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The 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’

Author: Sarah Birch

The Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’

Purim in Hackney, Neil Martinson, book review: ‘Rare insight into humour of orthodox communities’

This 25-photo collection is ‘delightful’

Author: Sarah Birch

Purim in Hackney, Neil Martinson, book review: ‘Rare insight into humour of orthodox communities’

Colin 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’

Author: Sarah Birch

Colin O’Brien: Photographer, Chats Palace, exhibition review: ‘At once realist and lyrical’

A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’

Dorley Brown’s photographs show East London in ‘all its beauty and grime’

Author: Sarah Birch

A History of the East End, Chris Dorley Brown, book review: ‘Stands out from the crowd’

‘Intimate and poignant’: Upcoming photography exhibition celebrates lives of Bengalis in London’s East End

Bethnal Green’s Four Corners Gallery hosts a selection of photographs documenting the community over the past 50 years

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Intimate and poignant’: Upcoming photography exhibition celebrates lives of Bengalis in London’s East End

‘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

Author: Sarah Birch

‘We need more social housing’: Photographer Tom Hunter on Hackney’s evolution and the threat of ‘monoculture’

Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’

Nightingale’s sensitive collection of people’s stories is ‘remarkable for its sheer diversity’

Author: Sarah Birch

Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain, Eithne Nightingale, book review: ‘Unique perspectives on how we live’

Hackney Scars, Eddie Plex, book review: ‘Local spirit of anarchic quirk’

Photographer and multimedia artist Plex offers up a ‘very personal interpretation’ of the borough

Author: Sarah Birch

Hackney Scars, Eddie Plex, book review: ‘Local spirit of anarchic quirk’

‘Colour and energy’: Local artist launches exhibition at Springfield Park to ‘celebrate life in Hackney’

Cath Pater-Lancucki hopes viewers will ‘recognise the borough’s beauty and what it has to offer’

Author: Hackney Citizen

‘Colour and energy’: Local artist launches exhibition at Springfield Park to ‘celebrate life in Hackney’

Local residents are the stars of new exhibition charting 50 years of life in Hackney

Hackney Museum’s upcoming show features work by the borough’s best photographers

Author: Julia Gregory, Local Democracy Reporter

Local residents are the stars of new exhibition charting 50 years of life in Hackney

Photographer Carrie Mae Weems shows how art can reclaim history with emotive Barbican exhibition

Forty years of work are distilled into a show that has a ‘monumental effect’

Author: Marion Weaver

Photographer Carrie Mae Weems shows how art can reclaim history with emotive Barbican exhibition

Street Cries and Traders, Homerton Hospital, exhibition review: ‘Picturesque images of local life’

This selection of 13 images from the London Picture Archive are ‘well worth a peek’

Author: Sarah Birch

Street Cries and Traders, Homerton Hospital, exhibition review: ‘Picturesque images of local life’