Art & Design
Social Fabric: threads of colonialism laid bare
If an antidote were needed to MP Diane Abbott’s notoriously clumsy tweets on the legacy of colonialism, it can be found at a subtle new exhibition which uses the textile trade to unpick the history and impact of the colonial past
Read MoreStreet VU: Shoreditch to get outdoor art gallery
The Hackney Citizen unearths a new and unusual art venue tucked under the iconic tube carriages on Great Eastern Street
Read MoreImages of Protest
Friday 6 – Saturday 28 January 2012, Rich Mix
Read MoreAbdoulaye Konaté: Power and Religion at Rivington Place
Last chance to see Abdoulaye Konaté’ s Pouvoir et Religion (Power and Religion) at Rivington Place; until 3 Jan 2012
Read MoreDesign Den at Barbican Centre
The Curve Gallery is host to this festive pop-up shop selling by works by a number of Hackney-based artists and designers
Read MoreHouse of Hackney launches Circus of alternatives
Circus is at The Tramshed in Shoreditch until 18 December 2011 from 10am – 8pm daily
Read MoreLong Way Back to Nowhere: New Works from the Holy Land
The Citizen talks to Nick Waplington about his time in the Middle East and how it inspired his new show at See Studio
Read MoreWord Up: screen prints exhibition by Mr Gresty
Mr Gresty’s Word Up exhibition of typographic screen prints is on show at Biddle Bros until 21 January 2012
Read MoreFestive art and design: Chocolate Factory N16 Winter Open Studios 2011
Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 December 2011, 11am – 6pm
Read MoreEast London Design Show 2011
The eighteenth annual East London Design Show and shopping event features products and collections from a plethora of Hackney-based designers
Read MoreHackney ‘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
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