Read, Watch & Listen

Getting your music out to audiences has never been easier, but how do you make sure you’re promoting yourself as a musician in the best way? 

We visit print-maker and designer, Lindsey Lang at her studio to learn more about her Barbican commission.

Barbican associate curator Sinéad McCarthy talks to Judith Clark and Adam Phillips about the inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste in fashion in 'The Vulgar' exhibition. 

We investigate how the world of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams transformed the American musical landscape

Acclaimed Welsh artist, Bedwyr Williams reflects on his former years in London with a series of curious anecdotes about the city

We visit illustrator Daniel Clarke in his studio to find out more about the his Barbican commission, celebrating the Barbican Estate and Conservatory. 

Writer and silent film enthusiast, Pamela Hutchinson and composer Neil Brand look back at the making of Douglas Fairbanks and Allan Dwan’s 1922 silent classic, Robin Hood. Could this have been one of the first Hollywood ‘blockbusters’?

Designer and print-maker Kate Farley shares some of her experiences as a maker and the thinking behind her Barbican commission. 

We meet the Barbican Shop's buyer, Margaux to talk about architecture and how buying is so much more than ‘shopping’…

Nico Muhly has created a special mix, to share some of his favourite tracks from the Bedroom Community label (this mix was created in 2016)

Curator Leila Hasham talks to the acclaimed Icelandic performance artist ahead of the first, long overdue survey of his work to take place in the UK.

Part pop concert, part controlled chaos, LIFT Festival invite riotous Japanese theatre company Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker into The Pit and invite you to join them for a celebration of Japanese subculture in all its multi-coloured, cacophonous, frenetic glory.