Art & Design
Re-Defining Beauty at Leyden Gallery: taking a fresh look at the naked male form
Life drawing group Nude for Thought wants the male nude to regain its stature in contemporary art
Read MoreArt review – The Poor Door: 'a mini-Dismaland'
Activist artists take on the housing crisis with exhibition at Hackney Downs Studios
Read MoreHow the Berlin Wall became a catalyst for creativity
After the Fall at Red Gallery revisits the unique art and dance music scene of post-Wall Berlin
Read MoreArt Licks Weekend returns to champion independent gallery scene
Arebyte, Doomed and Transition Gallery are among the galleries taking part in three-day festival across East and South London
Read MoreSaved! Rich Mix is no longer under threat of closure
Future of arts organisation secured after financial dispute with Tower Hamlets Council is resolved
Read More'Renaissance man' Stik raises unprecedented £50,000 for Homerton Hospital
Street artist is mobbed by fans during print sale in aid of NHS hospital’s art services
Read MoreArtist plans to leave 365 paintings on the streets during a year
Public encouraged to spot, take home and tweet about paintings as part of guerilla art project
Read MoreDance of death on London Fields mourns state of the arts
Choreographer Florence Peake creates a performance using the old Celtic practice of ‘keening’ to lament the state of modern culture
Read MoreAi Weiwei and Anish Kapoor break bread in Spitalfields for refugees
Museum of immigration and diversity makes ‘symbolic gesture’ during the artists’ march through London
Read MoreTurning the spotlight on Hackney's botanical and textile history
Light projections, music and an interactive trail celebrate borough’s little known roots as a haven for exotic plant life and textiles
Read More'That's me in the painting' – how Stik became a street art icon
His trademark figures have become part of the furniture in East London. Now a new book charts the evolution of Stik’s unique, highly politicised style
Read MoreThe Fantasy of Representation at Beers Contemporary – art review
Some clichéd content is the Achilles heel of an otherwise striking exhibition at Beers Contemporary on representational art
Read MoreElite architects rally round to save Robin Hood Gardens
Bid to save neglected social housing development in Poplar threatened by the wrecking ball
Read MoreArt review – Jazz by Thierry Noir: instrumental street artist comes to East London
Graffiti artist famed for painting the Berlin Wall is back in East London with a new exhibition about another rebellious art form: jazz
Read MoreExhibition charts the punk history of Woodberry Down
Ex-squatters take on the regeneration of the Woodberry Down Estate
Read MoreAppeal for artists to paint Lea Bridge Road mural
Park authority wants to initiate ‘community rejuvenation project’ to transform graffitied underpass
Read MoreMayor of Tower Hamlets John Biggs gives hope to Rich Mix
Arts organisation hopes election of John Biggs will prove decisive in financial feud with council
Read MoreBorn to RUN: street artist becomes a political animal
Street artist RUN is showing how the recent election result can serve as artistic inspiration
Read MoreSarah Muirhead gets physical at Leyden gallery with Bonded exhibition
Exhibition of figurative paintings by Sarah Muirhead focuses on pleasure, pain and expression in relation to the body, with work by Paula Rego and Leonor Fini also on display
Read MoreSenior moments: a photographer's brush with old age
Kyoko Hamada spent two years as an older woman, complete with grey wig, latex makeup and clothes, in an attempt to come to terms with ageing
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