East End Review (Page 3)

‘It was filmic gold’ – Trainspotting exhibition at Atom Gallery celebrates 30 years of iconic Danny Boyle film

Choose Life. Choose 30 years of Trainspotting. Choose gazing at a Periodic Table of Swearing at Newington Green’s Atom Gallery from 21 February

Author: Michelle Tonta

‘It was filmic gold’ – Trainspotting exhibition at Atom Gallery celebrates 30 years of iconic Danny Boyle film

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

Whitlam released his first full-length album, ‘Strangers (Again)’, before a packed-out crowd at Rough Trade East last week

Author: Sam Foxell

'My first poem was about getting stabbed' – rapper Dan Whitlam talks vulnerability and youth as he launches new project

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

Artists Lynda Benglis and Alberto Giacometti may not be a natural pair on the surface, but in an exhibition at the Barbican, the parallels are plain to see

Author: Sarah Birch

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

Laisul Hoque's 'The Ground Beneath Me' – capturing the moments national histories meet

Fresh from winning the 2025 East London Art Prize, Hoque's solo show at the Nunnery Gallery explores the turbulent moments national identities and pasts intertwine

Author: Sarah Birch

Laisul Hoque's 'The Ground Beneath Me' – capturing the moments national histories meet

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

The German-American artist’s first solo show in the UK is a haunting experience, but it is well worth it

Author: Sarah Birch

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

A blurred fate: Simon Roberts’ ‘After London’ puts future of the city into sharp focus

This blurry, dystopian volume imagines a city altered by the climate crisis, and puts the fate of Londoners front and centre

Author: Sarah Birch

A blurred fate: Simon Roberts’ ‘After London’ puts future of the city into sharp focus

LGBTQ+ club night Duckie is back after four years in new East London venue

The iconic events that once lit up the pubs of Vauxhall have an unlikely new home in Hackney

Author: Lizzie McAllister

LGBTQ+ club night Duckie is back after four years in new East London venue

Freda Osayuki Igiogbe's joint exhibition at The Residence Gallery tackles 'memory, identity, and fear'

The British-Nigerian artist hopes 'Ember & Ether' will be “healing to other people”

Author: Julia Silverberg

Freda Osayuki Igiogbe's joint exhibition at The Residence Gallery tackles 'memory, identity, and fear'

Finding beauty in the everyday — artist Kuda Mushangi on his debut solo exhibition in Hackney

Architect turned artist Kuda Mushangi seeks to find beauty in the mundane at his first solo exhibition, 'Familiar Spaces'

Author: Michelle Tonta

Finding beauty in the everyday — artist Kuda Mushangi on his debut solo exhibition in Hackney

'We don’t make money from music' — grassroots venues face existential threat from empty dance floors and soaring costs

The East End is home to some of London’s most legendary music venues, but for some, the future is uncertain

Author: Sam Foxell

'We don’t make money from music' — grassroots venues face existential threat from empty dance floors and soaring costs

Whitechapel Gallery marks 125-year anniversary

The gallery has been a cornerstone of London's cultural scene since it opened on Whitechapel High Street in 1901

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Whitechapel Gallery marks 125-year anniversary

'How I got my start' – Kojey Radical lights up MOTH Club as campaign to 'save venue' gains traction

The Shoreditch-raised rapper demanded the protection of London's small-scale venues from the stage of one which campaigners say is under threat

Author: Gabriel Stewart

'How I got my start' – Kojey Radical lights up MOTH Club as campaign to 'save venue' gains traction