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REGULAR MAY EVENTS (MARKED ANNUAL): 2000 (1) - 2001 (1) - 2002 (10+) - 2003 (1+) - 2004 (6+) - 2005 (5+) - MAY 2006 (7+) - 2007 (6+)
May 2006 was very strong on Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Scotland, Spain and USA events. Below, also read about London's connections to America (inc. New York), Britain, Greece, Japan and Lithuania PLUS discover London's Andalucian, Romanian, Dutch, English and Irish themes.
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May 1 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm (ends May 6 2006, Tuesday, 10am-6pm)
LAST WEEK FOR MUNICH-BORN, ANDREAS HOFER’S, “THIS ISLAND EARTH,” FEATURING - AS PRESS RELEASE STATES - ‘PICTORIAL WORLDS…,’ WHICH ARE, ‘…POETIC, FAMILIAR AND IRRITATING AT THE SAME TIME: SCIENCE FICTION PAIRS OFF WITH ART HISTORY, COMIC BOOK HEROES APPEAR SIDE BY SIDE WITH EMBLEMS…’ AT HAUSER & WIRTH LONDON, ON BOTH SWALLOW STREET & PICCADILLY
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May 2 2006, Tuesday, 6pm-8pm (continues every Tuesday, until June 20 2006, Tuesday, 6pm-8pm)
FOR DOZEN FIRST-TIMERS… RUSSELL THOMPSON TUTORS - ALONG WITH TWO OTHER TUTORS - HOW TO WRITE & PERFORM POETRY, IN EIGHT-WEEK, “SPREAD THE WORD,” COURSE, AT BATTERSEA LIBRARY
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May 2 2006, Tuesday, 7.30pm
HUNGARIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO, ANDREA MELÁTH AND BARITONE, MIHÁLY KÁLMÁNDI, JOIN LONDON SCHOOL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - CONDUCTED BY AMERICAN COMPOSER/CONDUCTOR, PETER ASH - FOR, “BÉLA BARTÓK’S BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE,” CONCERT, AT BARBICAN CENTRE
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May 4 2006, Thursday, 10am-6pm (continues until May 27 2006, Saturday, 10am-4pm)
SCOTTISH & SPANISH ARTISTS, GRAHAM McKEAN & ANTONIO CAZORLA RESPECTIVELY, AT ALBEMARLE GALLERY
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May 4 2006, Thursday, 11am-6pm (continues until June 4 2006, Sunday, 11am-6pm)
ANNUAL ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTER-PRINTMAKERS ANNUAL EXHIBITION AT BANKSIDE GALLERY SEES ARTWORKS BY PRINTMAKER, STANLEY JONES, INCLUDING PRINTS HE HAS DONE OF PAINTINGS BY OTHER ARTISTS, LIKE DAVID HOCKNEY & PAULA REGO (FROM ENGLAND & PORTUGAL RESPECTIVELY)
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May 4 2006, Thursday, 7pm
ON OLD STREET… MARTYN BRABBINS CONDUCTS NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE, LONDON SINFONIETTA, IN PERFORMANCE OF NEW COMPOSITIONS, BY POST-GRADUATE COMPOSERS (MAs & PhDs) AT CITY UNIVERSITY
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May 5 2006, Friday, 7.30pm
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA PERFORM, “SYMPHONIC ROCK: CLASSIC ROCK TRACKS WITH ORCHESTRAL TWIST,” AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL
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May 5 2006, Friday, 8pm (continues until May 6 2006, Saturday, 8pm)
BUCHAREST’S ENERGETIC GYPSY BAND, “MAHALA RAI BANDA,” ENLIVENS HAMMERSMITH’S LYRIC
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May 6 2006, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm (continues until May 13 2006, Saturday, 10am-5.30pm)
CHRIS BEETLES GALLERY PRESENTS ROY HAMMOND’S, “HOME AND ABROAD,” WITH CITYSCAPES/LANDSCAPES OF REGENT STREET, CHELSEA, GREENWICH, ESSEX, TUSCANY, ETC.
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May 7 2006, Sunday, 10.45am-3.30pm
BEFORE LEADING WALKS OF STAFFHURST WOOD AND SURREY’S LEITH HILL PLACE - LATER THIS MONTH – HUSBAND & WIFE TEAM ORGANISES 6-MILE ROUND-TRIP GUIDED TOUR (WITH COMMENTARY) OF CHISWICK HOUSE, ALONG WITH NEARBY FEATURES OF LITERARY, HISTORICAL & ARCHITECTURAL INTEREST
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May 7 2006, Sunday, 12pm-6pm (continues until June 5 2006, Monday, closed)
ATHENS-BORN ARTIST, MARIA FILOPOULOU’S EXHIBITION OF OILS, “FREE AS ANGELS,” AT GALLERY K, REVEALS NUDE BATHERS/SWIMMERS PLUS ANCIENT GREEK POOLS & WATERY SEASCAPES
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May 8 2006, Monday, 7.30pm
TEXAS-BORN SOPRANO & CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, REBECCA PLACK, JOINS PIANIST, JONATHAN SUMMERS, FOR, “INSPIRED BY BARTOK,” MUSIC SOIRÉE, AT HUNGARIAN VENUE, ON MAIDEN LANE
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May 9 2006, Tuesday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 9 2006, Friday, 10am-6pm & by appointment)
ALEXIA GOETHE GALLERY, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BLUE GALLERY, EXHIBITS ROBERT DAVIES’ “EPIPHANY”
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May 12 2006, Friday, 9am-3.45pm
AFTER RECENT ROADSHOWS IN BRISTOL, COVENTRY, EDINBURGH & MANCHESTER ONE-DAY, “AIIM ROADSHOW,” WITH ADVICE CENTRE, CASE STUDIES, KEYNOTES & ROUNDTABLES (ALL ABOUT MANAGING BUSINESS DOCUMENTS) ARRIVES AT HAMMERSMITH-BASED “NOVOTEL LONDON WEST” HOTEL
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May 18 2006, Thursday, 10am-5pm (continues until May 28 2006, Sunday, 10am-1pm)
ANNUAL MALL GALLERIES HOSTS ANNUAL EXHIBITION FOR ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS (FOUNDED: 1823), FEATURING PAINTINGS OF VENICE’S GRAND CANAL, TOLEDO’S BRIDGE, PORTUGAL’S “COSTA NOVA” COASTLINE, PLUS – CLOSER TO HOME – SCENES OF WILTSHIRE, WEYMOUTH, SHERBOURNE, SADDLESWORTH, CLEVEDON AND EVEN VIEW FROM WITHIN ST.BARTS HOSPITAL
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May 18 2006, Thursday, 11am-6pm (continues until June 24 2006, Saturday, 11am-6pm)
LOS ANGELES—BORN, MONIQUE PRIETO’S THIRD SOLO SHOW, AT CORVI-MORA GALLERY
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May 19 2006, Friday, 12pm-8pm (continues until May 21 2006, Sunday, 12pm-5pm)
ANNUAL WESTLAND PLACE STUDIOS OPEN STUDIOS WEEKEND FEATURES: WRITERS; SCULPTORS; PAINTERS; PRINTMAKERS; INSTALLATION ARTISTS; ILLUSTRATORS & DESIGNERS
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May 19 2006, Friday, 2pm-10pm (continues until May 21 2006, Sunday, 11am-6pm)
ANNUAL FOUR SCULPTORS: ROSE WORDSWORTH; KATHERINE TAYLOR; DAVID MARRON & ANDRE FYVIE TOGETHER WITH CERAMICISTS: CATHERINE WILSON; GEMMA WIGHTMAN; TOBY STEEDMAN; MARTHA SPEARPOINT; ETC., JOIN KNITTER, KATE WHITE - PLUS OTHER CREATIVE ARTISTS - FOR WIMBLEDON ART STUDIOS’ “20th OPEN STUDIOS SHOW”
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May 23 2006, Tuesday, (continunes until May 27 2006, Saturday)
CARINA HASLAM ART, AT FULHAM’S LENNOX GALLERY, EXHIBITS ARTWORKS BY ARTISTS & SCULPTORS
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May 25 2006, Thursday, 12pm-9pm (continues until June 4 2006, Sunday, 12pm-9pm)
ANNUAL “THE SHOW: SCULPTURE,” (INC. VIDEO INSTALLATIONS) PRODUCED BY 21 GRADUATING STUDENTS, AT ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART SCULPTURE SCHOOL, ON HOWIE STREET
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May 25 2006, Thursday, 6.30pm for 7pm
ANNUAL ROYAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS ANNUAL DEBATE, “THIS HOUSE BELIEVES THAT IT IS THE FUNCTION OF ART TO BE CHALLENGING,” AT MALL GALLERIES
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May 26 2006, Friday, 12pm-9pm / guided tours: 1pm & 6.30pm (continues until June 4 2006, Sunday, 12pm-9pm)
ANNUAL TWO FREE GUIDED TOURS, EACH DAY, AT KENSINGTON GORE’S, “THE SHOW: ONE,” WITH 100+ GRADUATING RCA STUDENTS (CERAMICISTS, JEWELLERS, PAINTERS, PHOTOGRAPHERS, PRINTMAKERS, ETC.)
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May 27 2006, Saturday, 11am-5pm (ends on June 2 2006, Friday, 11am-6pm)
LAST WEEK TO SEE WHITE SPACE GALLERY’S PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION, “DAILY LIFE ARCHIVES 1959-1993,” BY LITHUANIAN PHOTOGRAPHER, ANTANAS SUTKUS
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May 30 2006, Tuesday, 10am-6pm (continues until June 5 2006, Monday, 10am-6pm)
LAST WEEK TO SEE NEW PAINTINGS BY HSIAO-MEI LIN AT ADAM GALLERY
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May 31 2006, Wednesday, 10am-5.30pm (ends June 1 2006, Thursday, 10am-4.30pm)
ANNUAL WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO ATTEND OUR FORTHCOMING EVENT/S? HowToEnjoy.co.uk’s VISIT – AS HOSTED BUYER - TO LAST TWO DAYS OF FRANKFURT’S, “IMEX,” INCLUDES ONE-TO-ONE OR GROUP APPOINTMENTS WITH: COSTA DEL SOL CONVENTION BUREAU; DUBLIN CONVENTION BUREAU; GRANADA CONGRESS & EXHIBITION CENTRE; HOTEL NAZARÍES BUSINESS & SPA GRANADA; HUNGARIAN TOURIST OFFICE – BUDAPEST AND CENTRAL DANUBE REGION; ITALIA FOR EVENTS; NETHERLANDS BOARD OF TOURISM & CONVENTIONS; NH HOTELS; NYC & COMPANY; PATRONATO DE TURISMO DE GRANADA
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May 31 2006, Wednesday, 7.30pm (continues until June 11 2006, Sunday, 2.30pm)
JAPANESE ACTOR, EBIZO ICHIKAWA XI, PRESENTS TWO OF HIS, “KABUKI,” WORKS, “FUJI MUSAME” & “KASANE,” ON ROSEBERY AVENUE
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