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East End Renewal: The 291 Gallery in Hackney
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East End Renewal: The 291 Gallery in Hackney
Exciting things happen when you mix the architecture of a nineteenth-century church with the needs of a modern art gallery. 291 is just such a place: a new gallery and with a restaurant and bar which has opened in a deconsecrated neo-gothic church in East London. Visiting 291 was a challenge: what does this clean, bright space say about the way the Church uses its own architectural inheritance?
291 is in a rather bleak neighbourhood. Although it is within easy walking distance of the financial centre, it is a world away. Hackney is one of those ...
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