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Art & Design

I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies review – ‘An exhibition to which we can well relate’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 6 November 2025 at 11:44

‘Fragmented backgrounds embroider our lives in lovely ways’

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Palimpsest review – ‘Unearthing is not always pleasant’

By Julia Silverberg | Thursday 6 November 2025 at 11:34

Anastasia Tribambuka’s work interrogates the past

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Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Escape the headlines you will not’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 3 September 2025 at 10:20

The latest pairing of modern art with the Italian sculptor’s work explores ‘the various ways the human form can come to harm’

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Outsider Bodies: Experience Berlin’s DIY scene in your neighbour’s living room

By Julia Silverberg | Thursday 21 August 2025 at 17:15

More than 90 artists are set to deliver an ‘experiential showcase’ in Stoke Newington from next month

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V&A East teases opening of David Bowie Centre – featuring an archive of more than 90,000 objects

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 11 July 2025 at 10:44

Visitors will be able to peruse the items and guest-curated displays when the Centre opens in September

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Fashion’s obsession with decay spearheads major exhibition at the Barbican

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 July 2025 at 12:53

Dirty Looks, which features more than 100 garments from the past 50 years, chronicles the industry’s infatuation with grime

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Dan Guthrie: Empty Alcove/Rotting Figure, Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fantasy of erasure’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 19 June 2025 at 18:20

Guthrie’s videos of places with racist objects artificially removed leave us with ‘hope that we might get there one day’

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Local artist who ‘celebrates Hackney life’ set for Springfield House show

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 13 June 2025 at 12:48

Cath Pater-Lancucki’s paintings will be on display from next week until September

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Clapton Art Market returns for second year to ‘champion neighbourhood’s creativity’

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 June 2025 at 14:18

The Round Chapel’s Old School Rooms will host the event next Thursday, with funds being raised for community projects

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Hamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A salutary reminder’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 4 June 2025 at 08:07

The artist, who died of AIDS in 1994 aged just 32, takes the ‘hazards of deadly disease as a central focus’

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Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘A temporal and cultural journey’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 7 May 2025 at 12:20

The first in a trio of shows combining the work of sculptor Alberto Giacomettit with that of other artists ‘engages thoughtfully with what we are made of’

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In the Footsteps of the East London Group, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A fascinating collection’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 6 November 2024 at 11:54

Juxtaposing older paintings of East London with modern ones of the same area ‘breathes new life’ into all of them

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‘A reflection of my childhood’: Zimbabwean artist Errol Theunissen heads to Dalston for his first ever solo exhibition

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 21 October 2024 at 12:48

Bold oil paintings that elevate everyday scenes will be on display at BSMT Space next month

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The Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’

By Sarah Birch | Tuesday 8 October 2024 at 10:42

This collection of 150 works by 30 Indian artists is impressive in its ‘sheer variety’

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‘A place for people who don’t have a place’: Future Hackney’s upcoming exhibition ‘The Strip’ is a paean to Dalston

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 October 2024 at 18:24

Photography, art and stories about the area will be on display in two places later this month

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Simnikiwe Buhlungu: hygrosummons (iter.01), Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A meditation on water’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 20 September 2024 at 10:41

The South African artist’s first solo show ‘reminds us how little we control the natural world’

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‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 6 September 2024 at 13:06

Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge

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Peter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 2 August 2024 at 07:54

This retrospective of Kennard’s work is ‘bound to stir thoughts of your own role in the political’

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Hackney Wick exhibition to honour women’s rights icon Emmeline Pankhurst

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 July 2024 at 13:42

Uprising at Nasty Gallery will also delve into gender inequality in the art world

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Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 28 June 2024 at 09:34

The artist’s exploration of children’s play ‘yields rich documentation of their resilience’

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