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For whom the bell tolls: the world of Breathing Space

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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Space cadets: the Breathing Space collective. Photograph: © E5 Process Collective

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

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

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“More like a club night”: Art Battle III in action. Photograph: Carlotta Goulden

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

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

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Detail from Indian Woman #CosmicChange by Natasha Kumar. Image: Affordable Art Fair

Hackney Showroom announces JOY & DISSENT: A festival of cultural activism from 27 March – 9 April

To celebrate their 2nd birthday, creative and cultural space Hackney Showroom has put together an outstanding programme of cutting edge new performance, bringing together 20 new shows & 80 artists

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Malik Nashad Sharpe, AKA marikiscrycrycry.

Benefactor of controversial LD50 art gallery denies interest or involvement in its activities

Brian Caffyn explained that he had made the loan to help his friend follow her art dream

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East London artist Stik to raise cash for charity through artwork auction

Hackney Council will determine which organisation gets the money generated from sale of artwork which formed part of Pride festival in London last year

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Stik outside Hackney Town Hall with a smaller version of Hackney Pride, on which Holding Hands is based

Brain injury survivors show their artistic sides with first public exhibition at Stratford Circus

Artists are all members of Headway, a Hackney-based charity that provides specialist support for the multitude of effects that can result from a serious brain injury

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Brain injury survivors show their artistic sides with first public exhibition at Stratford Circus

Short film on view at Hackney Museum zooms in on the life of painter Paul Dash

A Hackney Wick artist who migrated here in 1957 is the focus of a poignant and fascinating short film about black identity

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Gavin Turk gives cautious welcome to plans for dedicated ‘artist zones’

City Hall’s proposals to protect artists from developers and soaring rents could end up undermining their creativity, says Hackney Wick artist

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Gavin Turk gives cautious welcome to plans for dedicated ‘artist zones’

Draw talent: Shoreditch art school holds exhibition of work by artists aged 10 to 18

Future household names could be taking part in the Royal Drawing School’s annual exhibition for young artists

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Draw talent: Shoreditch art school holds exhibition of work by artists aged 10 to 18

Future household names could be taking part in the Royal Drawing School’s annual exhibition for young artists

Author: Hackney Citizen

Part of a piece by Shoreditch-based 14-year-old, Ananda. Photograph: Royal Drawing School

Unsterile Clinic: silhouettes of FGM survivors

Aida Silvestri’s photographs feature layers of hand-stitched leather showing the type of mutilation suffered

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Aida Silvestri, Type II B: Distance. From Unsterile Clinic, 2016