CITIZENS

40 October April/May 2015 2011
Events
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster Today
020 3553 7147 waellis.com
www.KCWToday.co.uk
Museum of London
A collection from the Metropolitan
Police's Crime Museum with objects
from famous cases like The Great
Train Robbery of 1963, the Acid Bath
Murderer of 1949, to the Millennium
Dome Diamond Heist and other cases
related to spying, narcotics and terrorism.
150 London Wall EC2Y 5HN 020
7001 9844
October 9-January 10
Eddie Peake:The Forever Loop
The Curve
An ambitious program of architectural
installations, choreographed
performances and video, "foregrounding
the naked body-both male and female"
moving through space, reciting a
monologue written by Peake, alongside
a roller skater traversing the 90-metre
gallery. Set against a backdrop of
spatial interventions, including a
maze-like architectural structure and
a chequerboard dance floor which
disorientate the viewer.
Barbican Silk Street EC2Y 8DS
020 7638 8891
October 9 – March 13 2016
Frank Auerbach
Tate Britain
A retrospective with 70 paintings
curated by Catherine Lampert who has
sat for the artist for 37 years. His subject
matter is the people and landscapes of
Camden Town, north London.
Millbank SW1P 4RG 020 7887 8888
October 14- January 17 2016
The Amazing World of M.C. Escher
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Born in 1898 the Dutchman started
his career as an architect in 1918, but
a teacher saw that he was a talented
printmaker and encouraged him to
experiment in perspectives. This
exhibition features over 100 examples
of his work including woodcuts,
watercolours, lithographs and drawings
which explore patterns and space.
Gallery Road SE21 7AD
020 8693 5254
October 14-18
The Frieze Master:
Regent's Park
Several thousands years of art in a
unique contemporary context with
more than 130 leading national and
international art dealers and galleries
specialising in antiquities, Asian and
ethnographic art, manuscripts, medieval,
Modern and Old Masters, 19th century,
photography and sculptures.
NW1 4HA Near London Zoo.
Booking SEE Tickets 0871 230 3452
October 15 - January 10 2016
Giacometti: Pure Presence
National Portrait Gallery
The sculptor is regarded as one of the
most innovative and distinctive artists
of the 20th century. He explored a series
of subjects and styles and this major
exhibition covers the entire period of his
career and includes important paintings,
sculpture and drawings.
St Martin's Place WC2H 0HE
020 7306 0055
October 15 – January 17
Soaring Flight: Gliding Paintings
Courtauld Gallery
Peter Lanyon loved gliding and it gave
him the means to capture multiple
perspectives of the landscape. He died
in 1964 of injuries received in a gliding
accident. The Gallery shows 15 of his
paintings devoted solely to gliding.
Somerset House Strand WC2R 0RN
020 7848 2777
October 16 - April 10 2016
Wildlife Photographer of the Year
Natural History Museum
A beautiful showcase of the very best
nature photography which reveals the
beauty and diversity of life on Earth.
Cromwell Road SW7 5BD
020 7942 5000
October 20-November 4
The Poetry of African Landscape
Osborne Studio Gallery
Richard King and Murray Ralfe
celebrate the beauty and diversity of the
flora and fauna of Africa in pencil, brush
and camera.
Motcomb Street SW1X 8JU
020 7235
October 21-February 14
The World of Charles and Ray Eames
Barbican
A major new exhibition surveying the
career of Charles (1907-1978) and
Ray (1912-1988) and their "laboratory"
where they and their staff pioneered
designs in architecture, furniture,
painting, drawing, film, sculpture,
photography, multi-media as well as new
models of education.
Silk Street EC2Y 8BS
October 24 - January 31
Jean-Etienne Liotard
Royal Academy of Art
An exhibition of a portrait painter who
was in great demand all over Europe in
the 18th century, popular with European
royalty, among them Marie Antoinette,
George III and Bonnie Prince Charlie,
but also among the middle classes. He
travelled to the Ottoman Empire where
he portrayed
life there, and painted his European
sitters in Turkish clothes.
Burlington House Piccadilly W1J 0BD
020 7300 8000
November 29 - January 3 2016
Mapping a Nation
Natural History Museum
A temporary display of artworks and
fossils which tells the story of William
Smith and Britain's first geological map.
Cromwell Road
SW7 5BD
020 7942 5000
November 20 Permanent
The Toshiba Gallery of Japanese Art
Victoria and Albert Museum
This gallery reopens with highlights
from the V&A's internationally
important collection and with 400
new pieces on display demonstrating
modern and contemporary objects
alongside historic.
Cromwell Road SW7 2RL
020 7942 2000.
Ends December 31
Made in China
The Fan Museum
The Hong Kong based author, collector
and philanthropist Edwin Mok has
collaborated with the museum to bring
together the very best in Chinese fan
design.
12 Crooms Hill Greenwich SE10 8ER
020 8305 1441
Ends January 10
The Fabric of India
Victoria and Albert Museum
The first major exhibition of the
handmade textiles of India from the
3rd to the 21st century; includes a
spectacular 18th century tent that
belonged to Tipu Sultan and historic
costumes among 200 other objects.
Cromwell Road SW7 2RL
Ends January 24 2016
The World Goes Pop
Tate Modern
The global dimension of the Pop
Art movement is the subject of this
exhibition. Which features 160 works
produced in the 1960s and 1970s across
the world from Latin America, the USA
to Asia and the Middle East.
Bankside SE1 9TG 020 7887 8888
Ends January 31 2016
Celts: Arts and Identity
British Museum
The first major exhibition in 40 years
with hundreds of objects including
jewelry, metal mirrors , manuscripts
from around Europe, covering the period
from Iron Age to the present day.
Sainsbury Exhibitions Gallery (Room
30) Great Russell Street WC1B 3DG
020 7323 8181
FAIRS & FESTIVALS
Ends October 18
Merge Festival
Bankside
Mixture of art, music, performance,
exhibitions and installations; On Your
Wavelength, a mind powered laser
and sound installation which uses the
headset to “transmit brain activity into
spontaneously choreographed digital
artwork on an architectural scale.”
Community Space 18 Great Guilford
Street SE1 0FD 020 7928 3998
October 9 - November 1
Get Creative Family Festival
UK’s biggest cultural festival with
Michael Morpurgo returning as patron.
5000 events by 1000 organisations.
Families are invited to share new
experiences, listen to a concert, learn
circus skills,
dance, paint, sculpt, play a musical
instrument, explore backstage and much
more.
For more information visit;
familyartfestival.com
October 10
Africa in the Square
Live music with DJs, dancing and talent
show, an african market food stalls,
a fashion show and activities for the
children.12.00pm to 6.00pm
Trafalgar Square Westminster WC2N
5DN
October 10 -11
VegFest
Olympia
Europe’s biggest vegetarian event with
workshops, tips, talks and cookery
demonstrations; Stalls selling raw cocoa,
vegan cakes and cosmetics.
Hammersmith Road W14 8UX
October 11
Diwali Festival
Trafalgar Square
A celebration of the victory over evil,
light over darkness and knowledge over
ignorance. This year the focus will be on
valour, unity and sacrifice in pursuit of
peace and freedom.
Westminster WC2N 5DN
October 11-30
London Horror Festival
Etcetera Theatre
An eclectic mix of horror live festivals
with film screenings, zombie weekends,
short horror play competition and scary
midnight performances.
265 Camden High Street Regent’s Park
NW1 7BU
020 7482 4857
October 17- November 2
Halloween at Legoland
Explore the enchanted forest and find
the lair of Frankie the Friendly Monster,
meet him and Lord Vampyre. A haunted
trail, spooky puppet shows and weekend
fireworks displays.
Winkfield Road Windsor SL4 4AY
0870 504 0404
October 20 - November 8
Noor Festival of Arts
The best of Middle Eastern and North
African arts and culture in venues across
Kensington and Chelsea, featuring food,
film, exhibitions, music, workshops, talks,
dance food and drink: over 50 events in
18 venues across 20 days.
For more information 020 7361 3618
or rbkc.gov.uk/subsites/nour/events1.
aspx
October 22-25
Affordable Art Fair