Last night was the preview for the The Tanks at TATE Modern. The fifteen-week festival which lasts from 18 July to 28 October 2012 will celebrate performance and installation art and the historical works that have shaped it. Also at Whitechapel Gallery this week on Thursday Clair Bishop talks about her new publication "Artificial Hells" and on Saturday William Mann argues the case for incrementalism in architecture and urban design, considering the making and remaking of the city and its buildings in "Architectural Talk: Piece by Piece". Don't miss Fridays previews of João Penalva's exhibition "The Prize Song" at Simon Lee Gallery.

Wednesday:
+ Performance: "Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Fase: Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich" at TATE Modern

Saturday:
+ Conference: "Inside/Outside: Materialising the Social" Part of the series: The Tanks: Art in Action at TATE Modern
+ Lecture: "Architectural Talk: Piece by Piece" at Whitechapel Gallery

Tuesday, July 17

Benefit: Karl Hyde "What's Going on in Your Head When You're Dancing?" at Bernard Jacobson Gallery
Westminster: 6 Cork Street, 6-8pm

Preview: "Milk Money" an exhibition comprised of recent graduates from the University for the Creative Arts Farnham. at The Gallery in Redchurch Street
Westminster: 28 Cork Street, 6-9pm

Wednesday, July 18

+ Performance: "Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Fase: Four Movements to the Music of Steve Reich" at TATE Modern
Southwark: Bankside , Evening performances are ticketed, booking recommended: Thursday 19 July and Friday 20 July, 20.30£15, concessions available - There are a number of free short performances, no booking necessary:

Thursday, July 19

Preview: "MM1 - De-Construct/Re-Construct/We-Construct" at Arbeit Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 4 Helmet Row, 6-9:30pm

Performance: "Ruth Proctor: If the sky falls" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7pm

Lecture: "Claire Bishop: Artificial Hells" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7:30pm

Friday, July 20

Preview: João Penalva "The Prize Song" at Simon Lee
Westminster: 12 Berkeley Street, 6-8pm

Artist Talk: Barbara Wolff, Martin Westwood, Mary Redmond "Culture Now: Bold Tendencies" at Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
Westminster: 12 Carlton House Terrace The Mall, 5, 1pm

Saturday, July 21

+ Conference: "Inside/Outside: Materialising the Social" Part of the series: The Tanks: Art in Action at TATE Modern
Southwark: Bankside , £20, concessions available, 10:30am – 5:40pm

Performance: Eddie Peake "The Tanks" at TATE Modern
Southwark: Bankside , 9-10pm

+ Lecture: "Architectural Talk: Piece by Piece" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 3pm

Sunday, July 22

Screening: "Anthony McCall: the complete cone films" Part of the series: The Tanks: Art in Action at TATE Modern
Southwark: Bankside , 1pm, 3pm, 5pm

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