Arts and media

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London On The Cheap: 5 Days Of Free Flicks Edition

Following the Oscars this weekend there are free film screenings all over town this week. Edify thyself and make new friends running across 5 different genres of movie for no expenditure whatsoever. Monday: The Duke Mitchell Film Club is holding heist night at the Cross …

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Brit, Shit And Skit Art News

Damien Hirst has made the Tate’s Christmas by gifting them 4 of his art works. The infamous cow and calf bisected and suspended in formaldehyde, “Mother and Child Divided” is the Turner Prize winning crowning glory. This is a high profile donation, timed for maximum …

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Santa’s Lap: Arty Memberships

Every day this month the Londonist team will be pointing you in the direction of a Christmas present that (with a bit of luck) you won’t already have on your list. Climb up onto our collective lap and we’ll see what we can move from …

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Yellow Since 1877

Shlepp along past the Wapping Project in E1 and you can’t fail to notice that something is afoot. Yellow umbrellas hang from a tree, as if a gaggle of Mary Poppins had become ensnared in the branches. Nearby a column of Dan Flavin-like yellow fluorescents …

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Review: Jeff Wall, White Cube Mason’s Yard

Never knowingly underrated – his was the sole photographic contribution to a recent Phaidon book about art history – Canadian photographer Jeff Wall is best known for his imposingly large colour transparencies that evoke scenes from unmade films. For his first UK show since a …

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Sleeping And Dreaming: The Wellcome Collection

You may remember that we’re not exactly lukewarm about this place. We were even up for finding love here. I guess you could say we’re fans. Nothing has changed with a change in exhibition: Sleeping and Dreaming is marvellous and you must go. For a …

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State Britain Scoops Turner Prize

The Turner Prize may have been spirited away to Liverpool but Mark Wallinger’s recreation of Brian Haw’s protest camp outside the Houses of Parliament pre-SOPCA nailed the Turner Prize for him last night. Although he chose to exhibit himself dressed as a bear, wandering around …

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An Artistic One Night Stand

The provocative title is not simply a cheap trick like putting “SEX!!!!1!” across the top of a flyer to catch people’s attention for carpet cleaning equipment. The One Night Stand With… series is quite literally one night with a specially commissioned artist at VINEspace, an …

Ticket Cylinder

The brilliantly named artist Foster Spragge has finished her cylindrical artwork Ticket Cylinder made entirely of used railway tickets. With the Oyster card doing away with paper tickets (and even cash and mobile phones eventually…) there’s something almost pre-emptively nostalgic about this 5′ 2″ tower …

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Win Signed Set Of Underground Art Posters

So, did you get up early and grab your Mark Titchner poster? We know some of you did. One of our lovely readers even let us know of an extra, added bonus thrill about this giveaway. A compo! Here’s the deal: Each poster is individually …

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LUL Poster Giveaway: Update!

Further to our earlier post and readers’ comments we’ve been in touch with Art on the Underground to clarify about the poster giveaway next week. Each day a different poster will be available from 8am at the 5 Underground stations: Kings Cross, Victoria, Waterloo, Paddington …