Events on Wednesday, January 21
Jerry Schatzberg: Thin Wild Mercury
Wednesday 21/1 @ Proud Central
When asked about Bob Dylan, '60s photographer Jerry Schatzberg said, "You just point the camera at him and things happen." This...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
Photographic Portrait Prize 2008
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ ICA
In Dispersion, nine international artists use film, photography and performance to question the image explosion of recent times. The ambitious new...
Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 21/1 @ Bloomberg SPACE
This exhibition of newly-commissioned portraits at Bloomberg SPACE features photographers Poppy de Villeneuve, Roderick Buchanan, Sarah Jones and Muzi Quawson. Within...
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Wednesday 21/1 @ Natural History Museum
Wildlife Photographer of the Year is a real treat for any nature snapper — it will be interesting to see whether...
Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ The Courtauld Gallery
Somerset House writer-in-residence Ruth Padel invites eminent writers to discuss their favourite paintings at the Courtauld Gallery over the winter months....
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
The Gift and The Message: A Norwegian Gift of Light
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes
Wednesday 21/1 @ Design Museum
The Man with Kaleidoscope Eyes is the first UK retrospective of Alan Aldridge, the seminal '60s psychedelic artist and the brains...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 21/1 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery
Illuminations looks back on the work of satirist Saul Steinberg, who spent six years colouring the pages of The New Yorker...
Wednesday 21/1 @ Matt's Gallery
Lindsay Seers explores the complexity of relationships in It Has To Be This Way at Matt's Gallery. Following a recent jaunt...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ James Freeman Gallery
Five Years features contemporary pieces by 15 artists from call around the world, marking the relaunch of the newly expanded Sesame...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ ICA
Leading Russian performing-arts group Akhe Engineering Theatre bring their avant-garde dramaturgy to the ICA's stage with the UK premiere of Faust...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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 21/1 @ The Wapping Project
Turning the Season explores the British seasons' effects on humanity through art, writing and performance. Among the exhibits transforming the Wapping...
London International Mime Festival 2009
Wednesday 21/1 @ Various locations
Puppetry, automatons and shadow dancing are just some of the mercurial forms present at the London International Mime Festival. At Shunt...
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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....
Wednesday 21/1 @ 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
From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933
Wednesday 21/1 @ Royal Geographical Society
From Kabul to Kandahar 1833 -1933 is jointly curated by the Royal Geographical Society, the Afghan Association of London, Brondesbury College...
