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Korean Eye at the Saatchi Gallery
Korean Eye at the Saatchi Gallery

This week we pick five of our favourite international events. Korean Eye returns to London’s Saatchi Gallery following the success of their 2009 show, Nature Morte in New Delhi celebrates three of India’s finest painters, Net-a-Porter.com fetes its

This week we pick 5 of our favourite international events. Korean Eye returns to London’s Saatchi Gallery following the success of their 2009 show, Nature Morte in New Delhi celebrates three of India’s finest painters, Net-a-Porter.com fetes its 10th birthday, Dennis Hopper is the subject of a huge show at LA’s MOCA, and Somerset House takes advantage of the good weather to host a series of eleven outdoor concerts.

Monday July 5
Korean Eye at Saatchi Gallery, London

The Saatchi Gallery offers a promising start to the week with a private view and book launch for Korean Eye. Their mission statement is to promote Korean art globally and following the roaring success of last year’s exhibition, they are back with Korean Eye Fantistic/Ordinary, running until July 18.

Monday
July 5 Dileep Sharma, Jayanta Roy and Jaya Ganguly, Nature Morte, New Delh

Three painters come to New Delhi’s Nature Morte from Monday until the end of July to celebrate different approaches to painting. Nature Morte is renowned for pioneering challenging art works and promoting Indian artists. The new show looks set to remain true to this tradition.

Tuesday
July 6 You Me Bum Bum Train, London

Interactive performance art has steadily become more popular as audiences search for the next level of immersion. YMBBT aims to deliver “a series of extraordinary realities, that no one person would ordinarily encounter in a lifetime.” The audience will experience the show alone, journeying independently through various scenarios featuring 200 performers. Opening on Tuesday.

Wednesday July 7 Net-a-Porter.com Anniversary Party, London

This Wednesday Net-a-Porter.com opens up its headquarters at Westfield for a private party to celebrate 10 years of the online luxury site, which has gone from strength to strength over the last decade and ridden the recession impeccably.

Friday July 9 Air at Somerset House Summer Outdoor Series, London

From July 8 to 18, the home of London Fashion Week holds a series of open air concerts in its tranquil courtyard. For 11 nights they will host Florence and The Machine, The Divine Comedy and Gil Scott Heron. On Friday July 9, French duo Air head down for a calm end of the week evening.

Sunday July 11 Dennis Hopper Exhibition at MOCA, Los Angeles

A collection of Dennis Hopper’s artwork comes to MOCA in LA to finish off the week. As well as in film, Hopper produced a great body of work in painting, sculpture and photography during his lifetime. Double Standard at MOCA has been curated by Julian Schnabel and runs from Sunday until September 26.