being a survey of friendly protests and other creative acts wholly illustrating the artist’s verve, love, wisdom and wit forged through spiritual engagement with life and self ina climate of creative constipation, impotence and aspirational fear heralded and compounded by an insular, moribund and timid cultural and critical elite Paintings, records, books, pamphlets, placards, film, photographs, exploration, sketches, notes, prints, clothing, prints, badges, jewellery,poetry, protest and wonderment Made in 2008 www.theaquariumonline.co.uk

Limoncello, Lucy Clout, 6.30-8.30pm, info: www.limoncellogallery.co.uk Madame Lillies, Olivia McGilchrist, Portraits of Women, 6-9pm, info: www.madamelillies.org MOT INTERNATIONAL, Audrey Reynolds, Vicky Wright, The Antique Wardrobe, 6-8pm, info: www.motinternational.org Hold and Freight, The Night, Though Clear, Shall Frown, & The Stars Will Not Look Down Flavia Sollner, 7pm – 11pm, with a performance from The Sans Pareil, info: www.holdandfreight.org Transition, Awopbopaloobop, a million artists look at lyrics, 7-9pm, info:www.transitiongallery.co.uk Gasworks, Felix’s Machines, Felix Thorn, 7-9pm, info:www.gasworks.org.uk

Lots and Lots of PV’s tonight below are the ones chosen by Russell Herron but there are more at www.firstthursdays.co.uk and www.artrabbit.com Thursday November 6th Hoxton Square Gallery (that’s a bench on Hoxton Square), David Porter, Show on the bench, 20 self-portraits, violent depictions with a tinge of humour, 12-7pm, info: 0776 1767423 or www.myspace.com/davidporterse1 (more…)

www.crisplondonlosangeles.com CRISP LONDON LOS ANGELES presents L.A. based Kelly Kleinschrodt. Deep Space is the artist’s solo debut to London and Los Angeles, showing concurrently in both cities from 7 November - 13 December 2008. (more…)

Exhibition Dates：November 1 - 30, 2008 Opening Reception：4pm, Saturday November 1 Venue：Long March Space, Gallery B & C Artist：Xu Zhen Limit vs. boundary (more…)

Private View: Thursday 18 September 18.00-21.00 Vegas Gallery 64 - 66 Redchurch Street LONDON E2 7DPwww.vegasgallery.co.uk An Urge to Merge For his solo exhibition at Vegas Gallery, British artist Simon Willems will be showing several paintings which explore themes of escapism, vulnerability, and artificiality versus authenticity. The pieces bring together aesthetic strategies developed in ealier work; the use of reflective and highly textured surfaces, and detailed depictions of non-human subjects whose toy-like sheen challenges viewers’ attempts to project meaning and affect onto them. Willem’s {...}