‘Chaos and energy’: Hackney artist Stik donates work to Southbank Centre to fund free workshops for children
Move follows a successful partnership earlier this year that saw children create ‘stamps’ of the artist’s iconic stick figures
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Reflections on 2020
Tamsin Ssembajjo Quigley recounts her personal experience of events in Hackney during one of the most tumultuous years in living memory
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
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
Three stolen Stik sculptures worth £300k returned to Dalston’s Curve Garden
The works, taken in a night-time raid last November, were dropped off by a concerned art collector in June
‘History in the making’: Hackney artist’s Brexit gift ‘delightfully received’ by Prime Minister Theresa May
Kevin Gill, who counts Barack Obama as a fan, sent a print of his painting ‘The Brexit Note’, featuring politicians past and present, to Number 10
Carved-up Stik mural to get Polish homecoming after four-year wrangle with London gallery boss
Stik hails ‘step forward for artists’ rights’ as he reveals plans to restore a community mural in Gdansk that was chopped up and sold off without his knowledge
Stik sculpture fetches staggering £150k for homelessness charity
The renowned street artist’s plywood figure sold for ten times its guide price at auction last month
Stik sculpture to take Pride of place in Hoxton park
Holding Hands, a 4m tall piece based on the artist’s trademark stick figures and famous LGBTQI+ Pride banner, will be coming to Hoxton Square later this year
Pride in your image: young and old LGBTQI+ locals come together for a pair of artistic Hackney Museum exhibits
Out and About and From Bedroom to Battleground will be open in time for LGBT History Month, after the Council spent a year collecting historical testimony and artefacts from the community
Stik banner auction to raise money for LGBTQI+ youth project
Proceeds from the sale will help local group put on exhibition celebrating borough’s queer heritage
Mayor launches year-long LGBTQI+ festival
Events throughout 2017 will celebrate Hackney’s LGBT+ community as part of drive to commemorate its history in the borough
East London artist Stik to raise cash for charity through artwork auction
Hackney Council will determine which organisation gets the money generated from sale of artwork which formed part of Pride festival in London last year
‘Give us back our art!’ Petition launched over missing Stik mural
A group of young Polish artists want the mural they painted with Stik to be returned to the town of Gdansk, after it was found ‘mutilated’ and for sale in a West London gallery
Homerton artist thrilled after Obama praises ‘billion-dollar painting’
Local artist sends painting of billion-dollar bill to US president, and receives letter from the White House praising his generosity