Friday 26 August 2016

Serpentine Galleries - Spend the Bank Holiday at the Serpentine; Book Now for Park Nights and Educators Workshop

SERPENTINE GALLERIES
LATE AUGUST 2016
Serpentine
LAST CHANCE
ALEX KATZ:
QUICK LIGHT
UNTIL SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
SERPENTINE GALLERY
FREE
'No one but Katz could create work this lucid, direct and moving’
The Guardian

'The most persuasive, honest and joyful figurative painter alive'
Financial Times
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ETEL ADNAN:
THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD
UNTIL SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER
SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY
FREE
'Immensely cheering'
The Times


'[Her] boldly coloured, thickly painted American landscapes reveal a timeless love of the natural world'
The Guardian
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OUTDOOR SCULPTURE
ALEX KATZ: ADA (WIND VANE)
UNTIL OCTOBER 2016
SERPENTINE GALLERY
Connecting the Quick Light exhibition to the Serpentine's parkland surroundings, Ada (wind vane) is a functioning wind vane and a freestanding portrait of the artist’s wife and life-long muse
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BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND AT THE SERPENTINE
IT'S EXCELLENT
SATURDAYS LIVE:
BEATRIZ OLABARRIETA
DUMB BELLS
SATURDAY 27 AUGUST
12 - 5.15PM
SERPENTINE GALLERY
FREE
Artist Beatriz Olabarrieta presents Dumb Bells, a new durational performance and installation which evolves over the course of the day
 
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BUILD YOUR OWN PAVILION:
MODEL-MAKING
DEMONSTRATIONS
SUNDAY 28 AND MONDAY 29 AUGUST
12 - 3PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
FREE, DROP-IN
Are you a budding architect aged 8-14? Come and meet with professional designers and architects in the Serpentine Pavilion and get expert design tips at these family-friendly model-making demonstrations
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SERPENTINE CINEMA
HELEN CAMMOCK
TUESDAY 13 SEPTEMBER, 8:45PM
HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE
TICKETS £6/£5 (CONC.) AVAILABLE VIA HACKNEY PICTUREHOUSE
Artist Helen Cammock premieres her new film There's a Hole in the Sky Part II; Listening to James Baldwin. She will also present her recent film, There's a Hole in the Sky Part I, and two performances, Song and Shiver andFreedom Song
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PARK NIGHTS
JALA WAHID:
AND I'LL PROMISE YOU
FRIDAY 16 SEPTEMBER, 8PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
TICKETS £5/£4 (CONC.)
Artist Jala Wahid explores collective affect, longing and love in an evening combining music, personal and collective histories and her practice as a sculptor and film-maker
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BBC RADIO 3'S LATE JUNCTION
 
FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 8PM
SERPENTINE PAVILION
TICKETS £5/£4 (CONC.)
BBC Radio 3 records Late Junction live in the Serpentine Pavilion, featuring sets by musicians and artists, including yeah you, Bas Jan, Adam Christensen and more
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EDUCATORS WORKSHOP
IDEAS THROUGH ART:
POETRY FROM THE PERSONAL
THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER, 6:30 - 8:30PM
SERPENTINE SACKLER GALLERY
FREE, BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Octavia Poetry Collective lead a workshop devised for anyone who works with children or young people and wants to join an active discussion about poetry and identity in schools
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