Events on Monday, January 12

Alan Aldridge: <em>The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes</em>

Art

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes

Monday 12/1 @ Design Museum

The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains... 

T. S. Eliot Festival

Festival: Performing Arts

T. S. Eliot Festival

Monday 12/1 @ Donmar Warehouse

Covent Garden's Donmar Warehouse has gathered an impressive array of actors and directors in honour of poet T.S. Eliot. Although Eliot's... 

Oleg Vassiliev: <em>Recent Work</em>

Art

Oleg Vassiliev

Monday 12/1 @ Faggionato Fine Art

Oleg Vassiliev, who has chosen Faggionato Fine Art for his first UK exhibition, was a major player in Russia's dissident art... 

Eamonn McCabe: <em>Writers' Rooms</em>

Art: Photography

Writers' Rooms

Monday 12/1 @ Madison Contemporary Art

Eamonn McCabe's new exhibition is a fascinating journey into the environments in which the country's leading writers produce their masterpieces. These... 

Festival: Performing Arts

The Voice and Nothing More

Monday 12/1 @ Slade Research Centre

The Voice and Nothing More festival celebrates the voice as a work of art. At UCL's Slade Research Centre, more than... 

<em>Paths to Fame: Turner Watercolours from the Courtauld</em>

Art

Turner Watercolours

Monday 12/1 @ The Courtauld Gallery

The Courtauld Gallery traces the artistic journey of John Mallord William Turner with an exhibition beginning with early sketches and watercolours... 

<em>Within</em>

Art: Photography

Within

Monday 12/1 @ Bloomberg SPACE

This exhibition of newly-commissioned portraits at Bloomberg SPACE features photographers Poppy de Villeneuve, Roderick Buchanan, Sarah Jones and Muzi Quawson. Within... 

City Gems

Even Better Together Billboard Project + Open Studio

Monday 12/1 @ Gasworks

Gasworks' façade has been given a much-needed facelift with this eye-catching billboard display created through a collaboration between local residents and... 

<em>The Olympic Stadium Project - Le Corbusier and Baghdad</em>

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Monday 12/1 @ Victoria and Albert Museum

This collection showcases the blueprints and models for the Baghdad Olympic Stadium, one of Le Corbusier's final projects. The designs illustrate... 

<em>Homeless in the Capital</em>

Art

Homeless in the Capital

Monday 12/1 @ Museum of London

Given that there are an estimated 150,000 homeless individuals in the city, the Museum of London's exhibition offers a poignant slice of reality... 

<em>Listening Post</em>

Art

Listening Post

Monday 12/1 @ The Science Museum

Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the... 

<em>Dispersion</em>

Art

Dispersion

Monday 12/1 @ ICA

In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new... 

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

City Gems

Natural History Museum Ice Rink

Monday 12/1 @ Natural History Museum

The freezing of the Natural History Museum's atmospheric East Lawn for skating has become a festive sight to rival the West... 

<em>Andy Warhol: Other Voices, Other Rooms</em>

Art

Andy Warhol

Monday 12/1 @ Hayward Gallery

Though best known for his iconography of American popular culture and controversial merging of art and mass consumerism, Andy Warhol was... 

Festival: Performing Arts

London Short Film Festival

Monday 12/1 @ Various locations

The London Short Film Festival rings in the New Year with a smorgasbord of film, cocktails and music at venues including... 

<em>The Art of the Poster: A Century of Design</em>

Art

The Art of the Poster

Monday 12/1 @ Covent Garden Market Piazza

The eye-catching, amusing and sometimes wry art displayed on the Tube is the subject of a major retrospective at the London... 

<em>From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933</em>

Art: Photography

From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933

Monday 12/1 @ Royal Geographical Society

From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 -1933 is jointly curated by the Royal Geographical Society, the Afghan Association of London, Brondesbury College... 

Theatre

Complicit

Monday 12/1 @ The Old Vic

Kevin Spacey attracts an all-star cast as he takes the directorial reins on Joe Sutton's Complicit, which receives its world premiere... 

Turner Prize 08

Art

Turner Prize

Monday 12/1 @ Tate Britain

Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of... 

Art: Photography

Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury

Monday 12/1 @ Proud Central

When asked about Bob Dylan, '60s photographer Jerry Schatzberg said, "You just point the camera at him and things happen." This... 

Jan Kjetil Bj&oslash;rheim: <em>The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light</em>

Art

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light

Monday 12/1 @ Space Station Sixty-Five

The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light by Norwegian artist Jan Kjetil Bjørheim is the latest in a... 

<em>Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2008</em>

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Monday 12/1 @ National Portrait Gallery

This year's Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery includes a shot of Rupert Murdoch competing against a... 

<em>Sterling Stuff II</em>

Art

Sterling Stuff II

Monday 12/1 @ Pangolin London

Pangolin gallery commissioned more than 50 artists, both young upstarts and world-renowned talents, to create new sculpture in sterling silver for... 

<em>For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming & James Bond</em>

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Monday 12/1 @ 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... 

GSK Contemporary

Art

GSK Contemporary

Monday 12/1 @ Royal Academy of Arts

GSK Contemporary brightens-up the Royal Academy over the winter with installations, screenings and seminars examining two themes: Molten States and Collision... 

<em>Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers</em>

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Monday 12/1 @ The Women's Library

Between the Covers dips into the print archives of the Women's Library to explore how magazines have built relationships with readers... 

<em>Beside the Seaside: Snapshots of British Coastal Life, 1880-1950</em>

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Monday 12/1 @ National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum's archive of photographs, posters and memorabilia provides fascinating insight into a boom time for the British coast.... 

Ingrid Bergman season

Festival: Performing Arts

Ingrid Bergman season

Monday 12/1 @ National Film Theatre

This themed season at the NFT shows there's a lot more to Ingrid Bergman's filmography than her turn opposite Bogart as... 

<em>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Monday 12/1 @ Natural History Museum

Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether... 

Art: Photography

Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends

Monday 12/1 @ National Portrait Gallery

Photographer Angela Gorgas celebrates the 60th birthday of her old friend and former fiancée Martin Amis (or Smarty Anus, as Private... 

<em>Rothko</em>

Art

Rothko

Monday 12/1 @ Tate Modern

Latvian-born abstract expressionist Mark Rothko gets a much-overdue retrospective (he hasn't had an exhibition in the UK for more than 20... 

<em>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Monday 12/1 @ The Wapping Project

Turning the Season explores the British seasons' effects on humanity through art, writing and performance. Among the exhibits transforming the Wapping... 

Performing Arts

London International Mime Festival 2009

Monday 12/1 @ Various locations

Puppetry, automatons and shadow dancing are just some of the mercurial forms present at the London International Mime Festival. At Shunt...