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photo of Ayrton Senna
Podcast

ScreenTalks Archive: Asif Kapadia on Senna

Documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia joins us for a ScreenTalks in 2011 to discuss his ground-breaking documentary, Senna, on the life and death of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.

Photo collage of Grace Jones and New York architecture
Long read

The Grime and the Glamour

Christina Newland looks back the scuzzy and blisteringly creative streets of late 1970s and 80s New York City, as seen on the big screen. 

Jace Clayton
Article

Barbican Meets: Jace Clayton

In a special live performance piece for grand pianos, electronic and voice, Jace Clayton aka DJ /rupture  revisits the work of composer Julius Eastman.

Photo of Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting
Article

Barbican Meets: Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen is best-known to London audiences as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra – but he is also one of the most dynamic of the current generation of Finnish composers. 

trajal harrell and curator leila hasham in conversation
Video

Barbican Meets: Trajal Harrell

 

Artist and choreographer, Trajal Harrell, joins our curator Leila Hasham in conversation as he prepares to open the first major survey of his work in the UK, Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie.

Photo of Station to Station smoke installation on the Barbican Lakeside
Article

Welcome to Culture Mile

Our Managing Director Sir Nicholas Kenyon introduces a new initiative in the north-west of the City, Culture Mile.

Woyzeck in Winter: Patrick O’Kane as Woyzeck and Camille O’Sullivan as Marie
Article

Woyzeck in Winter

Jenny Gilbert explores a new production by director Conall Morrison, who has combined two masterpieces of the early 19th century to form a remarkable piece of music theatre.

Photo of Trajal Harrell
Long read

On Trajal Harrell

Discover more about Harrell’s work and inspirations from MoMA associate curator, Ana Javenski