Fury after Southwark council tears down community art display | UK News [Video]

A tiny art gallery in south London was removed by the local council after it was claimed to be a ‘hotspot for anti-social behaviour’.

The community group spent a month clearing a dirty bus shelter – only for it to be ripped down by Southwark Council.

The shelter in Camberwell was used by art collective Kabinett to host art performances for local residents, and was also used to donate food products to those in need, such as potatoes and onions.

Kabinett said they are ‘heartbroken’ the project is gone, and they had never gotten any negative feedback from members of the community.

Southwark Council claimed the box was ‘a hotspot for fly tipping and anti-social behaviour’ and had to be removed.

‘It took about a month to really clean it up,’ shared Kabinett team member Camille Moreno, who said they hadn’t expected the installation to be gone so soon.

‘We emptied the trash and sanitised it and from then on we started …