Art & Design
‘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
Read MoreLocal artist celebrates ‘home videos and the joys of poor acoustics’ in Hoxton exhibition
Moi Tran’s Civic Sound Archive runs until September at PEER gallery
Read MoreMónica de Miranda explores African diasporic experiences and Europe’s colonial past in new Shoreditch exhibition
The Angolan-Portuguese artist’s latest work will be on display at Autograph from 24 June
Read MoreCelebrated cartoonist to shine light on people who feel invisible with Hackney art trail
Henny Beaumont – inspired by her daughter, who has Down’s Syndrome – is teaming up with businesses for a public exhibition in July featuring work by people with disabilities
Read MoreNew app designed to make art more inclusive to be brought to life in Hackney Central exhibition
BRUSHWRK to showcase work of two Black female artists at Paper Dress Vintage
Read More‘Messy memories’: Artist Marcus Cope gets personal in solo exhibition at PEER
The Bath-born painter’s ‘self-reflective’ show opens this week at the Hoxton gallery
Read MoreNew exhibition commemorates life under lockdown in Hackney
Free display at Hackney Museum uses residents’ donated items and professional photos to chart the borough’s response to the pandemic
Read More‘Hammers to brushes, metal to paint’: Seven local artists celebrate history of former factory in Hackney Wick
The pieces at Stone Studios feature reminders of the site’s former use as a metalworks
Read MoreJock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook, Royal Academy: ‘Even if you think you know them, these paintings invite you to reflect anew’
The Academy has collected 20 of the Scottish artist’s London artworks to celebrate his 70th birthday
Read MoreUnmasked, Perishable Rush, BSMT Space, exhibition review: ‘Smiles and scars in evocative solo show’
The Dutch street artist has taken his work off walls across Europe for his first UK gallery outing in Dalston
Read MoreVan Gogh: The Immersive Experience, Tower Hamlets, review: ‘One of art’s most enigmatic icons brought to life’
Virtual reality and 360-degree projections offer an ‘intimate’ view of the artist for fans and newcomers alike
Read MoreArtist Vlatka Horvat set for first UK solo show at PEER gallery – with a year’s worth of work to be displayed over eight weeks
The Croatian-born artist’s By Hand, On Foot exhibition will feature sculpture, photography, film, and more
Read More‘Colourful promise with nothing to back it up’: Artist Simon the Last takes aim at high-tech with light show in an empty shop
Window display in Hoxton featuring over 3,600 LEDs ‘explores the ways in which our material existences have been warped’
Read MoreCenturies-old stained glass windows discovered at Homerton Hospital after ‘decades in the dark’
The ‘truly amazing’ roundels have been restored and put on display after being unearthed in a store room
Read MoreThompson Hall unveiled as Autograph gallery’s first artist-in-residence
The painter will take up the three-month position in Shoreditch in the new year
Read More‘We’d play music on cassettes, roll spliffs using Rizla and chew gum whilst on speed’: Artist James Talon brings the rave to Hackney Road
The artist’s nostalgic solo show, Sweet Lord, is on display at the Old Bank Vault this month
Read MoreOut of this world! Hackney primary school pupils flex their creativity for UFO arts project
Artist Tom Pearman teams up with the Rio Cinema to offer children an other-worldly experience
Read MoreTen artists deliver ‘remarkable’ response to the Covid pandemic in major new exhibition at Autograph gallery
Care | Contagion | Community — Self & Other contains ‘experimental and deeply personal approaches’ to the outbreak
Read MoreThe house of Medici and its fascination with pear paintings
Our resident food historian on the humble pear
Read MoreMajor artwork inspired by an encounter in Dalston acquired by V&A
Artist Kehinde Wiley painted Melissa Thompson after the pair met at Ridley Road Market
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