Art & Design
Patio Projects – art in the public eye
A mushroom tower sculpture marks the end of a series of public art projects situated on a patio off Hackney Downs
Read MoreTemple of Doom
Ridley Road is getting its arts in gear with the opening of the new Doomed Gallery
Read MoreRevealing Alice’s darker side
Tribute to Alice in Wonderland exhibition brings adult edge to classic children’s story
Read MoreArt at the Core – new works and live music
Core Arts is to host an evening of paintings by Sophie O’ Neill together with new work by MA students, Core printmakers and live music
Read MoreBarbican Weekender – Natural Circuits
Digital technology and the arts will take centre stage at the Barbican’s interactive festival
Read MoreThe Geffrye Museum – there’s no place like home
The former 18th century almshouses are one of Kingsland Road’s best kept secrets
Read MoreBouvetøya – a polar exhibition
Artistic exploration of desolate Antarctic island lies between fact and fiction
Read MoreA glimpse of the London sublime
An exhibition of John Bartlett’s paintings show the Hackney artist depicting everyday scenes in new and challenging ways
Read MoreQueens of the Undead – Black history brought up to date
Kimathi Donkor’s exhibition explores African and Carribean history as well as racial tensions today
Read MoreLondon Fields benefits from design boost
New initiative aims to put the creative hotspot on the global design map
Read MoreA very Hackney WickED weekend
Despite the rain, Hackney WickED’s excursion to Red Market was a resounding success
Read MoreLondon Design Week – Ceramics in the City exhibition at Geffrye Museum
From delicate porcelain to earthy stoneware, the Geffrye Museum’s exhibition is sure to delight pottery enthusiasts
Read MoreMaking it – the London Design Festival
The London Design Festival features many Hackney-based studios and designer-makers
Read MoreFreeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition
New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving
Read MoreSophie Rees – the art of simplicity
Dalston artist, who is to open a new gallery shortly, explains how she composes her vibrant paintings
Read MoreTake a byte – Eat All You Can
HaYoung Kim’s exhibition at Hoxton Art Gallery explores the way we consume technology
Read MoreSweet Revenge – Sweet Toof solo show at The Colour Works
Hackney Wick provides the location for an exhibition of grinning graffiti this month
Read MoreHackney galleries’ Olympic art attack
Away from the official Cultural Olympiad, East London artists are expressing more ambivalent viewpoints on the impact of the Games
Read MoreDesigned in Hackney Day – 1 August
The beginning of next month starts with a day dedicated to Hackney’s best designers in special pop-up Shoreditch venue, Hackney House
Read MoreFrank Laws – London Bits
Hackney artist’s social housing paintings reveal beauty in the mundane as he explores his mixed feelings about the borough’s changing face
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