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‘We did not stop creating’: Dalston art gallery emerges from lockdown with fittingly titled show ‘HOPE’

BSMT Space on Kingsland Road will reopen with artist Dave Towers’ bold typography on show – a ‘playful take on our new normal’

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘We did not stop creating’: Dalston art gallery emerges from lockdown with fittingly titled show ‘HOPE’

Hackney could be a big draw for first ever London Mural Festival

Borough expected to feature heavily in September’s month-long celebration, which will see more than 150 artists ‘brighten up’ the capital

Author: Hackney Citizen

Hackney could be a big draw for first ever London Mural Festival

Public notice, exhibition review: ‘Impressive collection in the warp and weft of our everyday lives’

Curators Kira Wainstein and Holly Pollard bring the work of 18 emerging artists to shop windows across East London

Author: Sarah Birch

Public notice, exhibition review: ‘Impressive collection in the warp and weft of our everyday lives’

Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Powerful aesthetic and concept’

The Nigerian-American artist’s first UK show imagines a prehistoric world in which gender expectations are reversed

Author: Sarah Birch

Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Powerful aesthetic and concept’

Unstilled Life: Artist Animations 1980-2020, Tintype Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Oneiric and thought-provoking’

The local venue presents 13 animated shorts, available online right now, which are ‘well worth a watch’

Author: Sarah Birch

Unstilled Life: Artist Animations 1980-2020, Tintype Gallery, exhibition review: ‘Oneiric and thought-provoking’

Hackney artist reveals long-term effects of coronavirus with Instagram diary

Monique Jackson is documenting her experience in a unique way to raise awareness of Covid’s sometimes lingering impact and to push for more support for health workers

Author: Ellen Halliday

Hackney artist reveals long-term effects of coronavirus with Instagram diary

Street artist brings some colour back to Shoreditch as borough slowly opens up

World-renowned artist Nerone’s ‘colourful, dreamlike flowers’ on Chance Street celebrate the vibrancy of city life

Author: Aisha Payne

Street artist brings some colour back to Shoreditch as borough slowly opens up

Local galleries that you can enjoy without booking in advance

A handy list of places where the ‘pleasure of a casual visit’ to an exhibition can still be found

Author: Hackney Citizen

Local galleries that you can enjoy without booking in advance

African artworks lost in Shoreditch church basement for 70 years go on display

A free exhibition at the Theatre Courtyard showcases rare early paintings and drawings by more than 40 Zimbabwean artists

Author: Hackney Citizen

African artworks lost in Shoreditch church basement for 70 years go on display

‘Hackney is London’s Springfield’: Meet the Simpsons-inspired animator telling stories in stop-motion

Lamide Olusegun is hoping to raise enough money to set up a studio in the borough to rival the industry’s biggest names

Author: Ellen Halliday

‘Hackney is London’s Springfield’: Meet the Simpsons-inspired animator telling stories in stop-motion

Photography 2020, London Metropolitan University, exhibition review: ‘Dislocation, distortion and fragmented identities’

The university’s annual showcase of final-year photography projects has ‘glided gracefully online’

Author: Sarah Birch

Photography 2020, London Metropolitan University, exhibition review: ‘Dislocation, distortion and fragmented identities’

Public Windrush artwork set to be revealed as Town Hall’s annual festival gets underway online

Winning sculpture, which will be the first permanent monument to the Windrush Generation in the UK, to be announced on Windrush Day on Monday

Author: Hackney Citizen

Public Windrush artwork set to be revealed as Town Hall’s annual festival gets underway online