A fairly big week ahead for group exhibitions and events. On Thursday evening Paradise Row goes off site for the exhibition 'Moments of Reprieve, Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography' curated by Louisa Adam and David Birkin. On Friday looking forward to the beginning of The Tanks Summer School and a talk and sonic performance poetry at Beaconfield. On Saturday, don't miss Robert Rydell talk at Raven Row.

Thursday:
+ Preview: Adam Broomberg, Birdhead, David Birkin, Eleonora Rossi, Idris Khan, Indre Serpytyte, Jane, Justin Coombes, Louise Wilson, Oliver Chanarin, Ori Gersht, Taryn Simon "Moments of Reprieve, Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography" curated by Louisa Adam and David Birkin at Paradise Row

Saturday:
+ Lecture: Robert Rydell "Crystal Palaces, Crystal Balls, And Crystal-Clear Illusions Of Progress: From World's Fairs To The World Wide Web" A project by Suzanne Treister at Raven Row over four weekends featuring four keynote speeches within a specially designed theatre at Raven Row

Tuesday, July 24

Preview: "N. Pavliv-Tokarska / Contemporary Cityscapes. After E Hopper and D Hepher" at Tokarska Gallery
Waltham Forest: 163 Forest Rd, 6-9pm

Thursday, July 26

Preview: Astuo Okamoto, Jake Harvey, Jessica Harrison "Fitzrovia Lates" at Art First
Westminster: 21 Eastcastle Street, 6-9pm

Preview: Michel Auder / Roderick Buchanan / John Gerrard / "Pursuit of Perfection: The Politics of Sport" at South London Gallery
Southwark: 65 Peckham Road, 6:30-8:30pm

+ Preview: Adam Broomberg, Birdhead, David Birkin, Eleonora Rossi, Idris Khan, Indre Serpytyte, Jane, Justin Coombes, Louise Wilson, Oliver Chanarin, Ori Gersht, Taryn Simon "Moments of Reprieve, Representing Loss in Contemporary Photography" curated by Louisa Adam and David Birkin at Paradise Row
Tower Hamlets: 13 Hereford Street, St. Matthew's Hall, 111 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 6RY, 6-9pm

Performance: "Charlie Tweed: Grain" at Whitechapel Gallery
Tower Hamlets: 77-82 Whitechapel High Street, 7pm

Preview: "Twenty Seven Seventy Two" Emerging Photography Exhibtion at The Rag Factory
Hackney: 16-18 Heneage Street, 7-10pm

Friday, July 27

Performance: "In the Company of Ghosts: the Poetics of the Motorway" Guests at the event include Will Alsop, Edward Chell and David Lawrence with sonic performance poetry from Jennifer Cooke. at Beaconsfield
Lambeth: 22 Newport Street, 6-8:30pm

Artist Talk: "The Tanks Summer School: Summer Evenings - Discursive Exercises with Five Years" at TATE Modern
Southwark: Bankside , 6:30-8:30pm

Preview: Airborne Mark, Becky Boston, Ben Fenton, Carrie Reichardt, Dan Kitchener, Dan Rawlings, Deborah Griffin, Elvis Wang, Emma Harvey, Gareth Morgan, Harley Price, Infinity Bunce, Kris Wlodarski, Lynne Blackburn, Madeleine Strindberg, Miranda Benzies, Piky, Sean Worrall, Steven Quinn, Tom Banks, Zoe Crosse "London: Your Call - A Group Show" at CULTIVATE
Hackney: Vyner Street and Mowlem St, 6-9pm

Preview: Dzine: Phenomenon curated by Hew Locke & Indra Khanna at Bearspace
Lewisham: 152 Deptford High Street, 6:30-8:30pm

Saturday, July 28

+ Lecture: Robert Rydell "Crystal Palaces, Crystal Balls, And Crystal-Clear Illusions Of Progress: From World's Fairs To The World Wide Web" A project by Suzanne Treister at Raven Row over four weekends featuring four keynote speeches within a specially designed theatre at Raven Row
Tower Hamlets: 56 Artillery Lane, 3pm: Exhibition open. Food will be served 5–7pm: Lecture/Performance 7–9pm: Exhibition open. Food and drink will be served

Workshop: "Improvisation with Objects/Materials Workshop" Session Three (Wood - with special guest Iris Garrelfs) with Matthias Kispert, Blanca Regina, Andrew Riley at SoundFjord
Haringey: 28 Lawrence Road, Unit 3B – Studio 28, £5/£4conc, 2:30-6pm

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