London Churches, Part 1

A new project from Hyperliterature Exchange founder Edward Picot aims to visit every church in the City of London. Documenting every church in the city - and probably a few outside - Edward will use the visits as the basis of an online work.  more»

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London Churches, Part 1

A new project from Hyperliterature Exchange founder Edward Picot aims to visit every church in the City of London.

Documenting every church in the city - and probably a few outside - Edward will use the visits as the basis of an online work.

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Iconic poster designs available online

Tom Eckersley is one of the foremost British poster designers and graphic communicators of the twentieth century.  From the 'Keep Britain Tidy' campaign to advertisements for Gillette and Guinness, 100 images from the designer's archives have now been made publically available online.

Eckersley used bold simple designs, coupled with memorable slogans, for iconic brands such as Guinness, the Post Office, British Railways, London Transport and Gillette.  He was also a teacher of poster arts and established the first graphic design course in Britain at the London School/College of Printing (now the College of Communication, part of University of the Arts London).

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Royal Shakespeare Company at Latitude

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) returns to the Latitude Festival with a chilling new event to be held at the witching hour on Saturday 18 July and at dusk on Sunday 19 July.

Specially commissioned by the RSC, Here Lies Mary Spindler has been created by director Elizabeth Freestone, RSC Movement Director Struan Leslie, playwright Phil Porter, sound designer Adrienne Quartly, designer Tom Scutt and the Suffolk Trial Society.

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Gilbert and George at White Cube

Gilbert & George are set to show the largest series of works they've ever created in a London exhibition.

The Jack Freak Pictures is so big it will take up both the White Cube's spaces, in Mason’s Yard and Hoxton. It is their third show with White Cube and the first in London since the Tate Modern retrospective in 2007.

Ine the new works, the dominant element is the Union Jack, whose significance spans the cultural spectrum from contemporary fashion to racist politics.

Equally prominent are Gilbert & George themselves in a variety of guises - dancing, gurning, howling, watching and waiting - players in the epic and complex pictorial drama they have created.

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Scribble in space fills Duveen galleries

Tate Britain's new Duveens Commission stretches and inhabits the full space of the gallery, with a 'scribble in space'.

Eva Rothschild's Cold Corners has been specially created for the Tate Britain Duveens Commission 2009. It brings a chaotic, energetic presence to the grandeur of the neoclassical architecture of the Duveen Galleries.

Comprising a sequence of twenty-six connected triangles the structure weaves through the space, climbing up to 12 metres as it loops up and over the stone architraves, swooping down to the floor of the Octagon before reaching the north end of the 80 metre gallery. Cold Corners frames the space, dwarfing the viewer and inviting them to navigate through the sculpture. The sculpture appears to posses its own kinetic power; a lightning bolt travelling through the space. It is at once delicate yet dynamic, achieving a powerful presence with minimal materiality.

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Jazz Allstars bring American cool to sweltering London

St Martin-in-the-Fields, London: Rhapsody in Blue – James Pearson and the Ronnie Scott's Allstars

It was truly a stellar line-up that brought some of the best of America's popular jazz composers to St Martin's stunning church setting this week.

From the opening Leonard Bernstein overture to a concluding romp through Rodgers and Hart classic The Lady is a Tramp, this collection of some of the cream of the current British jazz crop had a packed audience rapt and whooping through the two hour show.

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Scottish Colourists on South Coast

The finest collection of Scottish art in private hands is to get its first showing in the South of England.

Comprised of four artists: Samuel John Peploe, Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, George Leslie Hunter and John Duncan Fergusson, the Scottish Colourists were key players in the introduction of modern art into Britain, combining a knowledge of contemporary French art with the painterly traditions of Scotland.

The group took their name from a phrase coined by TJ Honeyman in 1948 in the catalogue for a Glasgow exhibition in which the four artists showed together (one of only four exhibitions together in their lifetime).

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Pecha Kucha

No, Pecha Kucha isn't an Inca settlement in the Andes, it's a bimonthly networking event, and it's come to Brighton. Pronounced 'pe-chak-cha' it means chit-chat in Japanese, and that's where it originated, as a means of giving young designers and architects a night to meet and show their work.

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You can't say no to this Oklahoma hoedown

Oklahoma: Chichester Festival Theatre (until 29 August)

Let's face it, whether you find musicals like this Rodgers and Hammerstein staple a field of old corn or a treasure chest of gems, there's no denying the string of top notch songs on show.

When you've got a first half stuffed with numbers like Oh What A Beautiful Mornin', The Surrey With The Fringe On Top, Kansas City, I Can't Say No! and People Will Say We're In Love, you find yourself being hummed into submission sooner or later.

And this zingy take on the tale of an earthy farming community in the early 20th century has some great performances to keep things moving along, with director John Doyle's pacy production keeping the audience engaged throughout.

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The One Show's Summer Exhibition

The One Show know that many of you are passionate about creating art. So the early-evening BBC One magazine show is asking to see your masterpieces.

From Friday 26th June 2009 the programme will be launching The One Show's Summer Exhibition, inspired by the Royal Academy's yearly exhibition which is open to the public.

Whether it's watercolour, printwork, crochet, pottery or other kinds of artwork, it's free to submit a photo of your original art to The One Show website.