Read, Watch & Listen

Jamie Bartlett wonders if attention is becoming the most precious resource we have.

The creative industries can be tough; knock-backs, obstacles, rejections and failure are part and parcel of the job. But how do you find the vital resilience needed to thrive in the arts?

Tired of the same old tunes? Why not listen in to what the team here have been enjoying in the recent past. Anything and everything from Punk to Jungle to Classical.

Standing out in an overcrowded creative profession can be tricky. Writer and director Ruth Mariner discusses how to find your niche and hit your version of success within it.

As we build rivals to human intelligence, James Bridle looks at our relationship with the planet’s other alien consciousnesses.

We look back at our Mary 2019 Instagrammer, Christy Ku to explore her Barbican shots.

Ahead of our retrospective, 'Love and Anarchy: The Films of Lina Wertmüller', we received a letter from the arthouse sensation herself, sharing her memories of London and happiness to see her films on the big screen again. 

What if you could live forever but just didn’t want to? In Ollie Wolf’s ‘The Last Forever Woman’, we meet Alma, an immortal 217-year old who is feeling just that. 
 

A key figure in American art, Krasner's energetic works reflect the spirit of possibility in post-war New York. Charlotte Flint, Exhibition Assistant on Lee Krasner: Living Colour, looks back through her life, works and legacy.

Curator Florence Ostende joins Daria Martin in conversation to discuss her use of film and gaming technology to revisit her personal family history.

Could you channel some of the techniques used for performing theatre to help pitch your business venture? 

Accordionist Bartosz Glowacki performs the animated third movement ‘Thieves’ from Five views on the Archipelago Gulag by Ukrainian composer Victor Vlasov in the entrance to the Exhibition Halls.