Top 5 #LondonExhibitions 8th - 14th August

 

What plans do you have for the weekend? Try to catch one of these great #LondonExhibitions.

 

(60) Days of Summer

Only a few weeks left of our summer show, and you still haven't paid us a visit! Well you're missing out on Mark Powell's bic biro drawings and Hannah Adamaszek's beautiful mixed media paintings of aztec inspired women. Just two weeks, so put it in your diary now.

Now- 30th August

Curious Duke Gallery

173 Whitecross Street

London

EC1Y 8JT

Open Monday – Friday 11:30 – 6:30, Saturday 12-4

Nearest stations: old Street exit 6 and Barbican

Free

 

 

Great Animal Orchestra: Natural Soundscapes by Bernie Krause

This piece of sonic art is made up of four sections, each lasting 15 minutes each. From sounds of animals from Borneo, Costa Rica, Sumatra and Zimbabwe you'll be flown to tropical landscapes, all in the garden of the brilliant Horniman Museum. Each piece is composed by Bernie Krause, famous for the instrument called Moog and working with Stevie Wonder. Great for kids and adults.

Now- 31st August

Horniman Museum

100 London Road

London

SE23 3PQ

Open 10:30 – 5:30 everyday.

Nearest station: Forest Hill Overground

Free

 

Pelo Malo- Closing soon 

Artist Jennifer Kaplan unleashes a tale of beauty in her solo exhibition Pelo Malo, meaning Bad Hair in spanish. Photographs of women and their respective hair styles explores how women perceive themselves, and how they change themselves to look 'beautiful'.

Now - 10th August

Anise Gallery

13a Shad Thames

London

SE1 2PU

Open Thursday – Sunday 11-5

Nearest station: London Bridge Underground and Rail.

Free

 

Alison Boult

Currently Windsor and Newton's artist in residence, Alison Boult blends the fictional worlds the creates from novels, films and daydreams with the world that exists of architecture and reality.

Now - 4th September

Footfall Art

14 Jamaica Road

London

SE1 2RN

Open, not quite sure, the given information says 1-midnight.

Nearest station: Bermondsey

Free

 

Serpentine Cinema, curated by Marina Abramovic

To coincide with her residency at Serpentine gallery, artist Marina Abramovic will be hosting three events at the Gate Picturehouse. This event with last for 2 hours, and will include a discussion around what inspires and motivates Abramovic, with a screening of  her film Golden Mask and Alejandro Jodorowsky's 1973 The Holy Mountain.

Sunday 10th August 1pm

Gate Picturehouse

87 Notting Hill Gate

London

W11 3JZ

Nearest station: Notting Hill Gate

Tickets ï¿¡6 here, concessions apply.

 

Happy weekend!- Sinéad