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Hackney’s new Banksy is defaced with graffiti
The new Banksy in Hackney’s Gillett Square was defaced with graffiti over last weekend. Vandals have beaten Hackney Council to it by scribbling over the new Banksy stencil of a young boy with a boom...
View ArticleHackney: a hub for art in the community
This has been a week of simultaneous celebration and destruction for Hackney. Shakespeare launched his career in Shoreditch, as lively in the 16th century as it is in the 21st. Residents have loved,...
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Painting over the postcode wars in Hackney’s community
Young people caught up in Hackney’s postcode wars have been given the chance to express themselves through paint. A project called Inner Art is being showcased at City Hall this week, featuring work...
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Hackney gems captured on Google Street View
When Google launched its new Street View mapping facility last week, it expected users to enjoy its new “innovative street-level imagery” of 25 British cities, while relishing the “new tourism,...
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Protests at threats to Plastic People and the Foundry
The decks could stop spinning at Plastic People - Photo: Daniel Ball For many people, Hackney is the place to go for the arts. That’s certainly the case for many discerning clubbers looking for a good...
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Graffiti: Van Gogh or vandalism?
In a bid to “clean-up” Hackney prior to the Olympics, the council has announced plans to remove much of the borough’s most remarkable street art. This hard-line stance has angered both artists and...
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Interactive map: A street art tour of Shoreditch
Credit: Laura Cantadori Almost every day, at least one new street art piece pops up in Shoreditch, the area of London most populated by street art and graffiti. Although street art is meant to be...
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Rare signed Banksys to be flogged by Hackney studio
London’s first permanent display of Banksy's prints will flog rare Banksys at £50,000 a pop. Hang-Up Gallery on Stoke Newington High Street are showing unique prints of the reclusive street artist’s...
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Banksy’s old studios facing bleak future
The owner of Banksy’s old studios has warned that the rooms could be converted into offices as early as 2017. "The end of Mother Studios" Joanna Hughes, who welcomed the street artist to her studios in...
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