Comic – Welcome Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
Artist Francisco de la Mora with his view on LTNs, informed by his upbringing in Mexico City
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Scene set for Accidentally Wes Anderson photography show on Hackney Road
The Old Bank Vault gallery is collaborating with the beloved Instagram account to put on a ‘feast for the senses’
The Yard Theatre announces new programme for artists following £250k survival grant
The Wick venue is inviting applications to Live Lab, a paid course designed to teach artists from all disciplines how to direct a stage show
Comic – Dia de Muertos (Day of the Dead)
Our resident artist Francisco de la Mora brings a Mexican tradition to Hackney
Police investigating theft of thousands of Stik prints intended as ‘gifts for Hackney residents’
Detectives say posters appear to have been stolen ‘somewhere along the supply and distribution chain’ for Town Hall newspaper Hackney Today
Stik hoping to raise £120k at auction to fund sculptures by local artists
A maquette of the Hackney street art star’s first public artwork, unveiled in Hoxton last month, to go on sale at Christie’s tomorrow
Local street artist pays homage to Hackney Wick’s past and present for London Mural Festival
Artwork by Busk, whose studio is nearby, includes a nod to the Clarnico Sweet Factory that once stood in the area
Alice in Hackneyland goes west
The Wick-based art collective takes its signature flair to Twickenham for a major six-month exhibition celebrating the 300-year history of Orleans House Gallery’s lavish Octagon Room
Town Hall unveils first public sculpture by Hackney artist Stik in Hoxton Square
Four-metre-tall ‘Holding Hands’ is the result of a years-long collaboration between the council and the world-renowned street artist
Hackney artist teams up with local schoolchildren to create 30-foot playground mural
Coco Lom recently unveiled the bold artwork at Newport School in Leyton after workshopping ideas with Year 4 pupils
‘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’
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
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
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
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’
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