Top 5 London Exhibitions 18th- 24th July

 

Don't hide from possible thunder this weekend, head out to the top 5 #LondonExhibitions.

 

(60) Days of Summer 

Come thunder or baking heat, our summer exhibition is gearing up for the return of the Whitecross Street party. Not only will Roy's People be hiding his little people along the street, but Andrea Tyrimos, DS, Hannah Adamaszek and Otto Schade will be painting live.

Now- 30th

Curious Duke Gallery

173 Whitecross Street

London

EC1Y 8JT

Open Monday – Friday 11:30 – 6:30, open 19th - 20th 12-6.

Nearest stations: Old Street exit 6 and Barbican

Free

 

Which brings me to our next event...

WXSP

Or more commonly known as Whitecross Street Party: The Rise of the Non-Conformists. This annual street party holds not only live art (a number of our very own CDG artists will be live painting), live music, bee hives and of course the street art exhibition that runs until September. The community and it's creative vibe means that WXSP is a world of joy. See you there!

Saturday 19th– Sunday 20thJuly 12-6pm

Whitecross Street

London 

EC1Y

Nearest station: Old Street exit 6, Moorgate and Barbican

Free

 

CREATE/feminisms: A symposium

Rather than sit you down for a day of lectures CREATE have enlisted the female forerunners of the art world to develop a day of workshops, ending with a showing of the film Artist Lives, Not Wives of Artists.

Tuesday 22nd July 9.30 – 9pm

Middlesex University

The Burroughs

London

NW4 4BT

Nearest station: Hendon

Free, but must book here.

 

John Deakin and the lure of Soho

Closing this Sunday! Deakin's photographs of London's Soho area from the late 50s and early 60s are elegant and show an era of change. Some images have become iconic, others you sorely need to see before closing this Sunday.

Now - 20th July

Photographers' Gallery

16-18 Ramililies Street

London

W1F 7LW

Open Monday – Saturday 10 – 6, Thursday 10 – 8, Sunday 11:30 – 6.

Free

 

Malevich: Revolutionary of Russian Art

This will be the first UK retrospective of the Russian artist Kazimir Malevich. The painter who bgena his career with scenes of agriculture and workers, moved drastically towards the movement he founded- suprematism, as the potical climate changed in Russia, with a return to figures in later life. Debate and discover his work for yourself as a major figure of 20th Century art.

Now - 26th October

Tate Modern

Bankside

London

SE1 9TG

Nearest stations: Southwark and London Bridge.

Open Monday – Sunday 10 – 6, Friday & Saturday 10 – 10.

Tickets ï¿¡14.50, concessions apply. Book here. 

 

 

Happy weekend! - Sinéad