Top 5 London events for 30th August- 5th September
Posted on August 30, 2013
It's time for our top 5 cultural finds for the coming week!
Hannah Adamaszek: Through the Minds Eye
In the first of a series solo shows this autumn, we begin with Hannah Adamaszek new collection of aztec inspired portraits. Read our interview with Hannah here on our visit to her studio.
PV 05/09 6-9pm
5th - 21st September
Curious Duke Gallery
207 Whitecross Street
London, EC1Y 8QP
Open Monday- Friday 11:30- 6:30, Saturday 12-4, closed Sunday.
Nearest stations Old Street exit 6, Barbican.
Free
Caravan: In Peace with Compassion
Having just arrived from Cairo, this herd of 25 fibreglass donkeys has taken up residence around St. Paul's Cathedral, and can be seen during church services. Taking inspiration form the CowParade, these donkeys are to represent Egyptian lifestyles, however curated before the recent developments in Cairo.
Now- 23rd September.
St. Paul's Cathedral
London, EC4M 8AD
Open Monday – Saturday 8:30- 4:30, closed Sunday.
Nearest station St. Paul's
Tickets
The Common at The Islington Art Factory
A group show that unfolds as you're in the gallery space, as artists respond to the room and installations and live events take shape. Exciting stuff.
2nd - 8th September
Islington Arts Factory
2 Parkhurst Road
London, N7 0SF
Open daily 10- 5:30
Nearest station Holloway Road
Free
Help Build a Lego Gherkin!
Not of the pickled variety, but the building 30 St Mary Axe, is to be built with Lego bricks over a few days, today being the last. Not an afternoon entertainment to be missed.
Now- this evening
30 St Mary Axe
London, A 8TPA 8TP
Nearest station Liverpool Street, Fenchurch Street or Aldgate.
Free
'Into the Woods' with Katy Carr and Vanessa Woolf
Recommended to bring blankets and candles, and a maybe warming drinks. London Dreamtime bring you an evening of story telling and live music in the woods of Hampstead Heath. Tickets must be booked to find the exact location.
Saturday 31st August
Tickets £5 here