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Sex Skateboards Has Taken Over the Dram Terrace
Louis Slater and Sex Skateboards, the brand that bridges the gap between skate culture and street art, have taken over the terrace of Soho cocktail bar Dram for the summer. You can check out a range of Sex Skateboards’ artworks and boards on the terrace as you sip on a whisky cocktail, and you can also pick up some limited-edition merch designed by Louis too.
Shop Furniture and Antiques at The Spotlight Market
Looking to fill your flat with something other than IKEA flatpack? Head to The Spotlight Market, which is popping up in Clapton this July. The market brings together art, furniture, sculpture and objects from a number of different furniture and antiques dealers, including Ancien et Jolie, Stowaway London, Modants, Oculus, Vantage Living, Furniture East and Early Bird London, all of whom are experts in their respective fields and have an excellent eye for sourcing. Most of these traders don’t have permanent physical spaces so it’s a great chance to see their unique pieces in person.
This Exhibition Celebrates Modern and Sustainable Floral Design
To celebrate British Flowers Week, Cissy Bullock and Olivia Wilson are curating Flowers on the Edge, an exhibition that aims to push the boundaries of sustainable floral design. The show will feature installations from ten up-and-coming floral designers, made using only locally-grown flowers and sustainable mechanics. Works from the likes of Wild Stems, Elder & Iris, Nice Bunch, Wilt Studio and Not Salad will be on display.
A Pop-Up Beach Has Landed in Walthamstow
You don’t need to go to the seaside this summer (well, unless you want to of course) because it’s coming to you. Walthamstow is becoming ‘Walthamstow-on-Sea’ until September as Big Penny Social is transforming its terrace into a British seaside resort. Kitted out with deckchairs, sand pits and private beach huts, the pop-up beach is open on weekends for Londoners to soak up the sun with pizza, penny sweets, soft-serve ice cream, draught beers and frozen cocktails.
Try Sriracha, Gravy, Pickled Onion and Twiglet Flavoured Ice Cream at this Pop-Up
Just like last year, Anya Hindmarch’s playful spirit will be out in full force this summer with the return of her Ice Cream Project concept store. This ice cream parlour doesn’t do your average scoops; instead the flavours are inspired by Hindmarch’s fave brands, taking products that would typically be found in the pantry and putting them in the freezer instead. That means the likes of Flying Goose Sriracha, Twiglets, Bisto Gravy, Garnier’s Pickled Onion, Maldon Sea Salt and Irn-Bru flavoured ice creams. Yes really. There’s always some safer, sweeter options on offer at the parlour, like Bird’s Custard, Romney’s Kendal Mint Cake, McVitie’s Milk Chocolate Hobnobs, Ovaltine and Rowse Honey, so you don’t have to eat gravy ice cream if you really don’t want to.
Alim Nayil is taking his acclaimed Kingston pizza shop Patio Pizza to Peckham for the summer, taking up residence at The Greyhound. Alim founded Patio Pizza in 2020; after throwing pizza parties at university and working in his dad’s pizzeria, he began researching dough before landing on a hybrid style that blends New York crispiness with Neapolitan chew. At The Greyhound, Alim will be serving a short menu of pizzas, including N’Duja, Pepperoni and Funghi, alongside rotating specials like the Lupita (a pistachio pesto base, courgette, ricotta, lemon zest, crispy coppa and mint oil). There’ll be sides like boneless wings, mozzarella sticks and garlic bread on offer, plus house-made dips for your crusts.
The Giant London Flea Market Is Coming
The Giant London Flea, the largest indoor flea market in the city, is returning to Stratford this summer. More that 150 traders will be selling their wares at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park Multi-Storey Car Park, so you’ll be able to shop from unique finds, jewellery, furniture, unexpected oddities and more. It’s £2 entry so head on down for a spot of bargain hunting.
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The Summer Exhibition Returns to the Royal Academy
The RA Summer Exhibition is one of the highlights of the city’s artistic calendar – it’s been held every year since 1769 – and this year’s edition looks set to be another cracker. Farshid Moussavi RA, is coordinating this year’s show, which includes works in every possible medium from established artists, Royal Academicians and emerging talent.
See Unseen Photos of The Rolling Stones at This Exhibition
100 never-before-seen photographs of The Rolling Stones, taken in 1963 (just a year after they first formed) when the band were on their first tour alongside The Everly Brothers and Bo Diddley, are being exhibited at Dockside Vaults. Taken by Gus Coral when the group was still unknown, the pictures going on display at Rolling Stones Unseen have remained in an archive for almost six decades, so the show is a must-visit for any Stones fans.
The Wellcome Collection Is Exploring Humanity's Connection With Freshwater
With Thirst: In Search of Freshwater, the Wellcome Collection is diving into humanity’s connection with freshwater as a source of life and key to good health. The exhibition will bring together art, science, technology, history and indigenous knowledge, and span ancient Mesopotamia to Victorian London to modern-day Nepal, in its exploration of our relationship with freshwater. Divided into five sections – Aridity, Rain, Glaciers, Surface Water and Groundwater – the show will feature over 125 objects that highlight the impact that access to freshwater has on the health of both individuals and ecosystems, the consequences that water mismanagement has around the world, and the innovative solutions being created to combat water crises.
This Is the Largest Major Museum Exhibition in the UK on Jenny Saville
Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting at the National Portrait Gallery is the largest major museum exhibition in the UK on the contemporary painter. Saville has been one of the leaders in figurative painting since the 1990s and has become known for her visceral portraits and her interpretation of female beauty. The show will feature 45 of Saville’s works made across her career, including charcoal drawings, large-scale oil paintings and new pieces on display for the first time, tracing the development of her practice and her connection to art history.
See Portraits of Cultural Icons by Dennis Morris at The Photographers' Gallery
Head to The Photographers’ Gallery to see Music + Life, an exhibition featuring images by British-Jamaican photographer Dennis Morris. The show features his work capturing Black British culture in the 1970s – he would photograph daily life in church, on the streets and at parties, documenting the vibrancy of these communities. Morris also took portraits of cultural icons, including Bob Marley, The Sex Pistols, Oasis, The Stone Roses, Patti Smith, Grace Jones, and The Prodigy, and these will be on display alongside records, merch and graphic design he also created.
The Hayward Gallery Is Hosting a Major Retrospective of Yoshitomo Nara
The Yoshimoto Nara exhibition at the Hayward Gallery is the first UK solo show at a public art gallery dedicated to the Japanese artist. The show will look back over four decades of his work to explore how his art has been inspired by his interest in humanity and themes like home, isolation, peace, resistance, nature and freedom. Nara is best known for his images of child-like figures and animals with large heads and wide eyes, and many of these depictions will be on display, with the show including paintings, drawings, sculptures, collages and installations.
A Wes Anderson-Themed Bar Has Popped Up in Soho
All you Wes Anderson fans will know that the director’s latest film The Phoenician Scheme has just come out, but you might not know that you can step inside the bar from the movie. The Red Room inside Bob Bob Ricard has been transformed into Marseille Bob’s, complete with giant pretzels in silver bowls, waiters wearing fez hats and carnations, and drinks inspired by the film. You can sip on a ‘Tycoon on the Rocks’ (a margarita that changes colour, like the poison test featured in the movie) or a ‘Virgin Novitiate’ (made with champagne, Hennessy and a Maraschino cherry), and snack on smoked anchovies with bread and butter. The pop-up is here until 22nd June, and then it’s only a few more months to wait until the Wes Anderson exhibition opens at the Design Museum.
Jealous Is Hosting a Summer Show in Shoreditch
This summer Jealous is leaving its gallery on Curtain Road and going up the road to St Michael’s Church for its Summer Show. Running across two days, the show will feature works from the likes of Blur, David Shrigley, Jake Chapman, Ben Kelly, Miss Bugs, Harry Hill, Charming Baker, Opake, Yinka Shonibare, Antony Micallef, Noel Fielding, and Lakwena. There’ll also be live printing, ‘Quick Shit Portraits’ by Dave Buonaguidi, and a Wheel of Fortune in aid of The Big Issue. Tickets are a tenner or you can get in free by bringing a donation for Tottenham and Hornsey foodbanks.
A Giant Sun Is Coming to Osterley Park and House This Summer
After bringing Helios, a seven-metre sculpture of the sun, to the Painted Hall in Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College at the start of the year, multidisciplinary artist Luke Jerram is taking it west. The piece will be on display at Osterley Park and House, outside the 18th century portico of the neo-classical mansion, across two stints this summer and will be free to view. Like Jerram’s other astronomical installations, Museum of the Moon, Mars and Gaia, Helios, named after the Greek and Roman sun god, is an incredibly detailed, internally lit model of the sun. At a scale of 1:200 million (that means every centimetre of the model represents 200km of the sun), it’s been made using photographs by NASA and Astrophotographer Dr Stuart Green and allows you to get up close to the surface of the star – yes this is one sun you can actually stare at. Accompanied by a surround sound composition created by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson, Helios is an immersive experience that allows you appreciate the power of the sun and the impact it has on human life and our mental wellbeing.
The Imperial War Museum Is Hosting the UK's First Major Exhibition on Sexual Violence in Conflict
Six years in the making, the Unsilenced: Sexual Violence in Conflict exhibition at the Imperial War Museum is the first major show in the UK dedicated to a topic that is still under-discussed. The show will feature case studies from WWI to the present day as well as objects, testimonies and interviews with experts, exploring how and why sexual violence is perpetrated, the impact it has on victims, and the battles for justice and reconciliation. The show will also spotlight the work of four NGOs – Women for Women International, All Survivors Project, Free Yezidi Foundation and Waging Peace – that are leading the fight against sexual violence in conflict.