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Divinations: a collective enquiry

How can a community transform a biennial?And how can a biennial be for and with the community?

1 August 2024

Youngsook Choi, Not This Future (2020) - A figure wearing a white robe with their face covered by a cloth covering covered in orchid flowers holds a woven basket inside a pink silk cover, full of small bundles of fabric.

From Brent to Busan – Artist talk with Layne Waerea and Youngsook Choi

Busan Biennale artist Layne Waerea, and Brent Biennial Collective Enquiry’s Youngsook Choi, talk about their artistic research and performance. Supported by the British Council.

31 July 2024

Report on a research trip: a-n Curator Bursary, Northern Ireland 2024

Metroland Cultures’ Assistant Curator Christy Eóin O’Beirne reflects on a research trip to Northern Ireland with The Artists Information Company.

11 July 2024

image shows peer to peer artists sitting around a long table, taking part in a discussion

Against All Odds, Brent Council Is Investing in Its Artists

Writer, filmmaker, researcher and academic Juliet Jacques‘ spoke to Metroland Cultures director Lois Stonock, and Metroland residents, artist Adam Farah Saad, and co-founder of Other Cinemas Arwa Aburawa, for Novara Media.

21 June 2024

photograph of the Metroland Studios gallery, a room with white walls and large windows.

Metroland Exhibitions Programme 2024/25

A look at the exhibitions coming up in our gallery.

7 June 2024

Yasmin Nicholas at her exhibition opening 'Sometimes I live in a shell'

Celebrating our outgoing Studio residents.

Celebrating our outgoing Studio residents, some of our studio residents have left us and we have new Studio residents from our current P2P programme moving in.

16 May 2024

4 members of the Peer-to-Peer 2024 cohort sit together on a sofa, having a conversation.

All moved in! Peer-to-Peer 2024 updates

A look back at the second half of the 2024 Peer-to-Peer workshop programme, and a look into the future for this year’s cohort.

9 May 2024

a spider plant in an old sink

Too Far In – a conversation for Curatorial Affairs

Curator Christy O’Beirne and Director Lois Stonock in conversation about art, Brent, and the future of affordable arts infrastructure.

2 May 2024

METROLAND STUDIO: RESIDENCIES FOR ARTISTS

A new model for the arts?

Metroland Director Lois wrote about the need for a new cultural instrastructure for Arts professional.

Coloured text on a pink background reads: Metroland Cultures, 2023 in Review

2023 in review

We commissioned an evaluation of our work in 2023. The learnings are being fed into everthing we do going forwards.