DJ-turned-painter Andrew Pierre Hart mixes music and art for upcoming Whitechapel exhibition
London-based Hart takes inspiration from the East End for an eclectic showcase of paintings, sculpture, film and sound
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Jock McFadyen: Tourist without a Guidebook, Royal Academy: ‘Even if you think you know them, these paintings invite you to reflect anew’
The Academy has collected 20 of the Scottish artist’s London artworks to celebrate his 70th birthday
‘We’ll see flesh on the bone’: Landmark for upcoming V&A East Museum as building hits full height
The steel skeleton of the 42.5-metre-tall venue, set to open in 2025, is now complete
‘I wanted to write about women making the city their own’: Author Gemma Seltzer on how the streets of East London influenced her new book
The writer spent the pandemic wandering the capital, and has used the experience to craft a ‘magnetic collection of short stories’
Alter, Aldgate East, food review: ‘Stylish venue shaking up perceptions of vegan fare’
Chef Andy Goodwin has created a ‘gorgeous little spot’ on the first floor of the Leman Locke Hotel
‘Absolute outrage’: Four trees to be felled in East London despite residents’ battle to save them
Garden Society chair hits out at Tower Hamlets Council over plans to replace the maples with plastic ‘kickabout’ spot
New cycling programme in East London wants to ‘bridge gap’ in health inequality
People with disabilities can take part for free and get advice on adaptive bikes
Coronavirus: How local restaurants are adapting to the lockdown
Switching to deliveries, teaming up with local charities, turning into farm shops – businesses across East London are changing to survive
An Opinionated Guide to Vegan London, Hoxton Mini Press: ‘Highly informative digest of animal-free eating’
The volume features mouth-watering photos, and the section on east London is ‘by far the bulkiest’
New exhibition uncovers plastics’ invention and history in east London
Raw Materials: Plastics at Nunnery Gallery runs until 25 August 2019. Free family event 17 August 12-4pm with Thames21 and UCL’s Mobile Heritage Lab
Jock McFadyen: ‘Painting is artifice, it’s art, and so is the made environment’
The Hackney-based artist, known for his landscapes of east London, on his upcoming turn as curator for the Royal Academy, his own style, and why he quite enjoys painting the same piece again and again
‘A chance to recalibrate’: Street art legend Ben Eine on his ‘reflective’ new solo show in Whitechapel
Eine, whose signature New Circus lettering can be found all over east London, says a move into sculpture has been ‘challenging’
‘The scene in east London is a jungle’: Street artist speaks out after unveiling Clapton murals
Giacomo ‘RUN’ Bufarini says people are often surprised his work is self-funded as street art becomes a ‘lucrative tourist attraction’
Pages of Hackney lines up Charles Saumarez Smith and talks on climate change and Brexit in July events programme
The cultural historian and museum director pitches up at the Lower Clapton Road bookshop on 17 July, following talks earlier in the month featuring Client Earth and political journalist Ian Dunt
Young man found stabbed in Stoke Newington in latest knife attack
Two people have been arrested for affray and a third person was arrested for affray and possession of a knife.
Letter – ‘Keep up the pressure on London City Airport’
HACAN East wants reversal of decision to concentrate all flight paths over East London