A nocturnal festival celebrating culture is being held as part of the London Borough of Culture programme.

The Art Night featuring 12 curated commissions will take place in Walthamstow in June to celebrate the first mayor's London Borough of Culture.

Featured artists will include Barbara Kruger, Christine Sun Kim, Julie Cunningham and Emma Talbot and will explore the identity, culture and architecture of Waltham Forest, highlighting the area's expansive market culture along and around Walthamstow High Street.

Each artist has been invited to consider ideas around Hope, Love and The Future and how communities might care for and support one other amidst a time of political and cultural uncertainty.

It will occupy familiar spaces including Walthamstow Town Square, Walthamstow Library and the Mall shopping centre.

From cultural landmarks William Morris Gallery and the kilometre-long Walthamstow Market, to the more unusual Walthamstow car park and listed 1930s former cinema Mirth Marvel & Maud, Art Night 2019 is set to unlock public and private spaces to transform them for one night.

The event will be curated by Helen Nisbet which is her first edition as Art Night's Artistic Director.

She said: "It’s an honour to curate these 12 projects for the fourth edition of Art Night. The artists are brilliant, and their projects are very exciting.

"The Art Night Curated Programme centres on Walthamstow Market - Europe’s longest market.

"This year, artists are making work in the places people shop, learn and socialise - often collaborating with those who use them.

"At Coal Drops Yard in King’s Cross we’re working with Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children so at both sites we’re thinking about who public space belongs to and who gets to be represented in major contemporary art festivals."

Highlights from the curated programme will include a sound installation using local car owners' vehicles at Walthamstow car park, a performance exploring the queer body at a school in Walthamstow and a multimedia theatrical installation at the historic reading room in Walthamstow Library .

Art Night is supported by international auction house Philips for the fourth year running.

Sam Hunt, creative director of Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture, said: "Art Night has been on the journey with Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture from the very beginning – it was a key part of our bid and encapsulates our vision of making art accessible to all.

"We are so excited to see artists’ work in every corner of Walthamstow – from unexpected places, in car parks and shopping centres, to the borough’s renowned William Morris Gallery. We hope thousands of people from the borough will embark on a nocturnal adventure to discover some of the world’s greatest artists in their hometown."

It has been inspired by London pop group East 17.

It will take place across Walthamstow, starting at 7pm.

The event will also be featured in Kings Cross starting at 5pm.

For more information, visit: www.2019.artnight.london