Art & Design – Page 8 – Hackney Citizen

Artist creates immersive schizophrenic experience for new exhibition in Hackney

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 20 August 2019 at 13:21

James Paddock’s PYLON at A-Side B-Side Gallery uses mixed media to take the audience on a journey through an imaginary psychotic episode

2019: A Space odyssey

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 6 August 2019 at 12:51

Hackney stalwart Space Studios’ Mare Street gallery is relocating to Ilford in the autumn. The charity’s chief exec Anna Harding talks about the move, and picks out her personal highlights from the past 16 years

Extinction Rebellion: Free six-month display to be unveiled at V&A Museum of Childhood

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 26 July 2019 at 10:01

The exhibition in Bethnal Green, centred on the activist group’s family-friendly work, is part of a wider partnership that will see its designs go on show at the V&A’s Rapid Response gallery

Jock McFadyen: ‘Painting is artifice, it’s art, and so is the made environment’

By Ben Mortimer | Sunday 30 June 2019 at 20:22

The Hackney-based artist, known for his landscapes of east London, on his upcoming turn as curator for the Royal Academy, his own style, and why he quite enjoys painting the same piece again and again

Hackney artist’s 66-foot mural brightens up star-studded photography studio

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 18 June 2019 at 11:47

Rosie Lom’s colourful wall design at Shoreditch Studios got a nod of approval from Arsenal legend Thierry Henry

Fourth Plinth artist set for headline summer show at Whitechapel Gallery

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 29 May 2019 at 14:40

Michael Rakowitz’s ongoing effort to recreate artifacts destroyed by war are a major feature of his eponymous exhibition

Primary school parents launch art auction to fund green playground

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 7 May 2019 at 12:44

Art for Air, which features more than 100 pieces by prominent artists, will raise money for a scheme to make the school more eco-friendly

Artists reshape works by their peers for show in aid of burns survivors

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 4 April 2019 at 14:42

FaceValue3 (Dirty Work), raising money for acid attack survivor Katie Piper’s charity, is on at Jealous East Gallery from 18-28 April

Fifteen painters join up to explore the ‘underbelly of urban existence’ for Bethnal Green show

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 7 March 2019 at 15:55

Urban Contemporaries at Espacio Gallery features 80 artworks looking at the ‘essential forces of the city experience’

Hackney artists to feature at 2019’s London Art Fair

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 27 December 2018 at 07:00

Works by up-and-comers and household names will be on show at the annual exhibition, which returns to Islington next month

Carved-up Stik mural to get Polish homecoming after four-year wrangle with London gallery boss

By Max Eckersley | Friday 21 December 2018 at 15:10

Stik hails ‘step forward for artists’ rights’ as he reveals plans to restore a community mural in Gdansk that was chopped up and sold off without his knowledge

Civilization, Flowers Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Momentous proportions of contemporary life’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 14 December 2018 at 15:14

This selection of photographs from a new book beautifully documents modern life

Studionatalie – A New Edition to Hackney’s Thriving Creative Scene

By Advertising Feature | Monday 10 December 2018 at 15:32

Studionatalie is a Hackney-based design studio led by its founder Natalie Papageorgiadis, an interior designer and stylist. Here is a Q&A with her about the creative process and some of the studio’s projects

Dalston arts venues to unite for this year’s Winter Weekend

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 22 November 2018 at 14:41

Community-led event will see galleries open up to celebrate the area’s 150-year association with the arts

Felipe Baeza, Maureen Paley, exhibition review: ‘Rupture and regeneration’

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 19 November 2018 at 12:49

The Mexican-born artist’s first solo UK show explores migration and mythology

Photomonth 2018: East london’s annual picture festival is back – and ‘more varied’ than ever

By Sarah Birch | Monday 22 October 2018 at 13:08

The two-month event, featuring over 50 exhibitions, offers audiences a ‘visual smorgasbord’

Street artist to stage ‘dream gig’ for lyric-inspired solo show

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 1 October 2018 at 13:08

Dscreet’s ‘Top 40 Covers’, to be exhibited at BSMT Gallery in Stoke Newington, is a tribute to his favourite songsmiths

Unreal Estates, Dalston, exhibition review: ‘Dreamy excitement and sheer dread’

By Sarah Birch | Wednesday 26 September 2018 at 12:05

Amanda Lwin’s immersive show, inside a working estate agency on Kingsland High Street, ‘feeds on house-moving emotions’

No Paine no gain: New exhibition to bring ‘feel-good factor’ to Homerton Hospital

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 13 September 2018 at 13:09

Neville Paine’s experimental landscapes and collages will brighten the walls of the Education Centre from October

‘Shaping the capital’: Local doors unlocked for Open House festival

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 10 September 2018 at 13:10

The world’s largest architecture event returns this month – giving the public a peak behind hundreds of keyholes