Noah Davis: Talks and Events

Thu 6 Feb –Sun 11 May 2025

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.

Wed 12 Feb –Wed 16 Apr 2025

Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

Thu 13 Feb 2025

Calling all teachers! Join us for an introduction to Noah Davis, our new exhibition in the Art Gallery. 

Wed 26 Feb 2025, 19:00

Join artists Alvaro Barrington and Allison Katz with writer and podcaster Helen Molesworth for a panel discussion moderated by art historian Dorothy Price, inspired by the work of Noah Davis. 

Thu 6 Mar 2025, 18:30

Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on a tour of the exhibition that highlights how Davis explored the emotional textures of everyday life through his artmaking. 

Wed 12 Mar 2025, 18:15

Prince’s 1984 cultural touchstone blending music, drama, and bold visual storytelling.

Thu 20 Mar 2025, 18:30

For this special evening, join curator Wells Fray-Smith as she selects some of her favourite works in the exhibition and how Davis referenced and defied his art historical heroes.

Sat 22 Mar 2025, 15:20

Douglas Sirk's 1959 melodrama based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel about two single mothers, one black, one white, striving together in a man's world.

Thu 27 Mar 2025, 19:00

Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.

Fri 28 Mar 2025, 19:00

Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.

Thu 3 Apr 2025, 18:30

A series of films that explore the monumental within the everyday, confronting memory, community, and identity with intimacy and innovation taking inspiration from Noah Davis's Delusions of Grandeur.

Mon 7 –Sat 12 Apr 2025

Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.

Thu 10 Apr 2025, 18:30

Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on this tour of the exhibition that charts Davis’s work as a painter, curator and community builder.

Tue 15 Apr 2025, 19:00

Led by Hannah Catherine Jones, Chiron Choir present a live set of somatic chants, vocal improvisations and compositions. 

Wed 23 Apr 2025, 19:30

Poet and sound artist MA.MOYO (Belinda Zhawi) and friends, Roxanne Tataei & Marysia Osu, respond to the radical work of artist Noah Davis through poetry, vocal textures, and music.

Thu 24 Apr 2025, 18:30

Join curator Wells Fray-Smith on this exhibition tour, highlighting Davis’s use of found photography and images of friends and family as source material for his exuberant paintings of everyday life.

Thu 8 May 2025, 19:00

Join American jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran in the Art Gallery as he explores different contexts for music making, taking inspiration from the paintings of Noah Davis.

Fri 9 May 2025, 19:30

Join acclaimed pianist Jason Moran for a special one-off concert inspired by Noah Davis's paintings.

Sun 11 May 2025

Join artist and director Jenn Nkiru alongside other artists, musicians and cultural mavericks for a talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding".