Diane Arbus is one of the most important photographers of the twentieth century, an influential figure whose compellingly honest style of photography paved the way for...
Gert and Uwe Tobias’ large woodcuts, gouache paintings, typewriter drawings and ceramic sculptures combine influences from traditional folk art and abstract art from...
This major survey of contemporary British art is held every five years, generating intense speculation around the selection of artists, the ideas it will advance and the...
Des Hughes
The two largest cabinets contain a new exhibition by Des Hughes, who has gathered an eccentric and engaging collection of found objects, including “antlers,...
Every Friday through the summer the Cafe.Bar.Contemporary terrace will be a ‘Melting Pot’ of music. Our new resident DJ's, Pete Bradley, ‘DJ Fluff’ and friends...
You don’t need to book to take part in a free weekend Play and Learn session. Just ask at reception – they are held every Saturday and Sunday. Led by artists these...
Simon Heywood, who lectures in folklore and storytelling at Derby University, will lead a series of writing workshops, including forms of the folk tale, European and...
Artists, curators and special guests will lead a walk through Gert and Uwe Tobias and Diane Arbus - everyone is most welcome to join them.
Time: Every Wednesday, 1pm -...
Visit the world's biggest photo booth for free!
Pose for your picture in the world’s biggest photo booth. Every day during the
school holidays the world’s biggest...
Find and download your picture from the World's Biggest Photo Booth
Use the link or the slideshow below to find your picture. To take part in The World's Largest...
In Caligola, Pessoli made a beautiful and macabre animation from thousands of his watercolour and ink drawings over a period of four years.(10 mins 30 secs)
Saturday...
Three pairs of identical twins will talk to our visitors in the galleries about the work of Diane Arbus and Gert and Uwe Tobias. Timothy and Matthew Chesney, Hayley and...
With a raucous harmony of traditional instruments (fiddle, harmonica, accordion, banjo and guitar) underpinned by a cooking rhythm section, Wholesome Fish create music to...
7.00pm to 10.30pm
Café Bar Contemporary in association with Left Lion are pleased to present Scribal Gathering – the first of what is hoped to be a bi monthly...
Geoff Dyer is a successful novelist, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, as well as a photography historian and journalist. In this lecture he discusses Arbus’s work...
The Charles Washington Quintet returns to Cafe.Bar.Live, playing an entertaining mix of soulful ballads, lively swing and latin jazz standards.
The band is led by...
Formed in early 2009 through a mutual love of sitting on sofas and improvising, Manière Des Bohémiens play a mix of the french swing popularised by Stephane Grappelli...
This major exhibition from the Royal Institute of British Architects showcases innovative and enduring architecture from the “swinging 60s” onwards. It reveals how...
An adult fan of Snow White dresses up as her heroine – and is promptly banned from Disneyland. Security guards and management try to explain why this multi-national...
Germaine Greer’s first book, The Female Eunuch (1969), took the world by storm and remains one of the most widely read texts of the feminist movement. She has since had...
Cameron Jamie presents a special screening of BB (2000), Spook House (2003), Kranky Klaus (2003), JO (2004) and Massage the History (2010) in a traditional 1930s cinema....
In the run up to Halloween, the working-class suburbs of Detroit become a nightmarish home-grown theme-park – kitchens are turned into tombs, “bodies” are cut up...
Jazz Junction is a band comprising six local musicians keen to promote an easy to listen to style of jazz that will engage the new listener as well as the enthusiast.
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Nottingham Contemporary is summoning the city’s Goths to appear in all their finery for a special photo shoot, from 7 – 8pm. The gloriously pale and sartorially...
Formed in early 2009 through a mutual love of sitting on sofas and improvising, Manière Des Bohémiens play a mix of the french swing popularised by Stephane Grappelli...
Resident Café Bar Live favorites Mas Y Mas make a welcome return for an evening that is guaranteed to have the whole audience on their feet to swing to the Latino dance...
Brian Dillon is the UK editor of Cabinet magazine. His writing has appeared in The Guardian, The Independent, The London Review of Books, The New Statesman, as well as...
Anthony d’Offay was arguably the most influential gallerist in London during the 80s and 90s, representing art luminaries such as Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Bruce...