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Francis Alys: Ricochets

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A new immersive exhibition celebrating the universality and ingenuity of play: Ricochets is the largest institutional show in the UK by internationally renowned artist Francis Alÿs in almost 15 years.

Two young girls sit on the floor in Our Street playing with some building blocks shaped like house bricks.
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Our Street: The Curve Takeover

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Step into this playful and engaging community space where the whole family can unleash their creative side and join in with the fun and games.

Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, installation view, Barbican Art Gallery, 27 June – 1 September 2024. © Jemima Yong / Barbican Art Gallery.
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Francis Alÿs: Audio Described Tour

Explore Francis Alÿs: Ricochets. Suitable for blind and partially sighted visitors to the gallery, led by Harry Baxter who will describe key works on display.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
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Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

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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.

A man sits and another stands on a train, whilst commuting.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: Interview + Introduction

An opening edit that brings together two shots so that a cannon appears to be firing on a statue of the former Viceroy of India sets the tone for this formally and politically radical film.  

Gieve Patel, Off Lamington Road, 1982-86.
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Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

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

A group of men in 1970s formal wear stand at a table.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: The Wall

A definitive work, Yash Chopra’s Deewaar is one of the most significant and influential mainstream socio-political films of its time. 

A man and a woman sit on a hill together.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: 27 Down

The train is a potent image and over time has become iconographic to the visual lexicon of Indian cinema. 

Madhvi Parekh, Village Opera-2, 1975. © Madhvi Parekh. Courtesy DAG.
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Open Gallery: a free Art Gallery weekend

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On the eve of Diwali and Bandi Chor Divas, take a moment to immerse yourself in our programme of Indian arts and culture, with free entry to our major exhibition of Indian contemporary art.

A family sit around a car on an urban street at night.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: This Bit of India + Introduction

A programme of experimental films that map the post-colonial experience through the artist’s lens. 

Two women hold hands whilst riding on bicycles.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: The Circus Tent

A visually stunning and poetic exploration of the inner lives of a travelling circus trope in which old age, loneliness and regret becomes magnified through Govindan Aravindan’s salient observation.

A woman in traditional Indian dress stands by a window.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: Duvidha

A ghost falls in love with a new bride in this virtuoso blend of folklore and avant-garde cinema, anchored in an evocative feminist perspective. 

Women stand infront of a protest banner marching down the street.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: India Cabaret + Maid Servant + Intro

A double bill of documentaries by women and focussing on women’s rights and perspectives.

A group of men walk down a street in an aged photograph.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: Report to Mother + Introduction

Embedded in the socio-political contexts of Kerala in the 1980s, this road movie-come-political chronicle explores themes of grief, solidarity, and the cost of political revolution.  

A statue of a folder stands with a flag in its head.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: In the Name of God

This provocative documentary by Anand Patwardhan explores the intense and turbulent socio-political landscape of India in the early 1990s.