TATE BRITAIN
Robert Storr and David A Bailey
In Conversation
Wednesday 21 May 2008, 18.30–20.00
Curator and artist Robert Storr and curator David A Bailey discuss the Venice Biennale. Storr reflects on his role as Commissioner in 2007 and both contemplate the Biennale’s legacy and future.
Tate Britain Auditorium
£10 (£7 concessions), booking recommended
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TATE MODERN
David Goldblatt in Conversation
Thursday 29 May 2008, 18.30–20.00
Born in Randfontein in 1930, Goldblatt has been documenting the changing political landscape of South Africa for over five decades. One of the most important documentary photographers of the late twentieth century.
£8 (£6 concessions), booking required
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TATE MODERN
Cornelia Parker: Talking Art
Saturday 31 May 2008, 14.00–15.30
Cornelia Parker is interviewed by writer and curator Lisa LeFeuvre.
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions), booking recommended
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TATE MODERN
Staging Life: Andres Serrano
Thursday 12 June 2008, 18.30–20.00
Focusing on recent work, his talk will explore his unique conceptual approach to photographic portraiture, which deals with the sitters as symbolic icons.
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£10 (£8 concessions), booking required
Book tickets online, or call 020 7887 8888
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TATE MODERN
Susan Hiller: Talking Art
Saturday 14 June 2008, 14.00–15.30
Susan Hiller is renowned for making works which investigate often overlooked everyday phenomena. She employs sound, video, text and photography, often creating large-scale installations.
She is interviewed by artist, writer and curator Richard Grayson.
Tate Modern Starr Auditorium
£8 (£6 concessions), booking recommended
For tickets book online
or call 020 7887 8888.
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LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE
20 June - 20 July 2008
A celebration and exploration of the city's buildings, streets and spaces, aimed at Londoners and visitors alike.
The Festival includes street installations, exhibitions, guided walks, cycle rides, boat tours of the city's river and canals, parties, design workshops, debates, breakfast talks, and weekend street markets.
Headline events include lectures by leading international architects David Chipperfield, Daniel Libeskind, Cesar Pelli and Rem Koolhaas and by LFA President, Peter Ackroyd, Big Breakfasts at spectacular venues such as the British Museum, with speakers including Jon Snow and Janet Street-Porter sharing their views of London, and a debate on cities and climate change at the Royal Festival Hall.
www.lfa2008.org
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HEREFORD PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL
May & June
Exhibitions, screenings & talks focusing on 'South Africa'.
Highlights include exhibitions by Roger Ballen, Guy Tillim, Per-Anders Pettersson, Jodi Bieber & more.
Also: Sam Taylor-Wood & Patrick Marber show a short film (Tues 27 May), and Don McCullin in conversation (Sunday 1 June)
www.photofest.org
+44 (01432 351 964
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TATE MODERN
UBS Openings: The Long Weekend 2008
Friday 23 May – Monday 26 May 2008
Head down to Tate Modern, over the second Bank Holiday weekend in May for The Long Weekend. Three days and nights of extraordinary live events and performances combining art, film, music, dance,and opportunities to get involved.
Larry Miller, one of the artists involved in the influential Fluxus movement from the 60s and 70s, will programme a series of surreal sports events for the first ever Flux-Olympiad, including soccer games played on stilts, slow-speed bicycle races and the balloon shotput.
In the evenings, Tate Modern will host unmissable one-off live events mixing music and film in the Turbine Hall.
Booking required for some events. Book online or call 020 7887 8888
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