Art & Design
V&A East teases opening of David Bowie Centre – featuring an archive of more than 90,000 objects
Visitors will be able to peruse the items and guest-curated displays when the Centre opens in September
Read MoreFashion’s obsession with decay spearheads major exhibition at the Barbican
Dirty Looks, which features more than 100 garments from the past 50 years, chronicles the industry’s infatuation with grime
Read MoreDan Guthrie: Empty Alcove/Rotting Figure, Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fantasy of erasure’
Guthrie’s videos of places with racist objects artificially removed leave us with ‘hope that we might get there one day’
Read MoreLocal artist who ‘celebrates Hackney life’ set for Springfield House show
Cath Pater-Lancucki’s paintings will be on display from next week until September
Read MoreClapton Art Market returns for second year to ‘champion neighbourhood’s creativity’
The Round Chapel’s Old School Rooms will host the event next Thursday, with funds being raised for community projects
Read MoreHamad Butt: Apprehensions, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A salutary reminder’
The artist, who died of AIDS in 1994 aged just 32, takes the ‘hazards of deadly disease as a central focus’
Read MoreEncounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘A temporal and cultural journey’
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’
Read MoreIn the Footsteps of the East London Group, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A fascinating collection’
Juxtaposing older paintings of East London with modern ones of the same area ‘breathes new life’ into all of them
Read More‘A reflection of my childhood’: Zimbabwean artist Errol Theunissen heads to Dalston for his first ever solo exhibition
Bold oil paintings that elevate everyday scenes will be on display at BSMT Space next month
Read MoreThe Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’
This collection of 150 works by 30 Indian artists is impressive in its ‘sheer variety’
Read More‘A place for people who don’t have a place’: Future Hackney’s upcoming exhibition ‘The Strip’ is a paean to Dalston
Photography, art and stories about the area will be on display in two places later this month
Read MoreSimnikiwe Buhlungu: hygrosummons (iter.01), Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A meditation on water’
The South African artist’s first solo show ‘reminds us how little we control the natural world’
Read More‘Something special’: Artworks by Hackney teenagers go on display at former royal residence
Young people from Immediate Theatre join arts takeover at Cumberland Lodge
Read MorePeter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’
This retrospective of Kennard’s work is ‘bound to stir thoughts of your own role in the political’
Read MoreHackney Wick exhibition to honour women’s rights icon Emmeline Pankhurst
Uprising at Nasty Gallery will also delve into gender inequality in the art world
Read MoreFrancis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’
The artist’s exploration of children’s play ‘yields rich documentation of their resilience’
Read MoreArtist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum reimagines a colonial outpost in first major solo UK exhibition
The Netherlands-based artist’s work will fill the Barbican’s Curve gallery from mid-September
Read MoreWindrush grant winner Wayne Snooze to have his art displayed on billboards across Hackney
The artist’s Jamaica-inspired screen prints will be on show from next week
Read MoreParasouls: Young V&A exhibition sees lost umbrellas transformed into Japanese spirits
Colourful brollies-turned-yōkai now welcome visitors at the children’s museum
Read MoreCedric Christie: Oblivious to Your Own Career, Rocket Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Subtle reflections on form and colour’
Christie, a trained welder, ‘draws tremendous grace from everyday materials’
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