Art & Design
Hackney ‘Anti-Library’ celebrates unread books
The Anti-Library at Space Studios is an exhibition of books which have never been read by their owners
Read MoreSavage Messiah – review
Laura Oldfield Ford’s dismal prognosis for a gentrified London is a hard pill to swallow
Read MoreArchaeology of Urban Time: Drawing Dalston
The Hackney Citizen meets Alexandra Blum, an artist with an engrossing perspective of Dalston’s redevelopment
Read MoreAlpha-ville Festival 2011
An exploratory celebration of art, technology and society
Read MoreDonna Walker makes aMEND
Award-winning artist’s new collection comes to The Residence in Victoria Park Village
Read MoreInfinite Blue: exhibition revisits life in Ceausescu’s Romania
Stefan Constantinescu’s first solo exhibition at Galerie 8 explores the notion of art in a totalitarian state
Read MoreHackney WickED Art Festival 2011 – review
This popular three day extravaganza drew thousands of art and music lovers to Hackney Wick and Fish Island last month. The Citizen explores the galleries
Read MoreI Am Braziliality
A new exhibition challenges preconceptions and looks at the nation’s culture and identity afresh
Read MoreHackney’s cycling cultures: Bike Portraits pop-up exhibition
30 July – 31 August 2011, Hackney bike shops
Read MoreWorking Against the System
Until 17 July 2011, Fri-Sun 12-6pm, Transition Gallery
Read MoreArty lattes at Hackney café galleries
Two new local spaces in the south of the borough are coupling culture with cuisine
Read MoreThems, Please
76 Chatsworth Road, E5 until 7 August 2011
Read MoreVariants
8 June – 9 July 2011, White Cube, Hoxton
Read MoreEast London Mornings
17 May – 17 June 2011, Mouse & Lotz Cafe E8
Read MoreDrawing Room Biennial Fundraiser Exhibition
Until 18 May 2011, Drawing Room, Tannery Arts
Read MoreSteve McCann: Paintings and Drawings
Until 16 June 2011, Core Art Gallery
Read MoreYes, but is it drawing? London 2011 Biennial Fundraiser
The best works auctioned at east London’s Drawing Room, by Turner prizewinners and younger artists alike, are self-regarding, silly, and muse on the nature of drawing itself
Read MoreStreet art tours reveal hidden treasure
For those who don’t know their Stik from their Roa, a guided tour around London’s East End is the way to uncover works by artists on the verge of mainstream recognition
Read MoreHand-drawn Hackney
21 April -11 September 2011, Museum of London
Read MoreCarriers
13 April – 21 May 2011, Seventeen Gallery
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