Five Propositions for the Tourist – review
Sandy Smith’s exhibition at Space In Between muses on fascism and Wittgenstein while encouraging viewers to bask in an ambient glow
Francesca Brooks
Finish Fetish – beauty brought to the surface
Hand-crafted surfaces mimic the work of machines in an exhibition inspired by Minimalist art
Schnick Schnack Schnuck! at Limoncello
Cornelia Baltes’ solo exhibition at Limoncello Gallery playfully anticipates your next move
Sing It Loud – a window onto the imagination
Georgia Hayes’ exuberant figurative paintings at Transition Gallery are imbued with a sense of wonder
People of Print press on
East London design collective People of Print is on the rise and looking to spread the word about printing across the borough
Patio Projects – art in the public eye
A mushroom tower sculpture marks the end of a series of public art projects situated on a patio off Hackney Downs
Hackney MP welcomes plan to tackle female genital mutilation
Shadow Public Health Minister Diane Abbott is among those supporting prosecutions for those who force girls to undergo female genital mutilation
Boxing clever for fair treatment in sport
East London Fawcett event in boxing studio marks start of campaign for sexual equality in sport
Bouvetøya – a polar exhibition
Artistic exploration of desolate Antarctic island lies between fact and fiction
Pica Pica – one for sorrow, two for joy
For the WW Gallery’s 11th Patio Project, artists Kate Davis and David Moore choose the humble magpie as their subject
Hackney Film Festival 2012: Hackney Wick Canal Screening – review
Stamina and persistence did not go unrewarded at the final screening of this year’s Hackney Film Festival
Freeze frame fantasies – Still at Transition
New exhibition celebrates the power of cinema to move us even when the pictures stop moving
Hackney galleries’ Olympic art attack
Away from the official Cultural Olympiad, East London artists are expressing more ambivalent viewpoints on the impact of the Games
Going nowhere – the East End art scene
Despite rumours of the death of the local art scene, it is still very much alive and well
Flora Parrott – 1000th
Parrott’s sugar fingers are inspired by the Buddhist story of Angulimala. WW Gallery, until 1 July
Stoke Newington Literary Festival 2012 – A London Obsession
Stoke Newington Literary Festival takes a capital approach to proceedings in advance of the Olympics and in the the wake of last year’s riots