Read, Watch & Listen

A riot of raspberry and green - take a closer look at Lee Krasner's 'Palingenesis' from 1971.

Poet Anita Barton-Williams performs her piece Dear Lee, inspired by Lee Krasner's life and art

New Suns founder Sarah Shin explains the origins of the festival, and explores the literary work that inspired this year’s programme and theme - feminist approaches to technology.

Bangin' beats and ambient trips - a small selection of the kind of electronic sounds we like and put on.

Helen McCarthy shares her top five reasons why we should all be watching anime ahead of our Life Rewired inspired cinema season, Anime's Human Machines. 

We look back at our July 2019 Instagrammer, Sue Armitage to explore her Barbican shots.

The experimental electronic duo use plastic trash and sampling to create a unique track filmed in the Life Rewired Hub.

Dr Beth Singler, a Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, draws on her experiences in Japan and her anthropological research to explore some of the philosophical ideas behind AI: More than Human.

In our brief history of the Abstract Expressionist movement, we write Lee Krasner back in to art history and explore how the turbulence of New York in the 1940s led to the vibrant and energetic art movement that put New York at the centre of the art world. 

nonclassical DJs Gabriel Prokofiev & Classical Mechanics DJ mix ahead of nonclassical's takeover of one of London's most beloved nightclubs, Fabric, as part of the Barbican's free music festival, Sound Unbound.

Explore the sounds of British jazz with this new mix by Footshooter.

Is meat grown in a lab vegetarian? 'Meet Meat' puts the idea of meat under the microscope to hear both sides of the argument as we look ahead to the future of food production.