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.
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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.
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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.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Stardust
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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.
Speakers:
Jim Venturi
Anita Naughton
Jemima Kelly
Speakers:
Jim Venturi
Anita Naughton
Ellis Woodman
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Art & design
Citra Sasmita
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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.
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Art & design
Noah Davis
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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.
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Art & designCinema
Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land: Pather Panchali
Coinciding with Citra Sasmita’s Into Eternal Land, the artist has selected Satyajit Ray’s celebrated debut film Pather Panchali.
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Art & design
Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Kitty Gurnos-Davies
Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on a tour of the exhibition that highlights how Davis explored the emotional textures of everyday life through his artmaking.
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Art & design
Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Wells Fray-Smith
For this special evening, join curator Wells Fray-Smith as she selects some of her favourite works in the exhibition and how Davis referenced and defied his art historical heroes.
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Art & designCinema
Delusions of Grandeur: A response to Noah Davis
A series of films that explore the monumental within the everyday, confronting memory, community, and identity with intimacy and innovation taking inspiration from Noah Davis's Delusions of Grandeur.
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Art & design
Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Kitty Gurnos-Davies
Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on this tour of the exhibition that charts Davis’s work as a painter, curator and community builder.
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Art & design
Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Wells Fray-Smith
Join curator Wells Fray-Smith on this exhibition tour, highlighting Davis’s use of found photography and images of friends and family as source material for his exuberant paintings of everyday life.