Events on Thursday, February 16

Sarah Lucas: <em>Situation</em>

Art: Installation

Sarah Lucas: Situation

Thursday 16/2 @ Sadie Coles

As another year dawns on us, the '90s get further from the memory – or do they? 2012 sees British artist... 

Ongoing Events

<em>Catwalk to Cover: A Front Row Seat</em>

Fashion/Style

Catwalk to Cover: A Front Row Seat

Thursday 16/2 @ Fashion and Textile Museum

Ever fancied yourself a fashion editor? A fashion photographer? Or perhaps you just like the pretty clothes? The Fashion and Textile... 

Jarek Piotrowski: <em>Soft Machine</em>

Art: Multimedia

Jarek Piotrowski: Soft Machine

Thursday 16/2 @ Galerie8

Soft Machine is the first UK solo show by Polish-born artist Jarek Piotrowski. The exhibition features works hand cut from PVC... 

Yayoi Kusama

Art: Multimedia

Yayoi Kusama

Thursday 16/2 @ Tate Modern

One of Japan's most famous contemporary artists, who as a self-proclaimed "outsider" conquered the New York art world in the 1960s,... 

Matthew Hawtin: <em>Dimensions</em>

Art: Multimedia

Matthew Hawtin: Dimensions

Thursday 16/2 @ The Red Gallery

He may have a famous sibling – techno producer/DJ Richie Hawtin – but visual artist Matthew Hawtin is a creative genius... 

Lis Rhodes: <em>Dissonance and Disturbance</em>

Art: Video

Lis Rhodes: Dissonance and Disturbance

Thursday 16/2 @ Institute of Contemporary Arts

This retrospective of works by Lis Rhodes includes four decades of her often radical and always experimental video treatments, which rarely... 

<em>Trauma</em>

Art: Group Show

Trauma

Thursday 16/2 @ GV Art

This exhibition at GV Art London sees 14 artists explore the concept of trauma. This being GV Art, the focus is... 

Pop-Up Graffiti and Street Art Exhibition

Art: Installation

Pop-Up Graffiti and Street Art Exhibition

Thursday 16/2 @ O2 Arena

Head to the O2 to check this innovative exhibition of young graffiti artists' work within the confines of one of London’s... 

Bus-Tops

Art

Bus-Tops

Thursday 16/2 @ Bus-Tops throughout London

Your chance to paint the town red has finally arrived. Bus-Tops is an ingenious public art installation that transforms the tops... 

Roundhouse Rising 2012

Music: Festival

Roundhouse Rising 2012

Thursday 16/2 @ Roundhouse

Roundhouse Rising is back for a second year of championing and developing fresh  musical talent, with a series of showcases, concerts... 

Patrick Coyle: <em>To Draw A Blank</em>

Art: Festival

Patrick Coyle: To Draw A Blank

Thursday 16/2 @ Tenderpixel

London-based Patrick Coyle's intriguing new exhibition at Tenderpixel sees the artist harnessing seven different disciplines – including collage, performance, sculpture and... 

Lucian Freud: Portraits

Art: Painting & Drawing

Lucian Freud: Portraits

Thursday 16/2 @ National Portrait Gallery

The first exhibition of the legendary figurative painter Lucian Freud, the National Portrait Gallery's show spans 70 years of Freud's prolific... 

The Hendrick's Lecture Series

Art: Lecture

The Hendrick's Lecture Series

Thursday 16/2 @ The Last Tuesday Society

The Last Tuesday Society take their long-running partnership with Hendrick's Gin to new heights with this quirky series of lectures that... 

The Vault Festival

Art: Multimedia

The Vault Festival

Thursday 16/2 @ The Old Vic Tunnels

Vault is a new festival of theatre, film and music taking place over three weeks in the Old Vic Tunnels. Organised... 

Till Rabus:<em> Forms of Everyday</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Till Rabus: Forms of Everyday

Thursday 16/2 @ Lazarides Gallery

Swiss artist Till Rabus chooses Lazarides for his first UK exhibition. Using oil on canvas, Rabus creates works that look almost... 

Lucian Freud: <em>Drawings</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Lucian Freud

Thursday 16/2 @ Blain Southern

Blain|Southern present a sweeping overview of more than 100 drawings by the late and most definitely great Lucian Freud. This inspired... 

International Film Season 2012

Film: Festival

International Film Season 2012

Thursday 16/2 @ The Tricycle Theatre

This Best Foreign Language Film selection at this year's Oscars is as inspiring as ever, and all the contenders are being... 

Christopher Baker: <em>Hello World</em>

Art: Installation

Christopher Baker: Hello World

Thursday 16/2 @ The Saatchi Gallery

The Saatchi gallery now have their first ever screening room (in Duke of York Square, just around the corner from the... 

The Sea Plays

Theatre

The Sea Plays

Thursday 16/2 @ The Old Vic Tunnels

The Old Vic Tunnels beneath Waterloo station play host to a performance of The Sea Plays by Eugene O'Neill.  The playwright... 

Joan Mitchell: <em>The Last Paintings</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Joan Mitchell: The Last Paintings

Thursday 16/2 @ Hauser & Wirth

The late, great Joan Mitchell was famous for her large fields of colour and this new exhibition of her later work... 

Gavin Turk: <em>Gavin & Turk</em>

Art: Installation

Gavin Turk: Gavin & Turk

Thursday 16/2 @ Ben Brown Fine Arts

Gavin Turk's new exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Art is inspired by the work of  Alighiero Boetti, the Italian conceptual artist who... 

Flamenco Festival

Dance

Flamenco Festival

Thursday 16/2 @ Sadler's Wells

This 12-day celebration of the Spanish national art form returns for a ninth year at Sadler's Wells. A gala performance to...