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February 2006 was very strong on English, Canadian, Brazilian and American/USA events. Below, also read about London's connections to Turkey, Spain, Romania, Northern Ireland, Japan, Italy, India, Hungary, Holland, Europe, Dubai, Colombia and Belgium PLUS discover London's Welsh, Venetian, Singaporean, Scottish, Russian, Maltese, Irish, Iberian, French, Danish, Cypriot & Andalucian themes
February 1 2006, Wednesday, 8am
… LONDON SUBSCRIPTIONS… AND HOW TO GET THEM… FREE!
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February 1 2006, Wednesday, 1pm-6pm / talk: March 11 2006, Saturday, 4pm (exhibition continues until March 12 2006, Sunday, 1pm-6pm)
NEW YORK-BORN DIANN BAUER’S ALUMINIUM-INSPIRED, “bludgeonerator,” ON BONNER ROAD’S, “THE SHOWROOM”
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February 2 2006, Thursday, 11am-8pm (continues until February 5 2005, Sunday, 11am-6pm)
ANNUAL THREE ART GALLERIES: ARTISTS OF RUSSIA; HANGA TEN CONTEMPORARY (SHOWING JAPANESE ART) PLUS SCOTLAND.ART, ALONG WITH 50+ OTHER EXHIBITORS, EXHIBIT AT, ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART’S, “ART ON PAPER FAIR”
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February 2 2006, Thursday, 11am-6pm (continues until February 12 2006, Sunday, 11am-6pm)
“REBUILD ME” SEES GILLIAN MEAD’S EXHIBITION OF B&W AND COLOUR PHOTOGRAPHS OF SRI LANKAN COMMUNITIES, AFTER 2004 TSUNAMI, PLUS – COMMISSIONED BY INTERIOR DESIGNER, JAASKELAINEN - FURNITURE FROM SRI LANKA, ALL ON VIEW ON BARGEHOUSE STREET
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February 3 2006, Friday, 9.30am-5pm (continues until February 4 2006, Saturday, 9.30am-5pm)
EUROPEAN ASTROFEST CONFERENCE (ORGANISED BY ILFORD-BORN AUTHOR & ASTRONOMER, IAN RIDPATH) COVERS: ASTRO PHOTOS; BLACK HOLES; COMETS; ENERGY; GALAXIES; SPACE ART; THE SUN; TIME TRAVEL; TITAN; ETC., ALL RUNNING ALONGSIDE TWO-DAY ASTRONOMY & SPACE EXHIBITION ON HORNTON STREET
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February 8 2006, Wednesday, 10am-6.30pm (continues until March 4 2006, Saturday, 10am-3pm)
AFTER SOLO SHOWS IN 2003 IN BIRMINGHAM (MICHIGAN) & NEW YORK CITY, PLUS - MORE RECENTLY - GROUP SHOW IN TULSA (OKLAHOMA), AMERICAN ARTIST, JAMES DEL GROSSO’S STILL LIFE OILS OF, “HANDS CREEK APPLE,” SHOES, STRAWBERRIES, ETC., ARRIVE IN PIMLICO ROAD
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February 8 2006, Wednesday, 12pm-6pm (continues until February 24 2006, Friday, 12pm-6pm)
AFTER EXHIBITIONS IN BRUSSELS, MONTREAL & TORONTO, GREEN STREET GIVES BRAZILIAN WELCOME TO GRACA B. NICHOLSON’S EXHIBITION, “PAPYRUS”
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February 8 2006, Wednesday, 1.30pm-7.30pm (continues until March 7 2006, Tuesday, 1.30pm-7.30pm)
ALL READY FOR SARTORIAL’S POWERFUL GROUP SHOW, “BEYOND THE GRAVE,” WITH TEXT BY BURNETT PLUS PARTICIPATION OF THREE ALREADY WELL-REVIEWED AND UP-AND-COMING… IF NOT, ALREADY, ZENITH… ARTISTS: CHEUNG, KEVANS & MENDES – ALL THREE WITH THEIR OWN INFORMATIVE AND VERY MUCH, “ALL-LIVE,” WEBSITES
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February 8 2006, Wednesday, 6.30pm-7.30pm
PUBLIC LECTURE, “THE HISTORY OF HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY,” BY DR BILL PROUD, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
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February 9 2006, Thursday, 9.30am-4.30pm
ANNUAL SECOND & FINAL DAY FOR, “LEGAL IT,” EXHIBITION, WITH FREE ADMISSION
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February 9 2006, Thursday, 5.15pm-8.30pm (continues until February 11 2006, Saturday, 9.30am-4.50pm)
NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM HOSTS THREE-DAY INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, “THE [HMS] DREADNOUGHT AND THE EDWARDIAN AGE,” WITH PROFESSORS & ACADEMIC DOCTORS (FROM UNIVERSITIES IN CAMBRIDGE, EAST ANGLIA, KENT, LONDON, MANCHESTER, SALFORD, ETC.) EXAMINING SHIP’S CULTURAL, INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL & NAVAL CONTEXTS
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February 9 2006, Thursday, 6.30pm
ITALIAN FESTIVAL, “ENZIMI IN LONDON,” WITH SELECTION OF SHORT MOVIES, “LIVE SET XCOAST”
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February 9 2006, Thursday, 6.30pm
SPANISH FILM SCREENING WITH TALK… SARA BARAS IN CONVERSATION, PRECEDED BY CARLOS SAURA’S FILM, “IBERIA”
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February 10 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm (continues until March 18 2006, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
EXHIBITION ROAD FINE ART GALLERY & FRAMING SERVICES - WITH BRANCH IN DUBAI’S JUMEIRAH DISTRICT - EXHIBITS CHINESE ARTIST, QU LEI’S, “A MOMENT IN TIME,” CURATED BY VALERIE CHANG
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February 10 2006, Friday, 7.30pm (continues until February 13 2006, Monday, 7.30pm)
TWO DOZEN MEMBERS OF, “BALLET FLAMENCO SARA BARAS,” DANCE COMPANY KICKS OF TWO-WEEK FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
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February 11 2006, Saturday, 2pm-6pm (continues until February 16 2006, Thursday, 2pm-6pm)
RED GATE GALLERY’S, “EARTH RUNNING: ERRANDS RUN IN THE LIFE OF DONOVAN REID,” EXHIBITION OF VISUAL POETRY, STRONG ON FONTS & TYPOGRAPHY… JUST ONE OF SEVERAL EXHIBITIONS - THIS MONTH - WITH FOUR-HOUR PRIVATE VIEWS, ON COLDHARBOUR LANE, NEAR LOUGHBOROUGH JUNCTION & QUITE NEAR BRIXTON TUBE STATION
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February 13 2006, Monday, 10am-9pm (continues until February 14 2006, Tuesday, 10am-5pm)
ANNUAL ARC: ARCHITECTURAL, RETAIL & CORPORATE EXHIBITION - PLUS SERIES OF SEMINARS – ALL ABOUT LIGHTING, BOTH INTERIOR & EXTERIOR
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February 15 2006, Wednesday, 9am-6pm
ANNUAL LAST DAY FOR 8th TURKISH FASHION FABRIC EXHIBITION, WITH 79 FABRIC & TRIMMING PRODUCERS (ALPHABETICALLY, FROM ABACI THROUGH TO YUNSA, BOTH OF WHICH ARE BASED IN ISTANBUL) EXHIBITING VARIETY OF FABRIC BLENDS, INCLUDING COTTON, DENIM, LYCRA, POLYESTER & WOOL
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February 15 2006, Wednesday, 10am-5pm (continues until February 25 2006, Saturday, 10am-5pm)
ANNUAL “ORIGINALS,” CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING SHOW – OPENED BY PETER BLAKE – FEATURES WORKS BY: PRICE; KLEIN; BARRETT; HANSELAAR & OTHERS
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February 18 2006, Saturday, 7.45pm
PURCELL ROOM HOSTS, “ROMANIAN MUSICAL ADVENTURE WITH THE LONDON SCHUBERT PLAYERS,” WITH MUSICAL PIECES BY ANATOL, VIERU, ENESCU, SAINT-SAENS
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February 19 2006, Sunday, 10am-6pm, last admission: 5.15pm
LAST DAY TO SEE, “MIDSUMMER: EAST YORKSHIRE 2004,” FEATURING 36 WATERCOLOURS BY BRADFORD-BORN ARTIST, DAVID HOCKNEY
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February 20 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until February 24 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm)
ENJOY WEDNESDAY EVENING’S PRIVATE VIEW TOGETHER WITH FIVE-DAY EXHIBITION AT THE CHELTENHAM LADIES’ COLLEGE RETROSPECTIVE, AMID: CERAMICS; ETCHING; PAINTINGS (INCLUDING SILENT AUCTION, FOR GOUACHE, BY NORWOOD-BORN ARTIST, BRIDGET RILEY); PHOTOGRAPHY & SCULPTURE BY… ACCORDING TO PRESS RELEASE… ‘15 ARTISTS WHO ATTENDED COLLEGE [ESTABLISHED 1850s] OVER SEVEN DECADES’
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February 20 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (continues until February 25 2006, Saturday, 10am-6pm)
SINGAPORE-BORN ARTIST AND TEACHER OF DRAWING & PAINTING, IN ITALY… GRANT S. ROGERS’ ONE-MAN SHOW, “WE ARE ALL VERY SMALL,” REVEALS LARGE-SIZED OILS, FEATURING DOMESTIC ANIMALS, LIKE CATS, AND ESPECIALLY DOGS (CHIHUAHUAS, PEKINESE & POODLES INCLUDED)
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February 21 2006, Tuesday, 10am-6pm (continues until February 23 2006, Thursday, 10am-4pm)
ANNUAL TOURIST OFFICES FROM THE NETHERLANDS (Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions); SPAIN (Spanish Tourist Office); PORTUGAL (Portuguese National Tourist Office); MOROCCO (Moroccan Tourist Office); MALTA (Malta Tourism Authority); HUNGARY (Hungarian National Tourist Office); DENMARK (VisitDenmark); CZECH REPUBLIC (CzechTourism); CYPRUS (Cyprus Tourism Organisation) & CANARY ISLANDS (Canarias Turismo) JOIN 1,000+ EXHIBITORS FOR “INTERNATIONAL CONFEX,” DIVIDED INTO FOUR SECTIONS: (i) UK VENUES; (ii) OVERSEAS VENUES; (iii) CORPORATE HOSPITALITY; (iv) EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE SUPPORT SERVICES
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February 21 2006, Tuesday, 10am-10pm (continues until March 25 2006, Saturday, 10am-10pm)
GALLERY WITHIN THEATRICAL VENUE ON KILBURN HIGH ROAD HOSTS JOINT SHOW, “OUT STANDING,” WITH ARTISTS, GIACOMO PICCA (BRAZIL) & FELICITY WARBRICK (ENGLAND)
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February 21 2006, Tuesday, 11.30am-7.30pm (continues until February 25 2006, Saturday, 11.30am-7.30pm
LAST IN SERIES OF THREE, “ICONS,” EXHIBITIONS… LOS ANGELES-BORN, “MARILYN MONROE: THE RARE PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION,” AT SMITHFIELD CITY GALLERY, INCLUDES IMAGES TAKEN BY PHOTOGRAPHERS KASHIO AOKI & BERT STERN
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February 21 2006, Tuesday, 7pm
ANNUAL “RIC FOOT MEMORIAL LECTURE,” TO BE GIVEN BY PAT LOUGHREY, BBC DIRECTOR FOR NATIONS AND REGIONS (WHICH INCLUDES NORTHERN IRELAND, SCOTLAND & WALES)
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February 21 2006, Tuesday, 7.45pm (continues until Febraury 25 2006, Saturday, 7.45pm)
RAVENNA ROAD SEES NICK DEAR’S PLAY, “POWER,” ABOUT LOUIS XIV, FRANCE’S “SUN” KING
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February 22 2006, Wednesday, 10am-10pm
CANADIAN-BORN DESIGNER & ILLUSTRATOR, NATASCHA TAYLOR’S ONE-DAY EXHIBITION – AT GALLERY SPACE, ON OLD BROMPTON ROAD (EARL’S COURT) - FOCUSES ON, “WILLOW WISE,” STORY FOR CHILDREN
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February 22 2006, Wednesday, 7pm
FORMER MP & CABINET MINISTER, TONY BENN, GIVES TALK, “UTOPIAS AND THE WELFARE STATE”
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February 23 2006, Thursday, 10am-6pm, last admission: 5.15pm (continues until May 29 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm, last admission: 5.15pm)
“ALL SPIRIT AND FIRE: OIL SKETCHES BY TIEPOLO,” FEATURES OILS BY VENICE-BORN 18th CENTURY ARTIST, GIOVANNI BATTISTA TIEPOLO, WHO PAINTED IN WÜRZBURG, MADRID AS WELL AS HIS NATIVE ITALY
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February 23 2006, Thursday, 6pm-late
OPPORTUNITY FOR COLOMBIAN PROFESSIONALS TO NETWORK/EXCHANGE BUSINESS CARDS WITH LONDON EXECUTIVES, IN BRITISH & COLOMBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S, “NET PARTY,” ON KINGLY STREET
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February 25 2006, Saturday, by appointment
PRIVATE MEMBERS CLUB, ON ADAM STREET, PRESENTS LAST DAY FOR PIERA GULLI’S, TWO-WEEK, “FRAGILITY,” EXHIBITION OF OIL & ACRYLIC PORTRAITS OF BEAUTIFUL FEMALES, INCLUDING, “FALLING IN LOVE,” “FLAMES OF ETERNITY,” “RETURN TO INNOCENCE,” PLUS… PROVEN FAVOURITE, OF MALES FROM IRELAND, “GLI OCCHI DEL DESIDERIO”
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February 25 2006, Saturday, 11am-5pm
LAST DAY FOR CLOÉ CLOHERTY’S INTENSITY-FILLED OIL PAINTINGS & PASTEL DRAWINGS OF NUDES – INSPIRED BY LONDON-BASED BRAZILIAN MODEL, LETITIA – ON SHOW, UPSTAIRS, AT 54 THE GALLERY, WHILST CLOHERTY’S WELL-ENDOWED LANDSCAPES OF CLARE, CONNEMARA & GALWAY HANG DOWNSTAIRS
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February 25 2006, Saturday, 2.30pm & 7.30pm
PERFORMANCE BY BALLET FLAMENCO DE ANDALUCIA, WITH CHRISTINA HOYOS & OTHER DANCERS, AT SADLER’S WELLS THEATRE
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February 25 2006, Saturday, 7pm-1am (choice of 9 curries: 8pm-9pm)
FANCY AN INDIAN CURRY? THEN SIGN UP FOR, “MARTIN’S EXTRAVAGANZA CURRY PARTY,” ON CHANCERY LANE, WHERE THERE WILL ALSO BE DISCO & RAFFLE
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February 25 2006, Saturday, 7.30pm
LAST PERFORMANCE AT FINBOROUGH THEATRE FOR, “HOUSE,” COMEDY, BY CANADIAN PLAYWRIGHT, DANIEL MACIVOR
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February 25 2006, Saturday, 7pm-10.30pm
SINGER & DANCER, ÁGNES KÜNSTLER, TOGETHER WITH OTHER MEMBERS OF TRADITIONAL GYPSY/ROMA MUSIC QUARTET, “KALYI JAG,” ENTERTAIN SHOREDITCH’S CARGO VENUE
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February 28 2006, Tuesday, 12.30pm
ANNUAL BECAUSE IT’S SHROVE TUESDAY / PANCAKE TUESDAY, AND TO HELP SAVE THE CHILDREN’S, “CHILDREN IN CITIES CAMPAIGN,” ENJOY GREAT SPITALFIELDS PANCAKE RELAY RACE, WITH TEAMS OF DRESSED UP RUNNERS, EACH TOSSING A PANCAKE
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