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 {...}

On the 8th and 9th July 2009 26 cultural leaders from the UK, Western Europe, North America, and the Middle East will come together in London to develop their skills and professional networks as part of a two day British Council run programme to launch the British Council’s Cultural Leadership International programme (CLI).

CLI aims at helping {...}

COLORS OF MONEY an exhibition by Fabrica and Colors about life’s most coveted companion, money
EXPO_CarréRotondes, Luxembourg

Fabrica, the Benetton communication research center, has been invited by the cultural space CarréRotondes in Luxemburg to present Colors of Money, an exhibition exploring the approaches, uses and understandings of money.

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 {...}

Mona Hatoum Hot Spot, 2006 Mixed media. Stainless steel and neon tube 234 x 223 cm David Roberts Collection, London
The Royal Academy of Arts presents GSK Contemporary 2009, the second annual contemporary art season at 6 Burlington Gardens. Opening in December, Earth: Art of a changing world will present new and recent work {...}

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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