Art on site
Liz Mathews: Journey From Winter
Saturday 5 April 2008 - Sunday 29 June 2008
Liz Mathews, studio potter and lettering artist, celebrates texts in the Poetry Library's unrivalled collection, focussing on the work of Valentine Ackland (whose Selected Poems are newly published) and other poets represented in Ackland's own bequest to the Library. Find out more about this installation
Phyllida Barlow: Stack
Monday 14 April 2008 - Monday 9 June 2008
Stack is a commission by 2007 Paul Hamlyn Foundation artist award-winner Phyllida Barlow, one of the most influential teachers and artists working in Britain today. Find out more about this installation
Steve McQueen: Queen and Country
26 April - 1 June
With Queen and Country, official war artist Steve McQueen commemorates British service personnel who have been killed during the current conflict in Iraq. The work consists of an installation of facsimile postage stamp sheets featuring photographic portraits of individual men and women who have lost their lives in the conflict so far. Find out more about this installation
May 68: Posters from the Paris Rebellion
Thursday 1 May 2008 - Sunday 1 June 2008
The posters of the Paris uprising of May 1968 comprise some of the most brilliant graphic works ever to have been associated with a movement for social and political change. This selection of original posters coincides with The Hayward’s 40th birthday and celebrates the vibrant activist graphics and revolutionary spirit of summer 1968. Find out more about this installation
ISLANDS IN SOUND
Thursday 1 May 2008 - Saturday 10 May 2008
Throughout the foyers in Royal Festival Hall are six installations which seek to alter the public's perception of sound in space, encourage listening and provide a tangible means for understanding and responding to Luigi Nono's work Prometeo. Find out more about this installation
My China Now: A Moving Image Project
Tuesday 3 June 2008 - Wednesday 30 July 2008
MY CHINA NOW tells the story of China today through a programme of short films by documentary makers, animators, artists and film-makers all of whom are defining contemporary culture in modern China. Find out more about this installion
Hyperbolic Crochet Coral Reef
Wednesday 11 June 2008 - Sunday 17 August 2008
This large-scale, constantly mutating series of handmade crochets replicate the forms of natural coral. The project, organised by the Los Angeles-based Institute for Figuring is a direct response to the plight of coral reef from pollution and global warming. Find out more about this installation
