Press room

Sun 9 Feb—Sun 11 May 2025

Barbican announces a cross-arts programme of workshops, talks, screenings and events centred on this season’s exhibitions Noah Davis and Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land completing Barbican’s Spring 2025 programme celebrating gathering and renewal across the centre

Launching in February 2025, the Barbican presents Concrete Garden, a curated series of events including talks, live music and performances, workshops, exhibition tours, cinema screenings and wellness activities, drawing on themes of growth, reflection, gathering and renewal offering a rich tapestry of experiences to inspire, learn, connect and celebrate the beauty of everyday life.

The programme is built around Barbican’s new major exhibition focussing on the work of Noah Davis (Thu 6 Feb-Sun 11 May), an American artist whose work celebrated the power of art to elevate the everyday, and from Citra Sasmita’s Curve commission Into Eternal Land (Thu 30 Jan-Mon 21 Apr), which explores ancestral memory, ritual and migration. Davis’s ethos of making arts accessible to everyone can be found across the Centre through events ranging from films to talks, workshops, recitals and much more. 

Central to Concrete Garden, Barbican’s iconic Conservatory will open for the public until 11pm on Fridays and 8pm on Sundays. This lush, green oasis is a serene space to simply unwind among 1,500 species of plants in the heart of the City, meet and have a drink to connect with friends, or to enjoy a series of all-day creative events featuring talks, workshops, and performances that ask questions about our place in the world, in nature, amongst others, and in time.

Concrete Garden events include:
 

• Discover the world of Noah Davis: An exhibition, music, films, workshops, curator tours and talks that uncover the magic in everyday life.
• Music Performances: The acclaimed jazz pianist Jason Moran presents a talk and concert inspired by Noah Davis, 60-strong queer-led ensemble F* Choir, and MA.MOYO (Belinda Zhawi) responds to the radical work and philosophy of the visionary artist.
• The Conservatory: an urban oasis: Conservatory open until 11pm every Friday and until 8pm every Sunday, and a series of Conservatory Takeovers featuring talks, workshops, performances and more. 
• Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land: reimagined tales of ritual and ancestral memory in this free Curve exhibition, an Artist Talk and a film screening chosen by the artist. 
   

For full listings and information, please see the PDF press release in the sidebar.