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japanese tea houses being built in the art gallery
Video

Building The Japanese House

 

Watch our timelapse to see how we transformed our Art Gallery into the Moriyama House, designed by Ryue Nishizawa and created a magical garden for Terunobu Fujimori's specially commissioned teahouse.

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Article

Barbican Meets: DJ Jeff Mills

We speak to Jeff Mills about his upcoming residency, From Here to There, which will see audiences transported into outer space, as part of the Into the Unknown: Journey into Science Fiction event series.

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Article

In Their Words: Mars.tarrab

Rachel Mars and nat tarrab present their new show this autumn as winners of the Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award. We go behind the scenes with the Mars.tarrab duo for an insight into the making of ROLLER.

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Article

Building Your: Brand

We invite branding experts from VICE, Boiler Room and Village Underground to share their advice and insights about how they have built their brand. 

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Article

Barbican Meets: Richard Mosse

Curator Alona Pardo joins artist Richard Mosse in conversation to learn more about subject and specialist technology behind his commission for The Curve, Incoming.

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Long read

35 Years of Firsts

Celebrating the Barbican’s 35th anniversary, we look back at some of the ‘firsts’ that have took place within our walls and beyond since we opened in 1982.

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Article

Ask a Theatre Producer

What does it mean to be a theatre producer? We look at some of the key lessons and challenges from the many facets of a career in producing.