Events on Friday, February 6

The Tour de Bord Experiment

Party

Tour de Bord

Friday 6/2 @ Secret location

Tour de Bord take a step up from their usual squat parties for this secret music, art and performance shindig at... 

Ongoing Events

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

Special Event

Between the Covers: Women's Magazines and their Readers

Friday 6/2 @ 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>The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror</em>

Art

The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror

Friday 6/2 @ Monika Bobinska

The Macabre Masterpiece of Terror at Monika Bobinska Gallery celebrates B-movie aesthetics and what they say about '50s socio-political conditions. Three... 

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

Art

The Art of the Poster

Friday 6/2 @ 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>Wildlife Photographer of the Year</em>

Art: Photography

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

Friday 6/2 @ Natural History Museum

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

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

Art

For Your Eyes Only

Friday 6/2 @ 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... 

<em>Turning the Season</em>

City Gems

Turning the Season

Friday 6/2 @ The Wapping Project

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

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

Art: Photography

Beside the Seaside

Friday 6/2 @ 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.... 

Art: Photography

Angela Gorgas: Martin Amis and Friends

Friday 6/2 @ 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>VOODOO: Hoochie Coochie and the Creative Spirit</em>

Art

VOODOO

Friday 6/2 @ Riflemaker Gallery

Riflemaker's new show pays homage to enhanced and skewed processes of creativity, looking to artists inspired by voodoo, religious orders, mind-altering... 

Art

David Cotterrell: Aesthetic Distance

Friday 6/2 @ Danielle Arnaud Contemporary Art

Aesthetic Distance is the result of David Cotterrell's time spent at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where he recorded the... 

Art

Futurism 100!

Friday 6/2 @ 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... 

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

Art

The Olympic Stadium Project

Friday 6/2 @ 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... 

Art

Saul Steinberg: Illuminations

Friday 6/2 @ Dulwich Picture Gallery

Illuminations looks back on the work of satirist Saul Steinberg, who spent six years colouring the pages of The New Yorker... 

Lindsay Seers: <em>It Has To Be This Way</em>

Art

It Has To Be This Way

Friday 6/2 @ 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... 

<em>Within</em>

Art: Photography

Within

Friday 6/2 @ Bloomberg SPACE

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

<em>Homeless in the Capital</em>

Art

Homeless in the Capital

Friday 6/2 @ 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

Friday 6/2 @ The Science Museum

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

Theatre

Complicit

Friday 6/2 @ 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... 

Art

Too Much Is Not Enough

Friday 6/2 @ Transition Gallery

Though everyone indulges in a bit of celebrity gossip now and then, some crazed fans take it way too far: this... 

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

Art: Photography

Photographic Portrait Prize 2008

Friday 6/2 @ 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>From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933</em>

Art: Photography

From Kabul to Kandahar 1833-1933

Friday 6/2 @ Royal Geographical Society

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