanov
Tuesday 16 Sep (7:30pm) @ Wyndham's Theatre More times »
Tom Stoppard, one of the 20th century's finest dramatists, makes over the work of Chekhov, arguably the 19th century's greatest playwright, in the Donmar's new... View details »
Ivanov
Art
Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–8pm) @ BFI Southbank More times »
Free
Following the success of their 2005 Academy Award winner Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, French director Michel Gondry and visual artist Pierre Bismuth have... View details »
Michel Gondry & Pierre Bismuth
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Desire's Smoking Gun
Tuesday 16 Sep (11am–6pm) @ Whitecross Gallery More times »
Free
This bijou exhibition, featuring multi-media pieces from the likes of Craig Fisher, Nina Fowler and art activists CutUp, takes a powerful and timely swipe at... View details »
Desire's Smoking Gun
Art
Turner Prize
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–5:40pm) @ Tate Britain More times »
Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of the final four: installationist... View details »
Turner Prize
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London Fashion Week
Tuesday 16 Sep (9:30am–8pm) @ Various More times »
With the skinny on what's hot and, like, so not, London Fashion Week descends upon the capital in all its pouting glory. The biannual showcase... View details »
London Fashion Week
Art
Juan Fontanive
Tuesday 16 Sep (10am–6pm) @ Riflemaker Gallery More times »
Free
American artist Juan Fontanive returns to Riflemaker for his second show exploring the mechanical image. Eschewing the digital media that pervade many contemporary-art shows today,... View details »
Juan Fontanive