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“Wasted Mud” at Chisenhale Gallery

22 May 2021, 12:00 pm
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18 July 2021, 6:00 pm
The first solo exhibition by Shanghai-based artist Yu Ji, “Wasted Mud” uses sculpture to explore the human body in relation to the built and natural environments we inhabit. Cast in Read more…

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“A Glittering City” Exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery

19 May 2021
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15 August 2021
“A Glittering City” is an exhibition presenting two moving-image artworks focusing on the topics of urbanism, gentrification, power and resilience. For the first film, ‘Fire In My Belly’, artist Ayo Read more…

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“Is there space for empathy?” exhibition at Bow Arts

21 May 2021, 10:00 am
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8 August 2021, 4:00 pm
The world’s first Empathy HQ is opening right here in Bow! The Nunnery Gallery will present the first UK solo exhibition by the Finnish artist Enni-Kukka Tuomala. In this exhibition, Read more…

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Don’t Fret exhibition at Stour Space Gallery

5 November 2020
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24 November 2020
Fish Island’s Stour Space Gallery will be hosting street artist Don’t Fret’s exhibition ‘The Greatest The City Could Offer Me Was a Stranger’ at Stour Space Gallery in Fish Island Read more…

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Olivier Adam Art Exhibition at Stour Space Gallery

1 October 2020, 8:00 am
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30 October 2020, 10:00 pm
Stour Space Gallery Fish Island will be hosting an art exhibition by Olivier F Adam at Stour Space Gallery from 1 to 30 October. Known as the ‘Gentle Sculptor of Read more…

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Kai Althoff goes with Bernard Leach at Whitechapel Gallery

7 October 2020
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10 January 2021
Whitechapel Gallery presents the first major UK survey of figurative painter and creator of poetic mise-en-scenes, Kai Althoff (b. 1966 Cologne, Germany; lives and works in New York, USA and Cologne, Germany). The exhibition Read more…

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Thao Nguyen Phan at Chisenhale Gallery

26 September 2020, 12:00 pm
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6 December 2020, 5:45 pm
Chisenhale Gallery presents Becoming Alluvium, the first solo exhibition in the UK by Saigon-based artist Thao Nguyen Phan. Working with painting, installation and moving image, Phan’s work explores history and tradition Read more…

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Visions in the Nunnery at Nunnery Gallery

24 September 2020, 6:00 pm
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9:00 pm
Visions is returning this September, reopening the Nunnery programme after five months of lockdown. It is a new animation work by lead artist Hetain Patel, together with 26 other artists, Read more…

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Exhibition: Our Beautiful Tower Hamlets at Brady Arts Centre

3 September 2020, 10:00 am
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25 September 2020, 4:00 pm
Art 4u2 are a local group of artists led by tutor Virginia Hawke, who meet to paint, draw and sketch all over Tower Hamlets. This exhibition is the culmination of Read more…

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Weekly talks with Hoxton Mini Press’s photographers - 29 April 2020

29 April 2020, 2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
Join Hoxton Mini Press’s co-founder, Martin, for a series of talks with the indie publication’s favourite photographers. For an added altruistic incentive, the newly established ‘Fox Radio’ have vowed to Read more…

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Weekly talks with Hoxton Mini Press’s photographers - 6 May 2020

6 May 2020, 2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
Join Hoxton Mini Press’s co-founder, Martin, for a series of talks with the indie publication’s favourite photographers. For an added altruistic incentive, the newly established ‘Fox Radio’ have vowed to Read more…

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Weekly talks with Hoxton Mini Press’s photographers - 13 May 2020

13 May 2020, 2:30 pm
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3:00 pm
Join Hoxton Mini Press’s co-founder, Martin, for a series of talks with the indie publication’s favourite photographers. For an added altruistic incentive, the newly established ‘Fox Radio’ have vowed to Read more…