Art & Design
Primary school parents launch art auction to fund green playground
Art for Air, which features more than 100 pieces by prominent artists, will raise money for a scheme to make the school more eco-friendly
Read MoreArtists reshape works by their peers for show in aid of burns survivors
FaceValue3 (Dirty Work), raising money for acid attack survivor Katie Piper’s charity, is on at Jealous East Gallery from 18-28 April
Read MoreFifteen painters join up to explore the ‘underbelly of urban existence’ for Bethnal Green show
Urban Contemporaries at Espacio Gallery features 80 artworks looking at the ‘essential forces of the city experience’
Read MoreHackney artists to feature at 2019’s London Art Fair
Works by up-and-comers and household names will be on show at the annual exhibition, which returns to Islington next month
Read MoreCarved-up Stik mural to get Polish homecoming after four-year wrangle with London gallery boss
Stik hails ‘step forward for artists’ rights’ as he reveals plans to restore a community mural in Gdansk that was chopped up and sold off without his knowledge
Read MoreCivilization, Flowers Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Momentous proportions of contemporary life’
This selection of photographs from a new book beautifully documents modern life
Read MoreStudionatalie – A New Edition to Hackney’s Thriving Creative Scene
Studionatalie is a Hackney-based design studio led by its founder Natalie Papageorgiadis, an interior designer and stylist. Here is a Q&A with her about the creative process and some of the studio’s projects
Read MoreDalston arts venues to unite for this year’s Winter Weekend
Community-led event will see galleries open up to celebrate the area’s 150-year association with the arts
Read MoreFelipe Baeza, Maureen Paley, exhibition review: ‘Rupture and regeneration’
The Mexican-born artist’s first solo UK show explores migration and mythology
Read MorePhotomonth 2018: East london’s annual picture festival is back – and ‘more varied’ than ever
The two-month event, featuring over 50 exhibitions, offers audiences a ‘visual smorgasbord’
Read MoreStreet artist to stage ‘dream gig’ for lyric-inspired solo show
Dscreet’s ‘Top 40 Covers’, to be exhibited at BSMT Gallery in Stoke Newington, is a tribute to his favourite songsmiths
Read MoreUnreal Estates, Dalston, exhibition review: ‘Dreamy excitement and sheer dread’
Amanda Lwin’s immersive show, inside a working estate agency on Kingsland High Street, ‘feeds on house-moving emotions’
Read MoreNo Paine no gain: New exhibition to bring ‘feel-good factor’ to Homerton Hospital
Neville Paine’s experimental landscapes and collages will brighten the walls of the Education Centre from October
Read More‘Shaping the capital’: Local doors unlocked for Open House festival
The world’s largest architecture event returns this month – giving the public a peak behind hundreds of keyholes
Read MoreSPACE exploration: Art studios to open up for 50th anniversary
More than 200 creatives across London will welcome the public into their workshops for a one-off weekend spectacular this month
Read MoreArtist teams up with East End schoolchildren for new Whitechapel Gallery show
Mikhail Karikis’ No Ordinary Protest is the gallery’s 10th children’s commission
Read MoreSmile Please, Peer Gallery, exhibition review: ‘a refreshing take on modern urban life’
Simon English’s new solo show features never-before-seen sculptures made from objects picked up around London
Read MoreFlowers Gallery to host John Loker retrospective to mark artist’s 80th birthday – 48 years after it put on his first solo show
Loker, along with David Hockney, was part of the so-called ‘Bradford Mafia’ – a group of artists who first rose to prominence in the 1960s
Read More‘The scene in east London is a jungle’: Street artist speaks out after unveiling Clapton murals
Giacomo ‘RUN’ Bufarini says people are often surprised his work is self-funded as street art becomes a ‘lucrative tourist attraction’
Read More‘The whole community was a client!’: Hackney architects up for prestigious Stirling Prize for Jewish cemetery expansion
Waugh Thistleton co-founder talks to the Citizen about the nomination, how the project has given him a new outlook on burials, and what it’s like to live in a timber home
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