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Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
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Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Citra Sasmita in The Curve
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Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

Free

The Indonesian artist transforms The Curve in her first solo UK exhibition. Via painting, installation, embroidery and scent, take a sensory journey exploring ancestral memory, ritual and migration. 

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit in front of a piano, looking at sheet music
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Cinema

Members' Screening: One to One: John & Yoko

Members' event

A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970's New York, and the Beatle's stars final full-length performance. 

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Photo of concrete flytower surrounded by trees and plants in the Barbican Conservatory
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Tours & public spaces

Visit the Conservatory

Free

Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.

An American soldier stands in a room flooded with pink light, hiding in the corner next to the window.
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Cinema

Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.

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Cinema

Flow

See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.  

Young people relax on the grass on a summer day.
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Cinema

Last Swim

Look forward to summer in the city with this British coming-of-age drama about friendship and an uncertain future.

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Cinema

Sinners

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.

Three teenagers ride on top of a red tractor, grinning
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Cinema

Holy Cow

In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money. 

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit at a piano, reading music in their New York apartment
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Cinema

One to One: John & Yoko

A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970's New York, and the Beatle's stars final full-length performance. 

Three of Noah Davis's paintings hanging on white walls. Two people are looking at the paintings.
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Art & design

Noah Davis: Relaxed View

Our Relaxed Viewings are dedicated to visitors who'd benefit from a more informal approach to noise and movement in the space, or who feel more comfortable knowing that they can enter and exit freely.

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Three teenagers ride on top of a red tractor, grinning
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Cinema

Parent & Baby: Holy Cow

In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money. 

An American soldier stands in a room flooded with pink light, hiding in the corner next to the window.
Event
Cinema

Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.

Event
Cinema

Flow

See the Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature following a lone cat who joins a ragtag group of animals after their home is destroyed by a flood in this lyrical-fantasy adventure.  

Event
Cinema

Sinners

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit at a piano, reading music in their New York apartment
Event
Cinema

One to One: John & Yoko

A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970's New York, and the Beatle's stars final full-length performance. 

Three teenagers ride on top of a red tractor, grinning
Event
Cinema

Holy Cow

In rural France, 18-year-old Totone must face reality and take responsibility for his younger sister. His solution, to make the best Comté cheese in the region and bag the prize money. 

Black Sound moving image display
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Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
Event
Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

Maloti stares into a mirror, bathed in soft light
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Cinema

London Bengali Film Festival 2025: Priyo Maloti + ScreenTalk

Mehazabien Chowdhury provides a striking performance in this fierce drama about an expectant mother whose life spins out of control. Followed by a ScreenTalk with director Shankha Das Gupta

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Cinema

Sinners

Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.

An American soldier stands in a room flooded with pink light, hiding in the corner next to the window.
Event
Cinema

Warfare

Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.

Wilton Square house, London by Studio KA
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: New Architects

A talk from some of the most exciting, emerging architects working in Britain today: EBBA, NVBL, OF Architecture and Studio KA.

Eliades Ochoa - man with guitar
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Contemporary music

Eliades Ochoa

Eliades Ochoa, the star of Buena Vista Social Club, performs in our Hall as part of La Linea Festival.

John Lennon and Yoko Ono sit at a piano, reading music in their New York apartment
Event
Cinema

One to One: John & Yoko

A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970's New York, and the Beatle's stars final full-length performance. 

Black Sound moving image display
Event
Library

Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music

Free

This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.

Noah Davis's painting titled Pueblo del Rio: Arabesque, depicting six ballerinas dancing on the lawn outside a housing project.
Event
Art & design

Noah Davis

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.