Read, Watch & Listen

In our October Family Film Club workshop learn how to draw and animate an adorable dog from motion artist, Pedro Allevato.

Watch Jarvis Cocker's band JARV IS… perform an exclusive set inside our exhibition Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer. 

To celebrate our exhibition Michael Clark: Cosmic Dancer, writer Sarah Crompton looks backs at the career of dance legend Michael Clark, reflecting on his style and cult status.

Bringing our series of inspiring conversations to a close - Dickie Beau speaks to his friend and mentor, Fiona Shaw, for a poetic and even philosophical conversation about creation, perfection, intricacies of language and capturing your audience. 

Covid can’t curtail creative collaboration. Our Young Visual Artists' showcase is just the start of what they hope will be a long-lasting partnership.

Learn more about the history and significance of Chinese lanterns, used to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in Hong Kong - and make your own in a workshop by Rebecca Strickson and Alex Whittaker. 

Part of Chronic Youth Film Festival, Barbican Young Programmer Ademola Bello speaks to Q's Barbershop star Qasim Ahmen and London barbershop owner, Peter Atakpo about this captivating insight into black masculinity from a Danish barbershop.

London-based cross-disciplinary creative, Jamie Hale talks to award-winning comedian, Hannah Gadsby in our new podcast series where artists invite someone who has inspired or impacted their creative lives to share the stories behind their connection.

New East Cinema curator, Olya Sova, speaks to director Alexander Gorchilin about his vital and vibrant debut film, Acid - now available through Cinema On Demand. 

Journalist Kevin Le Gendre looks at two films documenting the celebration of post-colonial African nations.

Inspired by the Brutalist architecture of the Barbican Centre and Estate, students from Sydney Russell School and New Regent's College were guided by product designer Tessa Geuze and Stine Keinicke to design and make a series of colourful beeswax crayons.

How do you create a soundscape for an exhibition? Peter Adjaye joins Ekow Eshun in conversation to discuss his composition for Toyin Ojih Odutola's 'A Countervailing Theory' in The Curve.