Full speed ahead this week in London! Tuesday night David Shrigley opens at Stephen Friedman Gallery. Try to catch both Lynda Benglis' preview at Thomas Dane on Thursday evening and then her talk at ICA on Friday afternoon. Irene Kopelman opens at Gasworks and there are few great events at Chelsea College of Art this week.

Saturday night don't miss the preview for 'The Lewton Bus: 'Coming Soon'' curated by Tom Trevatt at Vitrine Gallery. There will be a screening at 6:45pm.

Thursday:
+ Preview: Lynda Benglis at Thomas Dane
+ Preview: Irene Kopelman "The Challenger's Report" at Gasworks

Friday:
+ Artist Talk: "Culture Now: Lynda Benglis" at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
+ Tour: "COLLECTIONS TOUR: The Natural History Museum" Dr. Giles Miller, Curator of Vertebrates and Micropalaeontology at the Natural History Museum, leads two tours of the Micropalaeontology collections, inviting participants to take a closer look at a world we can't usually see. at Gasworks

Saturday:
+ Preview: Alasdair Duncan, Fabien Giraud, Jeremy Millar, Katie Goodwin, Matthew Verdon, Melissa Bugarella, Raphael Siboni "The Lewton Bus: ‘Coming Soon’ and ‘Conditions’" curated by Tom Trevatt at Vitrine Gallery

Tuesday, February 7

Preview: David Shrigley "Arms Fayre" at Stephen Friedman Gallery
Westminster: 25-28 Old Burlington Street, 6-8pm

Wednesday, February 8

Preview: Kim Wan "VIOLENTS(Snapshot)" at Westminster Reference Library
Westminster: 35 St Martin's Street, free, 6-9pm

Screening: Adam Barker Mill "Love's Prsentation David Hockney Film Screening" curated by Aretha Campbell at ColdHarbour London
Lambeth: 26 - 34 Southwell Road, £4-£5, 7pm

Preview: Alice Tatge, Heide Hinrichs, Marcin Dudek "Winter Pavilion - Part Two" An outdoor installation by Marcin Dudek A solo exhibition in the gallery by Heide Hinrichs Guided performances by Alice Tatge at Waterside Contemporary
Hackney: 2 Clunbury St, 6-9pm

Alice Creischer and Andreas Siekmann "The Potosi Principle" at inIVA (Institute of International Visual Arts)
Hackney: Rivington Place, Admission free, 7pm - NB. venue: Central St Martins, Kings Cross

Thursday, February 9

+ Preview: Lynda Benglis at Thomas Dane
Westminster: 11 Duke Street, 3 Duke Street, St. James's, 6-9pm

Preview: Ali Goodyear, Amanda Newall, Caroline Smith, Catherine Long, Denise Walker, Lucia Maria Gomez, Lucy Payne, Mário Pires Cordeiro, Trish Scott "Position-Place-Situate-Locate" curated by Francesca Baglietto and Amy McDonnell at Chelsea College of Art
Westminster: 16 John Islip Street, 6-8:30pm

Screening: "Artists' Film Club: Lisa Oppenheim - Double" at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, £5 / Free to ICA members, 7pm

+ Preview: Irene Kopelman "The Challenger's Report" at Gasworks
Lambeth: 155 Vauxhall Street, 6:30-9pm

Lecture: "Big Ideas: Simon Schama" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, Fully booked. A waiting list for returns will open on the day., 7pm

Performance: "DARTER (Chloe Cooper, Phoebe Davies and Louisa Martin)" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7pm

Preview: Yayoi Kusama "New Works" at Victoria Miro Gallery
Hackney: 16 Wharf Road, 6-8pm

Friday, February 10

Preview: Tina Hage "Gestalt" at Tenderpixel
Westminster: 10 Cecil Court, 6-8pm, 7pm Performance: To Draw An End by Patrick Coyle

Artist Talk: Caroline Smith, Catherine Long "Situating Feminism" at Chelsea College of Art
Westminster: 16 John Islip Street, 6:30-8:30pm

+ Artist Talk: "Culture Now: Lynda Benglis" at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, £5.00, Booking Essential , 1:15pm

Artist Talk: Diana Rigg at Victoria and Albert Museum
Kensington and Chelsea: Cromwell Road, South Kensington, £9, £6 concessions, 7-8pm

+ Tour: "COLLECTIONS TOUR: The Natural History Museum" Dr. Giles Miller, Curator of Vertebrates and Micropalaeontology at the Natural History Museum, leads two tours of the Micropalaeontology collections, inviting participants to take a closer look at a world we can't usually see. at Gasworks
Lambeth: 155 Vauxhall Street, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, email booking@gasworks.org.uk, Tour starts 11am and 2pm

Saturday, February 11

Holly Pester "Saturday Seminars" at Serpentine Gallery
Kensington and Chelsea: Kensington Gardens, Free, 3pm

+ Preview: Alasdair Duncan, Fabien Giraud, Jeremy Millar, Katie Goodwin, Matthew Verdon, Melissa Bugarella, Raphael Siboni "The Lewton Bus: ‘Coming Soon’ and ‘Conditions’" curated by Tom Trevatt at Vitrine Gallery
Southwark: Bermondsey Square, 6-midnight, Screening at 6:45pm

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