An interesting week to greet the new year! This week's highlights include a lecture at the ICA on Wednesday, the preview for a group show curated by David Raymond Conroy at Seventeen Gallery on Thursday evening, and an exciting conference at the Tate Britain on Friday. Make sure to step out this Thursday as there are previews in every part of London. Check out a new artist run gallery space called Public House Projects which opens its doors this week. Welcome back!

Thursday:
+ Preview: Donald Judd "Working Papers" Drawings, 1963-93 curated by Peter Ballantine at Spruth Magers
+ Screening: "Lygia Pape: Film Work Talk by Guy Brett" at Serpentine Gallery
+ Preview: Andy Holden, Carey Young, Hal Hartley, Jiri Skala, Jonathan Richman, Laurie Parsons, Lee Lozano , Paul Lewis, Sally-Ginger Brockbank, Sean Landers "A Plea for Tenderness" curated by David Raymond Conroy at Seventeen

Friday:
+ "Landscape and Eschatology" Eschatology is the study of the apocalypse. This free one-day conference, developed by Tate Britain in collaboration with Middlesex University and UCL. at Tate Britain

Tuesday, January 10

? Preview: Chris Appleby "Towards a Wooden O" at Art First
Westminster: 21 Eastcastle Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Preview: "Among Other Things" at Camberwell College of Arts
Lambeth: Peckham Road, 5:30-8pm

Wednesday, January 11

Preview: "Cosmic Ray Weather Station / Solar Do-Nothing Machine" at Peer
Westminster: 99 Hoxton Street, 6-8pm

Lecture: "The Trouble with Productivity" Writer and critic Laura McLean- Ferris, Paul Pieroni, curator of Space, and writer and philosopher Lars Iyer, author of Spurious, discuss the potentials in being less productive. at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, £12 / £10 Concessions / £8 ICA Members / £5 ICA Student Members (Call Box Office) / Free to NC 2011 participants (Call Box Office), 6:45pm

Thursday, January 12

Preview: Sean Scully "Change and Horizontals" at Timothy Taylor Gallery
Westminster: 15 Carlos Place, 6pm

Preview: Tobias Rehberger at Pilar Corrias Gallery
Westminster: 54 Eastcastle Street, 6-8pm

+ Preview: Donald Judd "Working Papers" Drawings, 1963-93 curated by Peter Ballantine at Spruth Magers
Westminster: 7A Grafton Street, 6-8pm

Preview: Matt Lipps at Josh Lilley Gallery
Westminster: 44-46 Riding House Street, 6-8pm

+ Screening: "Lygia Pape: Film Work Talk by Guy Brett" at Serpentine Gallery
Kensington and Chelsea: Kensington Gardens, Centre for Possible Studies 21 Gloucester Place London W1U 8HR, 6-9pm

? Preview: "Students from the Goldsmithing, Silversmithing, Metalwork & Jewellery, Fashion, Textiles, Painting and Sculpture programmes will present a work-in-progress exhibition." at Royal College of Art
Kensington and Chelsea: Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Preview: Clare Goodwin/paul Harper, David Cotterrell, John Strutton, Lee Maelzer, Lloyd Corporation, Magali Reus, Sam Porritt, Tom Dale, Vanessa Billy curated by Rebecca Geldard at Poppy Sebire
Southwark: 6 Copperfield, 6:30-8:30pm

Preview: Josie Cockram "Two Works: Looped" at Public House Projects
Southwark: 62 Gowlett Road, 6:30-9:30pm

Preview: David Burrows "Night is also a Sun: G-lbl Hystr-c P-nc J-peg" at IMT Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 210 Cambridge Heath Road, Unit 2, 6-9pm

Preview: Matthew Draper at Gallery Vela
Tower Hamlets: 38 Langham Street, 6:30-8:30pm

Screening: "LUX New Work UK: Lucy Clout" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7pm

+ Preview: Andy Holden, Carey Young, Hal Hartley, Jiri Skala, Jonathan Richman, Laurie Parsons, Lee Lozano , Paul Lewis, Sally-Ginger Brockbank, Sean Landers "A Plea for Tenderness" curated by David Raymond Conroy at Seventeen
Hackney: 17 Kingsland Road, 6-9pm

? Preview: Brian Griffiths "The Invisible Show" at Vilma Gold
Hackney: 6 Minerva Street, (time not confirmed, check with gallery)

Preview: Glen Fogel, James Richards, Julia Pfeiffer, Mela Yerka, Virginia Nimarkoh "Chase of Grace, a group show selected by Martin Gustavsson" curated by Martin Gustavsson at Maria Stenfors
Camden: 21 Wren Street, Unit 4, 6-8pm

Friday, January 13

+ "Landscape and Eschatology" Eschatology is the study of the apocalypse. This free one-day conference, developed by Tate Britain in collaboration with Middlesex University and UCL. at Tate Britain
Westminster: 5 Atterbury Street, Free, 10am-6pm

Preview: Patrick Coyle "To Draw A Blank" at Tenderpixel
Westminster: 10 Cecil Court, Performance at 7pm, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: "Culture Now: John Akomfrah in conversation with Karen Alexander" at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, £5 / Free to ICA Members, 1pm

Saturday, January 14

Screening: "Everything: VOX POP" curated by Aisha Christison, Thomas Shickle, David Buckley an at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, £3 / Free to ICA members and NC 2011 participants, • 8pm — 1am, Everything Club Night, Upper and Lower Bar • 10pm — 11.30pm, VOX POP screening in Cinema 2 • On-going performance by Leah Capaldi and Joshua Bilton

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