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Podcast

ScreenTalks Archive: B. Ruby Rich on De Cierta Manera

In this conversation from June 2017, New Queer Cinema champion, feminist film critic, educator and agitator, B. Ruby Rich introduces Sara Gomez’s 1974 film, 'De Cierta Manera', a study of the interplay of race, class and gender. 

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Article

Basquiat, The Poet

To celebrate National Poetry Day, we take a look at a selection of poems and word experiments from Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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Article

Basquiat: Boom for Real

Cultural historian Augustus Casely-Hayford discusses the explosive impact of Jean-Michel Basquiat ahead of our exhibition, Basquiat: Boom For Real.

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Video

Barbican Meets: Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA)

 

We caught up with Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) to discuss one of the best-known projects of SANAA, the Moriyama House, now recreated inside our Gallery as part of The Japanese House exhibition.

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Podcast

ScreenTalks Archive: Asif Kapadia on Senna

Documentary filmmaker Asif Kapadia joins us for a ScreenTalks in 2011 to discuss his ground-breaking documentary, Senna, on the life and death of Brazilian Formula 1 legend Ayrton Senna.

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Long read

The Grime and the Glamour

Christina Newland looks back the scuzzy and blisteringly creative streets of late 1970s and 80s New York City, as seen on the big screen. 

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Article

Barbican Meets: Jace Clayton

In a special live performance piece for grand pianos, electronic and voice, Jace Clayton aka DJ /rupture  revisits the work of composer Julius Eastman.

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Article

Barbican Meets: Esa-Pekka Salonen

Esa-Pekka Salonen is best-known to London audiences as Principal Conductor of the Philharmonia Orchestra – but he is also one of the most dynamic of the current generation of Finnish composers.