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“Brick Lane 1978”, Four Corners Gallery

4 May 2021
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28 May 2021
Displaying photographs by Paul Trevor, “Brick Lane 1978” is a window exhibition at the Four Corners Gallery. Following the racist murder of Altab Ali in 1978, the East End’s Bengali Read more…

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“Hebridean Spaces”, Espacio Gallery

24 May 2021, 1:00 pm
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5 June 2021, 7:00 pm
From the Western Isles to the East End, the Espacio Gallery is exhibiting work by four artists from the remote island of North Uist. Belonging to the Outer Hebrides, North 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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“The Promise” and “Patterns of Thrift” at The Approach

7 May 2021, 12:00 pm
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19 June 2021, 6:00 pm
Based above a pub of the same name, The Approach Gallery is showing work by Tom Allen and Hana Miletić until the 19th of June. The Promise is Tom Allen’s Read more…

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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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10 Years On exhibition at Lee Valley VeloPark Olympic Park

5 June 2022
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14 August 2022
Relive some of the most iconic moments of London 2012 at Lee Valley VeloPark which hosts a free exhibition that tells the legacy story of the Olympic and Paralympic Gamesincluding 2012 medals and Read more…

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100-year survey of studio at Whitechapel Gallery

24 February 2022, 11:00 am
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5 June 2022, 6:00 pm
From a kitchen table to a cluttered attic, to a noisy factory, Whitechapel gallery will recreate the environments in which great art was created. In the upcoming gallery, the significance Read more…

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2021 Bow Open, selected by gal-dem, at Nunnery Gallery

8 October 2021, 10:00 am
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19 December 2021, 4:00 pm
Your organisation: Nunnery Gallery
Artist, curator and gal-dem founding member, Leyla Reynolds has selected 24 artists for Bow Arts’ annual Bow Open Show, all responding to her title Aboutface: regroup, reorganise, reimagine. Following a Read more…

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A Personal Treasure exhibition at Bow Open

7 June 2024, 10:00 am
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11 July 2024, 4:00 pm
Your organisation: Nunnery Gallery
Bow Arts’ annual Bow Open Show showcases the talent and diversity of art being made across the charity’s artist community, selected by a guest curator. This year’s curator, visual artist Read more…

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Abbas Akhavan at Chisenhale Gallery

14 August 2021, 12:00 pm
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17 October 2021, 6:00 pm
Chisenhale Gallery is pleased to present ‘curtain call, variations on a folly’, a new commission by Montréal-based artist Abbas Akhavan. Akhavan’s work ranges from context-specific installations to drawing, video, sculpture Read more…

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After Hours Viewing of Explosion of Words

7 April 2022, 6:00 pm
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8:30 pm
Don’t miss your final chance to view Explosion of Words after hours as part of Whitechapel Gallery’s First Thursdays, at 6pm on 7th April. Held at the Nunnery Gallery, drinks Read more…

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Alice Sielle’s book launch and exhibition at St Barnabas Church Bethnal Green

13 November 2021, 5:00 pm
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7:00 pm
On Saturday 13th November, local artist Alice Sielle is holding an exhibition and book launch on a series of the Stations of the Cross at St Barnabas Church Bethnal Green. Read more…