Read, Watch & Listen

Postwar Modern Curator Jane Alison, plus advisors Ben Highmore and Hammad Nasar introduce us to the themes and ideas behind the exhibition. 

Curatorial Assistant Michal Goldschmidt introduces four artists from the exhibition: Anwar Jalal Shemza, Franciszka Themerson, Kim Lim and Shirley Baker. Drawing from their own writings, she shines a light on their life and work.

A collection of pioneering early electronica & experimental pop music from postwar Britain.

A conversation between Assistant Curator of Postwar Modern, Charlotte Flint, Associate Artist, Abbas Zahedi and Young Visual Artist, Jan Kamiński.

Let your creative side loose with these fun animated activities inspired by our current exhibition Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain: 1945-1965. Keep the family busy with drawings, collages and more.

Human Rights lawyer and poet Abbas Faiz has written a short essay for us covering his reflections on our current exhibition Postwar Modern, how it intersects with humanitarian issues and his involvement in Abbas Zahedi's Age of Many Posts project.

Have you ever wondered how we can live on the planet in a way that doesn't destroy the very ecosystems we need to thrive?

This letter, entitled We are the Earth was written by Indigenous activists from Brazil, Sônia Guajajara and Célia Xakriabá, in collaboration with Earthrise and is a part of our latest exhibition, Our Time on Earth.

On this week’s archive edition our focus turns once again to the cinema as we relisten to an honest and engaging conversation with director Lynne Ramsay.

Reinventing the modern choir, Shards perform live in the FrobisherTunnel ahead of their gig at Milton Court this may.

At a time when musical genres were in flux and people were hungry for something new, the Barbican celebrated Steve Reich with a marathon weekend of music entitled Reverberations.

Our Head of Visual Arts and Postwar Modern curator Jane Alison talks us through a few of her highlights from the exhibition. She uncovers the stories behind the works, considers their importance to the period and reflects on her personal thoughts on them.