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Warehouse x Barbican: Inside Out

British fashion brand Warehouse has designed a range of women’s clothing inspired by the Barbican. In this special photoshoot, Barbican staff and a Barbican Young Poet model some of the collection and tell us what their favourite space within the Centre is…

 

Remi Harris stands by a wall
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Finance for Freelancers

From quoting to invoicing to organising your finances, Remi Harris offers her advice for finance for freelancers.

Man looking at Basquiat painting
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Basquiat and Friends

Basquiat was a regular on New York’s downtown club scene. The faces he met often played a prominent role on his canvas - we explore some of the famous faces featured in the Basquiat: Boom for Real exhibition. 

A scene from Jean Rouch's Petit à petit
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Can the arts change the world?

We launch our 2018 annual theme, The Art of Change, by speaking to some of the artists from our programme to find out how they see art as a vehicle of change. 

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Ask a Musician

We hear from a panel of musicians from the worlds of rap, choir, classical, and song writing came together to give an honest and open take on how to succeed in the music industry.

Basquiat bookshelves
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Basquiat and Books

Basquiat took inspiration from a dizzying array of source material - how many literary references can you spot?

Basquiat dancing
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On Basquiat's Playlist

From Prince to David Byrne to Donna Summer and Bach, we listen to the music that might have been on Basquiat's playlist

A photo showing a character called Lois Weaver in glasses, wearing a black jacket on the phone. It is a red coloured phone and is on a table with some paper. In the background there is a clip from Dr. Strangelove the film
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In Their Words: Split Britches

Lois Weaver and Peggy Shaw of Split Britches talk to theatre writer and journalist Carole Woddis about their latest show, changing perceptions, hidden resources and hope.