Events on Wednesday, January 14
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Wednesday 14/1 @ Natural History Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ James Freeman Gallery
Five Years features contemporary pieces by 15 artists from call around the world, marking the relaunch of the newly expanded Sesame...
Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Wednesday 14/1 @ Design Museum
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933
Wednesday 14/1 @ Royal Geographical Society
From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 -1933 is jointly curated by the Royal Geographical Society, the Afghan Association of London, Brondesbury College...
Wednesday 14/1 @ The Wapping Project
Turning the Season explores the British seasons' effects on humanity through art, writing and performance. Among the exhibits transforming the Wapping...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Bloomberg SPACE
This exhibition of newly-commissioned portraits at Bloomberg SPACE features photographers Poppy de Villeneuve, Roderick Buchanan, Sarah Jones and Muzi Quawson. Within...
London International Mime Festival 2009
Wednesday 14/1 @ Various locations
Puppetry, automatons and shadow dancing are just some of the mercurial forms present at the London International Mime Festival. At Shunt...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands
Wednesday 14/1 @ Sadler's Wells
Demonstrating that Walthamstow has delivered more than early-'90s boy-banders to the world, choreographer and E17 native Matthew Bourne — whose past...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Victoria Miro Gallery
War Problems, John Kørner's ambitious new exhibition at Victoria Miro, takes over the entire gallery with 16 large-scale canvases. The artist...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery
Illuminations looks back on the work of satirist Saul Steinberg, who spent six years colouring the pages of The New Yorker...
Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury
Wednesday 14/1 @ Proud Central
When asked about Bob Dylan, '60s photographer Jerry Schatzberg said, "You just point the camera at him and things happen." This...
Wednesday 14/1 @ The Courtauld Gallery
The Courtauld Gallery traces the artistic journey of John Mallord William Turner with an exhibition beginning with early sketches and watercolours...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Hayward Gallery
Though best known for his iconography of American popular culture and controversial merging of art and mass consumerism, Andy Warhol was...
Even Better Together Billboard Project + Open Studio
Wednesday 14/1 @ Gasworks
Gasworks' façade has been given a much-needed facelift with this eye-catching billboard display created through a collaboration between local residents and...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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
Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends
Wednesday 14/1 @ National Portrait Gallery
Photographer Angela Gorgas celebrates the 60th birthday of her old friend and former fiancée Martin Amis (or Smarty Anus, as Private...
Wednesday 14/1 @ ICA
In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new...
Wednesday 14/1 @ The Science Museum
Idle conversations on Facebook walls, MySpace comments and message forums may not feel as intimate after Listening Post arrives at the...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Business Design Centre
Set apart from the barrage of art fairs in autumn 2008, The London Art Fair kicks off the New Year by...
Natural History Museum Ice Rink
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Photographic Portrait Prize 2008
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Various locations
The London Short Film Festival rings in the New Year with a smorgasbord of film, cocktails and music at venues including...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Pangolin London
Pangolin gallery commissioned more than 50 artists, both young upstarts and world-renowned talents, to create new sculpture in sterling silver for...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art
Futurism 100! marks the centenary of the Futurist Manifesto by exhibiting the work of two leading figures from the movement in...
Wednesday 14/1 @ Tate Britain
Three women and one man make up this year's shortlist for the traditionally controversial contemporary art prize. A quick rundown of...
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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....
The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light
Wednesday 14/1 @ 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...
