Top 5 #LondonExhibitions 15th - 22nd August

 

What will you be doing this weekend? A few galleries and festivals tickle your fancy? Well...

 

(60) Days of Summer

Two weeks left of our big summer show! And you haven't been? Do yourself a favour and get here now. With over 20 artists showing you're sure to fall in love. From brains growing on stems to antique saws hand cut with laser into wistful tales, you'll leave with a new perspective.

Now- 30^th 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

 

Cut-Copy-Paste 

American artists Frank Hallam Day, Brian Porray and Michael Mapes all work with appropriated images in collage, but what exactly can be done with these, and when does it become their work? Who is the author? Now - 27th September

Beers Contemporary

1 Baldwin Street

London

EC1V 9NU

Open Tuesday – Saturday 11-6.

Nearest station: Old Street

Free

 

Emblem/ Lift Crash Bloom

Brought to you by Wild Flag Studios, Waterloo Tunnels are reinvented yet again, this time as an immersive installation. Enter a world machinery, noisy atmospheres and painted worlds of a scale you couldn't imagine.

Now 30^th August

Waterloo Tunnels

Station Approach Road

London

SE1 8SW

Open daily 2-7pm.

Nearest station: Waterloo

Free

 

Seven Dials Spotlight 

Seven Dials will be traffic free this Saturday (if you can imagine it), and rather than focusing on shopping, the West End area will become a hive of creativity. From outdoor theatre, dance and comedy, you can enjoy it all from the comfort of a deck chair on the pop up lawn.

Saturday 16^th August 12-7

Venues vary.

WC2

Nearest stations: Leicester Square and Covent Garden

Free

 

Now, not strictly this week, but before it sells out.

Artists talk Tate: Andrea Büttner

Büttner talks to curator Chus Matínez about belief systems that dictate society, such as class and the idea of dignity around money. It isn't a lecture on social history, rather a look at our reactions.

Monday 15^th September 6:30 – 8:30

Tate Britain: Grand Saloon

Millbank

London

SW1P 4RG

Nearest station: Pimlico

Tickets £9, concessions apply. Book here. 

 

Happy weekend! -Sinéad