What’s on

Tue 27 Aug –Tue 31 Dec 2024

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

Thu 19 Sep 2024 –Sun 5 Jan 2025

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Sat 5 Oct 2024 –Sun 5 Jan 2025

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Thu 5 Dec 2024, 18:30

Join Amber Li, Assistant Curator, as she leads a tour of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.

Mon 9 Dec 2024, 17:30

Organised in collaboration with The Courtauld, this panel discussion explores comparative frameworks outside South Asia and asks how curatorial practices can destabilise established art histories.

Thu 12 Dec 2024, 18:30

Originally believed lost and only recently rediscovered in 2019, this pioneering film was India’s first queer film. 

Mon 16 –Tue 17 Dec 2024

Join us for two screenings of Stardust: The Story of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown (2024) – an intimate portrait of two of the most influential architects of the last century.

Thu 30 Jan –Sun 20 Apr 2025

The Indonesian artist transforms The Curve in her first solo UK exhibition. Via painting, installation, embroidery and scent, take a sensory journey exploring ancestral memory, ritual and migration. 

Thu 6 Feb –Sun 11 May 2025

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

Mon 10 Feb 2025, 18:10

Coinciding with Citra Sasmita’s Into Eternal Land, the artist has selected Satyajit Ray’s celebrated debut film Pather Panchali.