East End exhibitions – five of the best for June
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Art & Design
Maeve Brennan, The Drift @ Chisenhale Gallery, review – Lebanon’s objects of desire
In this new film installation currently showing at the Chisenhale Gallery, the artist and filmmaker’s camera pens a love letter to painstakingly reconstructed Lebanese artefacts
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
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
East End exhibitions – five of the best for May
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features recycled oils, Alice Neel, and a pair of shows based around identity and the self
The big unlock: a look at the Geffrye Museum’s development plans
Director Sonia Solicari chatted to the Citizen about the Museum of the Home’s upcoming new basement level, reading rooms, learning pavilion and more
Glaze craze: new hub shows that ceramics trend doesn’t have feet of clay
The popularity of Turning Earth’s new E10 studio is just another example of the growing number of us who are drawn to the potter’s wheel
Elger Esser, Morgenland @ Parasol Unit: celebrating the ‘heavenly luminosity’ of Lebanon and beyond
The German artist uses his hazily romantic photography to add a fresh perspective to portrayals of Middle Eastern landscapes
Rachel Whiteread’s Place (Village) added to Museum of Childhood
The piece, which explores architecture through the ages in Whiteread’s inimitable style, joins the Bethnal Green museum’s permanent collection
East End exhibitions – five of the best for April
Our regular look at the best exhibitions to be found in and around the borough in the coming month ranges from Japanese architecture to Lebanese film – with a dose of London ‘realness’
Eduardo Paolozzi @ Whitechapel Gallery, review: Mixed media magnificence
The Scottish-born artist’s work covered an astonishing range of styles and media – our reviewer visited Whitechapel to take it all in
Richard Mosse, Incoming at Barbican Curve: a shattering view of humanity and the inhumane
In the wake of the current migrant crisis, Richard Mosse’s new exhibition at the Barbican Curve gallery shares a new look at refugees, ‘through the eye of a missile’
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East End exhibitions – five of the best for February
In our new recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Do Ho Suh, Passage/s @ Victoria Miro Gallery review – ‘unquestionably masterful technique’
The show evokes both the transience of an artist’s nomadic life and the intimacy of domestic calm
The Barbican: who lives on an estate like this?
Photographer gives a rare insight into what it is like to live on the iconic estate