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What's on in London this week?
Anu's Comic Workshop
London born artist, DJ and broadcaster, Anu Ambasna hosts a two hour session guiding participants through her distinct style of comic making, in constructing their own works within a collaborative, DIY environment. This session will focus on turning favourite songs into comics.
Date: Thursday 9th March
Price: £7
Location: ICA, Piccadilly Circus
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minus one: Hosted by Nitetrax
minus one is a monthly late-night series curated by DJs, artists and nightlife communities. The night is a chance to lose yourself to strange rhythms and wild energies on a night of sonic exploration.
Date: Thursday 9th March
Price: £12
Location: ICA, Piccadilly Circus
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Exhibition by Linder & Hannah Wilke
Both artists are recognised as pioneers, provocateurs and radical feminists with work spanning photography, performance, photomontage, and in Wilke’s case, sculpture and drawing. Raising shared questions in their individual practices around gender, the portrayal of women’s sexuality against domesticity, and the commodification of the body, both Linder and Wilke openly criticise the conventional female roles and representation specific to each of their generations
Date: On until Saturday 11th March
Price: Free
Location: Alison Jacques, Oxford Circus
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The Earth We Walk Upon, The Ancestors We Bring With Us
Women-led Gillian Jason Gallery, hosts American artist Julia Bennett and mixed-Japanese artist Mizuki Nishiyama present The Earth We Walk Upon, The Ancestors We Bring With Us. The exhibition reminds us of our primal bond with nature, through a selection of paintings, sculpture, and tapestries.
Date: On until Saturday 25th March
Price: Free
Location: Gillian Jason Gallery, Oxford Circus
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Exhibition by Denzil Forrester: With Q
Grenada born, British artist Denzil Forrester's latest show includes new paintings and a survey of works on paper from the past forty years.
Forrester is known for his vibrant paintings that immortalise the dynamic energy of London’s reggae and dub nightclub scene during the early 1980s. In his new work, the artist juxtaposes colourful depictions of urban dancehalls with vivid recollections from his childhood and themes of social injustice.
Date: From Friday 10th March - Saturday 8th April
Price: Free
Location: Stephen Friedman Gallery, Mayfair
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Within + Without: Group Exhibition
Within + Without brings together 12 contemporary artists working within the historically gendered mediums of textiles and ceramics, and exploring powerful representations of our inner and outer worlds.
Date: Opening reception on Thursday 9th March
Price: RSVP required
Location: Unit London, Mayfair
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'Cross My Heart Hope To Die' Exhibition by Saam Farahmand
Saam Farahmand is a director, artist and creative visionary, showcasing both new and archival work that lives in the intersection between raw human experience and atrocity, pop culture and advertising.
Date: On until Thursday 9th March
Price: Free
Location: The Painting Rooms, Covent Garden
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Electronic Subculture presents Lone (Live), Simo Cell, Mantra + more
Electronic Subculture presents Lone (Live), Simo Cell, Giulia Tess b2b Ell Murphy + Mantra b2b Double O.
Date: Saturday 11th March
Price: From £22.25
Location: E1 Unit 2, Wapping
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DUSST at The Lower Third
DUSST are a collective of creatives who have worked around the world and are intent on bringing new life to the dance & electronic scene. Expect a night of amapiano, house and brazilian funk fusions.
Date: Saturday 11th March
Price: From £16.83
Location: The Lower Third, Soho
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Polifonic Showcase London
Polifionic Showcase host Byron The Aquarius, Dar Disku, Eternal Love and Sassy J for their European club tour 2023.
Date: Saturday 11th March
Price: From £15
Location: Village Underground, Shoreditch
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