First Thursday in London this week and tonight's opening at Hauser & Wirth is a group show curated by Matthew Day Jackson. All week there are a series of events programmed around Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's exhibition at Chisendale. Don't miss tea and biscuits on Sunday afternoon at Arcade for the last week of Maria Zahle's exhibition 'And Annika.'

Tuesday:
+ Preview: Erin Shirreff, Larry Bamburg, Marc Ganzglass, Nick van Woert, Rosy Keyser "Science on the back end" Artists selected by Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & Wirth London

Wednesday:
+ Artist Talk: Minae Kim (Korea), Sean Lynch (Ireland), Tatiana Blass (Brazil) at Gasworks

Thursday:
+ Artist Talk: "Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Gasworks and Triangle Network, in conversation with Lynette Yiadom-Boakye." at Chisenhale
+ Tour: "Gallery Talk: Philippa Martin on The Story of the Government Art Collection" at Whitechapel Gallery

Saturday:
+ Tour: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye "Tanya Barson, Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, leads a tour of the exhibition." at Chisenhale

Tuesday, May 1

+ Preview: Erin Shirreff, Larry Bamburg, Marc Ganzglass, Nick van Woert, Rosy Keyser "Science on the back end" Artists selected by Matthew Day Jackson at Hauser & Wirth London
Westminster: 15 Old Bond Street, 6-8pm

Wednesday, May 2

+ Artist Talk: Minae Kim (Korea), Sean Lynch (Ireland), Tatiana Blass (Brazil) at Gasworks
Lambeth: 155 Vauxhall Street, 6:30-8pm

"Crib Notes: Gillian Wearing" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, Price: £8.50, 10am

Thursday, May 3

Jia Aili, Jitish Kallat, Justin Mortimer, Patricia Piccinini, Susanne Kuhn, Uwe Wittwer. "The Observer" at Haunch of Venison
Westminster: 6 Burlington Gardens, RSVP: Tala@hofv.com, 6-8pm

+ Artist Talk: "Alessio Antoniolli, Director of Gasworks and Triangle Network, in conversation with Lynette Yiadom-Boakye." at Chisenhale
Tower Hamlets: 64-84 Chisenhale Rd, 7pm

+ Tour: "Gallery Talk: Philippa Martin on The Story of the Government Art Collection" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7pm

Preview: Annabel Frearson "Bad Brain Call" at xero, kline & coma
Hackney: Hackney Road 258 , 7-9pm

Preview: Alice Anderson, Alli Sharma, Andrea Hannon, Annabel Dover, Cathy Lomax, Corinna Spencer, Georgie Flood, Hayley Lock, Jessica Voorsanger, Kirsty Buchanan, Mark Scott-Wood, Paul Kindersley "Tainted Love" curated by Corinna Spencer at Transition
Hackney: 8 Andrews Road, Unit 25a, 6-9pm

Preview: Evy Jokhova | "String-scape" at WW Gallery
Hackney: 30 Queensdown Road, Drinks at Three Sisters Pub, 6-9pm

Friday, May 4

Preview: George Charman "'Once Again And Always New'" at Acme Studios
Tower Hamlets: 44 Bonner Rd, 6-8pm

Saturday, May 5

Tour: "A walking tour exploring the history of the textile trade in Spitalfields" at Raven Row
Tower Hamlets: 56 Artillery Lane, 2:30pm

+ Tour: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye "Tanya Barson, Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, leads a tour of the exhibition." at Chisenhale
Tower Hamlets: 64-84 Chisenhale Rd, 2pm

Sunday, May 6

"Tea and Biscuits: Maria Zahle 'And Annika'" at Arcade
Islington: 87 Lever Street, 15.00 - 17.00

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