Coinciding with the last weekend of Ângela Ferreira: Slits are Girls, curator Andrew Renton is giving a tour of the exhibition.

This will be followed by a walkthrough of Mandy El-Sayegh’s mural – This is a Sign: Notes on Assembly by The Showroom’s Director Gabriela Salgado.

The event is programmed as part of the launch of our new Lisson Grove Galleries collaboration – a new initiative of non-profit and commercial arts spaces in The Showroom’s neighbourhood of Lisson Grove, who are coming together with the shared aim of celebrating and foregrounding the diverse and distinctive culture of our local area and its longstanding cultural presence within London.

Participating galleries: The Showroom, Lisson Gallery, The Bomb Factory Foundation, Palmer Gallery and Patrick Heide Contemporary Art.

Details of the full event schedule for the London Gallery Weekend launch on Friday 5 June:

12pm at The Bomb Factory Foundation
Bomb Factory Director, Pallas Citroen, and Artist talk in the exhibition ‘Collectivism’ bringing together artist collectives

1pm at The Showroom
Director Gabriela Salgado gives a tour of Mandy El-Sayegh’s mural: This is a Sign: Notes on Assembly, and Andrew Renton will introduce ‘Slits are Girls’ by Ângela Ferreira

2pm at Palmer Gallery
A musical/spoken word performance programmed by the artist Carolina Aguirre in response to her work in the exhibition

3pm at Lisson Gallery
Lubaina Himid and Magda Stawarska in conversation with Rosie Cooper, Director of Wysing Arts Centre, followed by drinks in the courtyard with the artists

5-9pm at Patrick Heide
Private View of Thomas Müller’s exhibition ‘Metaxy’ and BBQ in the courtyard