Read, Watch & Listen

We asked the cast and creative team behind Redefining Juliet which figures from theatre, film or history they would like to reimagine.

Brighton-based ceramicist and designer Emma Johnson is the latest maker to be showcased in the Barbican Shop as part of our Makers initiative.

The founders of Fertility Fest reveal why they’re on a mission to get everyone talking about modern family making and how they’re bringing the biggest edition yet to the Barbican.

We shine a spotlight on a few of the theatrical partnerships behind our new season, asking the artists about the appeal of working with each other. 

When Piers Gough came to study at the AA in the sixties, the Barbican represented the three-dimensional future of the city. Here he looks at how its baroque confidence has influenced his buildings.

Assistant curator Jilke Golbach unpacks the story behind Dorothea Lange’s ‘Migrant Mother’ photograph.

London-based jewellery designer Jennifer Campbell is the latest maker to be showcased in the Barbican Shop as part of our Makers initiative. Taking inspiration from both natural and artificial objects, her jewellery designs cross the boundary between painting, sculpture and fashion.

We talk to alt.barbican artist, Jasmine Johnson about her creative process ahead of her Level G residency. 

Ahead of his 2019 concerts, we invite our Milton Court Artist-in-Residence to share some of his favourite tracks in our latest Guest Picks.

We speak to the experts to learn more about the art behind the arts and gain some insight into the behind-the-scenes work of some of London’s most prominent arts institutions.  

After ten years with Merce Cunningham and three with the Michael Clark Company, dancer turned-choreographer Julie Cunningham is embarking on a way of working that’s new to her: her production of Sarah Kane’s Crave will be all-female.

Activist, author and musician CN Lester reflects on the language we use to understand trans lives.