Art & Design
Unravel, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Expands our appreciation of textiles as art’
Protest and subversion are stand-out themes of a show that features 50 artists from around the world
Read MoreEast End filmmaker awarded ‘Art Icon’ status by Whitechapel Gallery
Isaac Julien, whose early works feature Hackney, follows in the footsteps of luminaries such as Tracey Emin
Read MoreDJ-turned-painter Andrew Pierre Hart mixes music and art for upcoming Whitechapel exhibition
London-based Hart takes inspiration from the East End for an eclectic showcase of paintings, sculpture, film and sound
Read MoreBarbican to host first major UK exhibition of Moroccan-born artist Soufiane Ababri
Ababri, known for his exploration of the queer experience, is set to take over the famous Curve Gallery from March to June next year
Read More‘La vie! La vie!’
Our resident food historian paints a portrait of an artist synonymous with bohemian 19th-century Paris
Read More‘Colour and energy’: Local artist launches exhibition at Springfield Park to ‘celebrate life in Hackney’
Cath Pater-Lancucki hopes viewers will ‘recognise the borough’s beauty and what it has to offer’
Read More‘Masterpiece’: Praise for bold new mural that celebrates joy and diversity of Ridley Road
Artist Carl Cozier ‘flattered’ after traders picked his colourful lettering to adorn a market wall
Read More‘Home is a human right’: Ukrainian artists behind recent Hackney exhibition on the beauty of Brutalist housing
Elena Orap and Dasha Podoltseva highlight similarities between social housing in Ukraine and the UK
Read MoreOsvaldo Licini: Rebellious Angel, Estorick Collection, exhibition review: ‘Playful, whimsical and very moving’
The first UK show dedicated to the 20th-century painter offers visitors a ‘flight of fancy’
Read MoreAlice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘The collector of souls will capture yours too’
Major display of the American artist’s work shows off her ‘awe-striking will and skill’
Read MoreCoco Lom and the Wonder-ful Playhouse
The local artist talks about her recent project with Disney and the inspiration behind her trademark patterns
Read More‘It was a revelation in a selfish, personal way’: Artist Jock McFadyen on how his own retrospective gave him a ‘hankering to mix and match’
The Royal Academician is showing his latest exhibition at his studio gallery in London Fields
Read More‘What a moment’: Veronica Ryan wins Turner Prize for work including Hackney Windrush sculptures
Artist pays tribute to her family after taking home UK’s most prestigious art award
Read MoreUpcoming exhibition in Stoke Newington wants to ‘go beyond notion of art as only a two-way conversation’
Conversations in Colour runs from 10-14 November at Stokey Pop Up
Read MoreReconnect with the world at Autograph gallery tomorrow as it hosts art-inspired wellbeing day
The Shoreditch institution has enlisted artist Lateisha Davine Lovelace-Hanson to lead activities including breath work and soundscaping
Read MoreRare Hackney, Two More Years studio, exhibition review: ‘You won’t regret a visit’
Neil Martinson’s photographs of the borough, on display to raise money for the local food bank, show ‘a community on the move’
Read MoreCézanne: The EY Exhibition, Tate Modern, review: ‘A painter of nature’
More than 80 paintings make up the first major display of the artist’s work in London since the turn of the century
Read More‘Reimagine the world’: New trail of globe sculptures in Hackney puts racial injustice under the spotlight
Arts and education combine for a project designed to develop our understanding of the slave trade
Read MoreWoodberry Down’s residents and natural history celebrated in project by Royal College of Art graduate
Xinqi Chen’s stunning illustrations were inspired by local stories and the campaign to save the Happy Man tree
Read More‘Wes Anderson likes my work!’ Art by Hackney schoolchildren to be plastered on billboards as part of ‘fantastic’ creativity project
Thirty youngsters took part in Hackney Young Voices – receiving support from renowned artists and education experts
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