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Posts Tagged ‘art’

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

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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

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Local illustrator meets former Dragon’s Den star after winning his Twitter business contest

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 22 February 2019 at 11:47

Allan Thompson triumphs in Theo Paphitis’ weekly social media competition – earning a retweet to the tycoon’s 490,000 followers

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Major Whitechapel Gallery exhibition to ‘shine light’ on London’s imperiled LGBT+ venues

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 14 February 2019 at 14:47

Queer Spaces will look at how recent closures across the capital have affected the community

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Anorak, Space gallery, exhibition preview: ‘Tension between survival and leisure’

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 16 January 2019 at 17:02

Anna Chrystal Stephens’ first solo show, featuring sculpture and photography, is a ‘reaction to anxiety about environmental crisis’

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Iconic Holborn Studios under threat again following combative council meeting

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 11 January 2019 at 22:36

‘It’s ruined my Christmas with my children,’ says managing director as 7-year battle over studios set to continue

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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Smile Please, Peer Gallery, exhibition review: ‘a refreshing take on modern urban life’

By Sarah Birch | Friday 24 August 2018 at 14:32

Simon English’s new solo show features never-before-seen sculptures made from objects picked up around London

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Flowers Gallery to host John Loker retrospective to mark artist’s 80th birthday – 48 years after it put on his first solo show

By Max Eckersley | Monday 20 August 2018 at 16:30

Loker, along with David Hockney, was part of the so-called ‘Bradford Mafia’ – a group of artists who first rose to prominence in the 1960s

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Affordable Art Fair returns to Hampstead to champion the best in emerging & established creative talent

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 11 April 2018 at 12:13
(L) David by Stella Kapezanou. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 170 x 210cm. £3,900. (R) The Girl in Miu Miu by Stella Kapezanou. Oil and acrylic on canvas. 210 x 170cm. £3,900

3D scans, the paintings of an ex-Premier League footballer and a modern take on the Chinese Terracotta Army will all feature at the four-day fair next month

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Wall power: Dalston teens paint mural around Benyon Estate building site

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 21 December 2017 at 14:41

GCSE art students decorate hoardings with visions of ‘love and loss’

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Gayhurst Community School has a pint-sized gallery

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 11 September 2017 at 13:45
Hashtag art: Gayhurst's #TAG is Hackney's newest gallery. Photographs: Gayhurst Community School

The primary school in London Fields has launched The Art Gallery, or #TAG

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East End exhibitions – five of the best for July

By Hackney Citizen | Thursday 15 June 2017 at 17:58
Detail from Russian in Venice I, 2005, Monotype, (c) Stephen Chambers, Courtesy of Flowers Gallery

Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month

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Top self-portrait prize won by Hackney artist Benjamin Ogbebor

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 May 2017 at 15:48
A triumphant Benjamin Ogbebor, his family, and Dr Robert Travers (2nd from left.)

The 41-year old ‘unknown’ thought beating the likes of Tracey Emin to the Ruth Borchard Prize and its £10,000 winnings was “a practical joke” at first

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For whom the bell tolls: the world of Breathing Space

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 8 May 2017 at 15:25
Space cadets: the Breathing Space collective. Photograph: © E5 Process Collective

We talk to the sonic art collective, fresh from their latest time-bending, meditative sound installation at St. Augustine’s Tower

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Quick draw: Turner winner Jeremy Deller hands out ‘golden paintbrush’ prize in art competition

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 May 2017 at 13:25
“More like a club night”: Art Battle III in action. Photograph: Carlotta Goulden

Raucous Shoreditch live art competition Art Battle III combined competitive drawing with music and cabaret for a unique night out

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Art beyond borders: Affordable Art Fair returns in celebration of the art world’s internationalism

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 28 April 2017 at 15:51
Detail from Indian Woman #CosmicChange by Natasha Kumar. Image: Affordable Art Fair

The fair will bring together more international galleries than ever before to celebrate the relationship between art and travel

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