Art & Culture Central
The Chrome Angelz at The Outsiders, 8 Greek Street, W1D 4DG Tottenham Court Road FREE, Until Jul 14. Spray paintings and graffiti. Cultural Olympiad: Damien Hirst at Tate Modern, Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 9TG Southwark £14, concs £12.20, mems FREE, Until Sep 9. The first major survey of the acclaimed British artist’s work to be held in the UK. Cultural Olympiad: Mind The Map: Inspiring Art, Design And Cartography at London Transport Museum, 39 Covent Garden Piazza, WC2E 7BB Covent Garden £13.50, concs £10, Until Oct 28. An exhibition detailing the history, inspiration and creativity behind London Transport maps. Cultural Olympiad: Writing Britain: Wastelands To Wonderlands at The British Library, 96 Euston Road, NW1 2DB Euston £9, child FREE, NUS/ disabled/unwaged £5, OAP £7, Until Sep 25. An exploration in how the landscapes of Britain run throughout great literary works. Leonardo Da Vinci: Anatomist at The Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, Birdcage Walk, SW1A 1AA Victoria £9.25, NUS/OAP £8.50, family £23, ages 5-16 £4.65, under 5s FREE, Until Oct 7. A major display of works relating to the artist’s studies of the human body. The Galton Collection UCL at The Galton Collection UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6HJ Goodge Street FREE, Until Dec 31. The collection on display once belonged to Sir Francis Galton, a Victorian scientist whose research specialised in criminolgy and identity. Gold: Power And Allure at Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, EC2V 6BN St Paul’s FREE, Until Jul 28. More than 400 gold objects from 2,500 BC to the present day. London 2012: Design Stories: The Architecture Behind 2012 at RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD Regent’s Park FREE, Until Sep 21. Photographs, drawings, scale models and videos of the Olympic sporting venues. London Festival Of Photography: In The Moment: The Sports Photography Of Tom Jenkins at Kings Place Gallery, Kings Place, 90 York Way, N1 9AG King’s Cross St Pancras FREE, Until Aug 31. Contemporary sport photography. Magnum On Set at London Film Museum, Covent Garden, 45 Wellington Street, WC2E 7BN Covent Garden phone for prices, Until Sep 1. Photographs and artefacts from films including The Seven Year Itch and Rebel Without A Cause. Mantegna To Matisse: Master Drawings From The Courtauld Gallery at The Courtauld Institute Of Art, Somerset House, Strand, WC2R 0RN Temple £6, concs £4.50, NUS/unwaged/disabled carer/Friends Of The Courtauld/under 18s FREE, Mon
10am-2pm excl Bank Hols FREE, Until Sep 9. Drawings from the collection. Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye at Tate Modern, Bankside, Holland Street, SE1 9TG Southwark £14, OAP/NUS/ disabled/unwaged/ages 12-18 £12.20, Art Fund £6.10 & £7, mems/under 12s FREE, Until Oct 14. A major reassessment of the Norwegian artist’s work, including paintings and photographs. Grayson Perry: The Vanity Of Small Differences at Victoria Miro, 16 Wharf Road, N1 7RW Angel FREE, Until Aug 11. Tapestries inspired by Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress. Picasso And Modern British Art at Tate Britain, Millbank, SW1P 4RG Pimlico £14, concs £12.20, mems FREE, Until Jul 15. An exploration of the Spanish artist’s connections to the UK. Soundworks at ICA, 12 Carlton House Terrace, The Mall, SW1Y 5AH Charing Cross FREE, Until Sep 16. Audio installations inspired by the themes presented in Bruce Nauman’s Days.
Danja Akulin: Penumbra at Erarta Galleries, 8 Berkeley Street, W1J 8DN Green Park FREE, Until Jul 14. Conceptual landscape drawings. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Diamonds: A Jubilee Celebration at Buckingham Palace, Buckingham Palace Road, SW1A 1AA Victoria £18, OAP/NUS £16.50, family £47, under 17s £10.25, under 5s FREE, Until Oct 7. An unprecedented display of The Queen’s jewellery. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: The Queen: Art And Image at National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Charing Cross £6, OAP £5.50, NUS/ages 12-18/unwaged/disabled £5, National Art Pass holders £3, disabled carer/accompanied under 12s/mems FREE, Until Oct 21. Around 60 images and related media of Queen Elizabeth II.
recommended North The Inspiration Of Decadence: Dodo Rediscovered: Berlin-London (19071998) at Ben Uri Gallery, 108a Boundary Road, NW8 0RH Kilburn Park £5, concs £4, under 16s/mems FREE, Until Sep 9. An insight into Berlin’s bohemian society during the 1920s and 30s. Postcards Festival: Elsa Quarsell: The Domestic Burlesque at Jacksons Lane Theatre, 269a Archway Road, N6 5AA Highgate FREE, Until Aug 30. A selection of images of burlesque performers. The Story Of The Royal School, Hampstead 1855-2012 at Burgh House, Hampstead Museum, New End Square, NW3 1LT Hampstead FREE, Until Jul 22. Historic photographs of the school.
East CREATE 2012: David Bailey’s East End at The Royal Docks Newham, Dockside Road, E16 2QU Royal Albert £6, concs £4, Until Aug 5. Images of London’s East End, taken over the past fifty years. CREATE 2012: Free Range at The Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, E1 6QL Liverpool Street FREE, Until Jul 16. Works by arts and fashion graduates from across the country. CREATE 2012: Mapping The Change at Hackney Museum, 1 Reading Lane, E8 1GQ Hackney Central FREE, Until Sep 22. Photographs, films and local residents’ stories documenting Hackney’s redevelopment in the run-up to the Olympics. CREATE 2012: Jo Spence: Work (Part 1) at SPACE, 129-131 Mare Street, E8 3RH London Fields FREE, Until Jul 15. A retrospective of images by the British photographer. Cultural Olympiad: Government Art Collection: Commissions: Now And Then at Whitechapel Gallery, 80-82 Whitechapel High Street, E1 7QX Aldgate East FREE, Until Sep 2. Works marking the 60 years of commission for the Collection, and work inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Cultural Olympiad: Yoko Ono: IMAGINE PEACE at Waltham Forest, Town Square, E17 4HU Highams Park FREE, Until Sep 9. A large-scale project using posters, words, badges and the Internet. Uncommon Ground at Flowers, Kingsland Road, 82 Kingsland Road, E2 8DP Hoxton FREE, Until Sep 1. Photography exploring the differences between observed reality and artistically altered reality.
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Spotlight On Peter Rand at National Portrait Gallery, 2 St Martin’s Place, WC2H 0HE Charing Cross FREE, Until Sep 16. Sixteen photographs by the Vogue photographer.
The Cinema Museum at The Cinema Museum, 2 Dugard Way, SE11 4TH Elephant & Castle guided tour £7, child/ concs £5, Until Dec 31. Collection of film memorabilia chronicling the history of the silver screen to the present day, including posters, props and ushers’ uniforms. Philip Haas: The Four Seasons at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, SE21 7AD West Dulwich £8, OAP £7, NUS/ unwaged/disabled/Art Fund mems £5, under 18s/mems FREE, Until Sep 16. Sculptures inspired by Giuseppe Arcimboldo’s Renaissance paintings of the four seasons. Andrew Kotting & Iain Sinclair: Swandown at Dilston Grove, SE16 2DD Surrey Quays FREE, Until Jul 29. Film,
photographs and artefacts relating to the artists’ pedalo journey. London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Yoko Ono: IMAGINE PEACE at Live Site, Woolwich, General Gordon Place, Woolwich Arsenal FREE, SE18 6EU Until Sep 9. A large-scale project using posters, words, badges and the Internet. Jo Spence: Work (Part 2) at Studio Voltaire, 1a Nelsons Row, SW4 7JR Clapham Common FREE, Until Aug 11. A retrospective of images by the British photographer. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: Royal River: Power, Pagentry And The Thames at National Maritime Museum, Romney Greenwich £11, child Road, SE10 9NF £5, family, 2 adults, up to 2 children £24.50, family, 1 adult, up to 3 children £14.50, concs £9, Until Sep 9. A major exhibition featuring paintings, manuscripts and other artefacts. Andy Warhol: The Portfolios: Bank Of America Collection at Dulwich Picture Gallery, Gallery Road, SE21 7AD West Dulwich £8, OAP £7, NUS/ unwaged/disabled/Art Fund mems £5, under 18s/mems FREE, Until Sep 16. Featuring iconic and lesser-known prints and paintings. Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum at The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club, Church Road, SW19 5AE Southfields Museum £11, child £6.75, concs £9.50, Museum & Tour £20, child £12.50, concs £17, Until Dec 31. The story of the development of the game into today’s exciting sport.
West Ballgowns: British Glamour Since 1950 at Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL South Kensington £10, concs available, Until Jan 6. A large display of ballgowns dating from 1950 to the present day. Codebreaker: Alan Turing’s Life And Legacy at Science Museum, Exhibition Road, SW7 2DD South Kensington FREE, Until Jul 31. Photographs and objects celebrating the centenary of the British computing pioneer. London 2012 Cultural Olympiad: Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary at Victoria & Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL South Kensington £6, OAP £5, NUS/ ages 12-17/disabled/ES40 holders £4, family of 3 £10, family of 4 £16, disabled carers/mems/under 12s FREE, Until Sep 30. Two decades of contemporary design projects undertaken by the acclaimed British design studio. Cultural Olympiad: Yoko Ono: To The Light at Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, W2 3XA South Kensington FREE, Until Sep 9. Works in a range of disciplines by the artist, including a largescale project, SMILE. Mohammad Ali Talpur at Green Cardamom, 5A Porchester Place, W2 2BS Marble Arch FREE, Until Jul 27. Calligraphic works inspired by Islamic philosophy. The inTRANSIT Festival: Louise Ashcroft & Fritha Jenkins: Vessel at Paddington Basin, Merchant Square, W2 1JZ Paddington FREE, Until Jul 15. Samples of water are added to a large vessel, journeying through Kensington and Chelsea.
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