Events on Friday, February 17

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

Fashion/Style

Catwalk to Cover: A Front Row Seat

Friday 17/2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Festival

Patrick Coyle: To Draw A Blank

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ 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... 

Matthew Hawtin: <em>Dimensions</em>

Art: Multimedia

Matthew Hawtin: Dimensions

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Painting & Drawing

Till Rabus: Forms of Everyday

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ Blain Southern

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

Bus-Tops

Art

Bus-Tops

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ Roundhouse

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

The Sea Plays

Theatre

The Sea Plays

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ 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... 

The Vault Festival

Art: Multimedia

The Vault Festival

Friday 17/2 @ 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... 

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

Art: Multimedia

Jarek Piotrowski: Soft Machine

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ 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,... 

International Film Season 2012

Film: Festival

International Film Season 2012

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ The Saatchi Gallery

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

<em>Trauma</em>

Art: Group Show

Trauma

Friday 17/2 @ 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

Friday 17/2 @ O2 Arena

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

Flamenco Festival

Dance

Flamenco Festival

Friday 17/2 @ 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...