Posts Tagged ‘art’
Obituary: Gillian Riley
The food historian, author and Citizen columnist sadly passed away in November at the age of 90
Read MoreIn the Footsteps of the East London Group, Nunnery Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A fascinating collection’
Juxtaposing older paintings of East London with modern ones of the same area ‘breathes new life’ into all of them
Read MoreNever-before-seen artworks by Rotimi Fani-Kayode go on display in Shoreditch
The late artist’s ‘groundbreaking’ photography is on show at Autograph gallery
Read More‘A reflection of my childhood’: Zimbabwean artist Errol Theunissen heads to Dalston for his first ever solo exhibition
Bold oil paintings that elevate everyday scenes will be on display at BSMT Space next month
Read MoreThe Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’
This collection of 150 works by 30 Indian artists is impressive in its ‘sheer variety’
Read MoreColin O’Brien: Photographer, Chats Palace, exhibition review: ‘At once realist and lyrical’
The display in Homerton ‘reminds us how much of the public realm has been lost to contemporary lifestyles’
Read MoreSimnikiwe Buhlungu: hygrosummons (iter.01), Chisenhale Gallery, exhibition review: ‘A meditation on water’
The South African artist’s first solo show ‘reminds us how little we control the natural world’
Read MorePeter Kennard: Archive of Dissent, Whitechapel Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Fury made sublime’
This retrospective of Kennard’s work is ‘bound to stir thoughts of your own role in the political’
Read MoreFrancis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Youthful inventiveness’
The artist’s exploration of children’s play ‘yields rich documentation of their resilience’
Read MoreArtist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum reimagines a colonial outpost in first major solo UK exhibition
The Netherlands-based artist’s work will fill the Barbican’s Curve gallery from mid-September
Read MoreWindrush grant winner Wayne Snooze to have his art displayed on billboards across Hackney
The artist’s Jamaica-inspired screen prints will be on show from next week
Read MoreParasouls: Young V&A exhibition sees lost umbrellas transformed into Japanese spirits
Colourful brollies-turned-yōkai now welcome visitors at the children’s museum
Read More‘We are all one’: Dalston Curve Garden features in London-wide exhibition inspired by refugees
Artist Kate Daudy has teamed up with the UN Refugee Agency to plant felt flowers across the capital
Read MoreCedric Christie: Oblivious to Your Own Career, Rocket Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Subtle reflections on form and colour’
Christie, a trained welder, ‘draws tremendous grace from everyday materials’
Read MoreJock McFadyen: Made in Hackney 2, The Grey Gallery, exhibition review: ‘The outside world as a sensory force’
The painter’s new show in London Fields offers paintings you can get lost in
Read MoreTurner Prize winner Helen Cammock joins public art trail in East London
Cammock’s contribution to The Line is to be unveiled in late May on a bridge over the River Lea
Read More‘We need more social housing’: Photographer Tom Hunter on Hackney’s evolution and the threat of ‘monoculture’
The artist, who lives and works locally, was speaking as his new exhibition went on display in London Fields
Read MoreArtists Gilbert & George on life in East London, sensationalism, and the success of their gallery
The pair spoke to the Citizen after unveiling new artworks to celebrate the first anniversary of the Gilbert & George Centre
Read More‘Hazy renderings of a restrained gastronomy’
Pierre Bonnard’s paintings of simple domesticity belie his diligent and complex method
Read MoreUnravel, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Expands our appreciation of textiles as art’
Protest and subversion are stand-out themes of a show that features 50 artists from around the world
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