Terry Eagleton, former Wharton Professor of English literature at Oxford University, radical theorist, and one of our most important living literary critics, is no friend to institutionalised religion. But he is also deeply troubled by a new, militant strain of atheism propagated by intellectuals such as Richard Dawkins. Eagleton comes to London and the ICA to {...}

Saturday July 4th
Keith Coventry Paintings and Sculpture Part II: Works 2002-2009 www.haunchofvenison.com

Vhils (AKA Alexandre Farto) Scratching the Surface at Lazarides (FADwebsite)

WW Gallery, Summer Exhibitionists, 3-9pm,info: www.wilsonwilliamsgallery.com (FADwebsite)

Deptford Independence Day – Today Deptford, the toejam all-day music festival at theDeptford Arms, 52 Deptford High Street, SE8. Lonesome Cowboys from Hell (Tim Flitcroft,Calum F. Kerr, Billy Smith, Jan Maat) {...}

Cyprien Gaillard Desniansky Raion 2007 courtesy Laura Bartlett Gallery, London and Cosmic Gallery, Paris © The artist

Rival gangs battle on a housing estate, a tower block is illuminated by a light show before it is razed to the ground, and a housing estate in a Russian suburb, Desniansky Raion, stands desolate and empty - these are all part of artist Cyprien Gaillard’s triptych {...}

All the Fun of the Fair!!!

Come marvel at scenes of the absurd, grotesque exaggeration and dancing girls…Wonder at the wild musicians…See Royal Academicians in compromising positions…Witness the amazing Suitcase of Surprises…Be flabbergasted by the Cabinet of Curiosities…

Among the paintings on view, Royal Academician Tracey Emin sensationally leans out of her tent, fondling a vertically-challenged person’s genitals. Elsewhere her ex Billy Childish {...}

10 July - 22 August 2009
White Cube is pleased to present a new exhibition by Gilbert & George. The ‘JACK FREAK PICTURES’ will be shown in both the Mason’s Yard and Hoxton galleries and comprise the single largest series of work ever made by the illustrious British duo. It is their third show {...}

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Missoni is one of the leading and most distinctive fashion houses in the world. The Missoni style has evolved out of a long-standing collaboration between the husband and wife team of Ottavio and Rosita Missoni. In the late 1940s, Ottavio Missoni established a workshop producing jersey tracksuits that were sported by the Italian {...}

Paintings by Mandy Fudge, a celebration of unique musical talent. The artists often submerged in dependancy, this exhibition focuses on iconic figures both past and present . Acrylic on canvas using
sequins lending to glamour and impact. www.subwaygallery.com

Christie’s Post-War and Contemporary Art Evening Auction took place this evening and realised £19,063,350 $31,778,604 €22,513,816 selling 88% by lot and 86% by value.

The top price was paid for Night Playground by Peter Doig (b.1959), 1997/98, an exemplary large scale painting described by the artist as one of his own favourites. It was offered at auction for {...}