Posts Tagged ‘art’
In The Depot – new gallery cafe opens in Clapton
Some of Clapton’s old tram sheds have been transformed into a gallery, studio space and café
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 MorePica Pica – one for sorrow, two for joy
For the WW Gallery’s 11th Patio Project, artists Kate Davis and David Moore choose the humble magpie as their subject
Read MoreA very Hackney WickED weekend
Despite the rain, Hackney WickED’s excursion to Red Market was a resounding success
Read MoreFreeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition
New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving
Read MoreAlpha-ville Festival returns
This year’s programme features two events exploring innovation in technology and the arts
Read MoreHackney WickED to hold mini-festival
Expect art, sand castles and ice cream at this two-day showcase at Red Market in Shoreditch later this month
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 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
Read MoreGoing nowhere – the East End art scene
Despite rumours of the death of the local art scene, it is still very much alive and well
Read MoreShoreditch Stories – review
Discover portrayals of the everyday at a GP surgery in Shoreditch
Read MoreDio Lau – Confession in Water
Artist Dio Lau’s debut solo exhibition at the Book Club in Shoreditch explores the dark corners of the human psyche
Read MoreGet Carta – the art of mapping
Eight artists explore community, place, and nature at the Karin Janssen Project Space in Well Street
Read MoreFacing Power and Beauty
Jasper Joffe contrasts portraits of brutal dictators and images of Hollywood actresses at Rove Gallery in Hoxton
Read MorePlace Not Found
This exhibition at Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery explores the shifting nature of an rapidly changing area through the eyes of Korean artists
Read MoreOlympic Park’s former artist in residence to deal with disillusionment
Neville Gabie’s next project will ‘explore how far away we might have moved from the original spirit of the Games’
Read MoreEt Cetera – remarkable art from mundane materials
An exhibition at Hoxton Art Gallery finds unexpected beauty and fascination in the often-ignored debris of city life
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