LONDON.- On 3 September 2017, the award-winning Art the Arms Fair will return to London. The exhibition will run from 03 - 13 September at the Maverick Projects, Peckham. See the website for specific building addresses and timings. The event will coincide with the DSEI arms fair, which is one of the biggest arms fairs in the world. A private viewing will take place on 02 September.

Hundreds of artists have already submitted work, including Yemeni graphic designer and cartoonist Ahmed Jahaf; photomontage artist Peter Kennard, feminist activists the Guerrilla Girls and satirical artist and illustrator Darren Cullen. Further artists will be announced in the weeks ahead. Work will be sold to support the work of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT).

The first Art the Arms Fair event took place in 2017. It was widely acclaimed, winning the Observer and Nesta New Radicals Award. It included an original art piece produced by the world-famous Banksy. The Banksy piece, Civilian Drone Strike, was sold for £205,000. This year’s event promises to be even bigger.

Alongside the exhibition, Art the Arms Fair will host a series of creative events using different types of art and performance to shine a light on the arms fair and its impacts. A full timetable will be published on the website soon.

Rhianna Louise, one of the organisers of Art the Arms Fair, said: “At a time of global war and conflict, art is even more important. The work on display will explore the causes and impacts of war, as well as envisioning a different world. The 2017 event was a major success, and this one will be even bigger and better. The DSEI arms fair brings war and conflict to London. We will challenge it with something powerful, provocative and beautiful.”