1 June  –  9 September 2007

Dali & Film

Salvador Dalí (1904–89) is one of the most famous and notorious artists of the twentieth century. This unprecedented exhibition brings together more than one hundred works by Dalí, including major paintings, photographs, drawings and films, in order to explore the central role of cinema in his work as both inspiration and an outlet for experimentation.

Tate Modern,
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
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27 February - 29 July 2007, 10.00-6.00, Mon–Fri

Zabi Majidi, Next Stop Kabul: About Buildings and other Remains of War in Afghanistan

These photographs of Kabul were taken in summer 2006 as part of a field trip in the AA E&E Sustainable Environmental Design programme. It is estimated that more than half of the structures in Kabul have been destroyed during the years of conflict and war. The photographs show some of the urban consequences and how people have adjusted to the devastated environment.

Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture
36 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3ES
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13 - 31 Jul 2007

Taxidermia A Tartan Films release. Dir György Pálfi, Hungary 2006, 91 mins

A dark carnival of jet-black humour, out-there set pieces and vivid imagery that suggests a collision between David Lynch, the Chapman brothers and Monty Python. Find out what connects the man who shoots fire from his penis, the perilously outsized speed-eating champion and a taxidermist who lives with giant cats, in this follow-up to Hungarian director György Pálfi's fabulous debut, Hukkle. 

ICA, The Mall, London SW1Y 5AH
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6–7 July 2007

Minds, Bodies, Machines conference

The two-day conference will explore the relationship between minds, bodies and machines in the long nineteenth century.  Recent research on the Enlightenment’s frontier technologies has established that era’s preoccupation with developing machinery that could simulate the cognitive and physiological processes of human beings.  This interdisciplinary conference, convened by Birkbeck’s Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies, University of London, in partnership with the Department of English, University of Melbourne, and software developers Constraint Technologies International (CTI)

Birkbeck College, Malet Street, Bloomsbury.
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29 march -22 July 2007, Daily 10:00-17:45, Fridays 10:00-22:00

Surreal Things: surrealism and design

Surreal Things is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see 300 of the most extraordinary objects ever created, in a spectacular theatrical setting. This exhibition is the first to explore the influence of Surrealism on the worlds of fashion, design, theatre, interiors, film, architecture and advertising. It shows how artists engaged with design and how designers were inspired by Surrealism.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London SW7
020 7942 2000

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1 June – 7 July 2007, Wednesday – Saturday, 11am–6pm

Zadok Ben David - BLACK FIELD  

Hales gallery present Israeli sculptor Zadok Ben David’s first solo show at the gallery. This new work Black Field continues to investigate Ben David’s interest in visual trickery and illusion in relation to a fascination with science as a vehicle for progress. A major installation, it completely permeates the left hand side of the gallery allowing the spectator only one vantage point from which to view this spectacular work. Both witty and playful, the piece seduces its audience by creating a deception, easy to unravel but magnificent in its simplicity.

Hales Gallery
Tea Building
7 Bethnal Green Road
London E1 6LA
T +44 (0)20 7033 1938
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23 March 2007 to 18 November 2007

Camouflage

The first major exhibition to explore the impact of camouflage on modern warfare and its adoption into popular culture. Find out how and why a revolution in camouflage occurred during the First World War; how teams of artists and designers were employed to conceal and distort everything from soldiers to battleships and how camouflage concepts and designs have influenced contemporary art and fashion from street-style to couture.

Imperial War Museum London 
Lambeth Road 
London SE1 6HZ
United Kingdom
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17 July – 2 September 2007

Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Hreinn Fridfinnsson is one of Iceland’s leading conceptual artists. His work is celebrated for its lyricism and stark poetry that transcends the often-commonplace subjects and materials that the artist uses to create his pieces. Although there is a consistency of theme and a common emotional thread to his art, the media that Fridfinnsson employs are remarkably varied in scale and substance, from photography, drawings and tracings to presentations and installations of sound, texts and ready-mades.

Serpentine Gallery
Kensington Gardens
London W2 3XA
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29 June – 25 November

Zaha Hadid Architecture + Design

The Design Museum exhibition will be the first full scale show of Zaha Hadid’s work in the UK. It will also be one of the largest projects undertaken by the Design Museum, spread over two floors of galleries, and will focus on this recent extraordinarily productive period in Hadid’s work.

Design Museum
Shad Thames
London SE1 2YD
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30 May - 18 August 2007

A Midsummer’s night dream - Dir.Christopher Luscombe

This magical and romantic tale of warring fairies and mismatched lovers has become synonymous with the Open Air Theatre. There really is no better setting.

Open Air Theatre
Regent's Park,
London NW1 4NR
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