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Composer Pierre Boulez sitting down. He is wearing a dark jacket and has white hair.
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Classical music Talks & events

The Boulez Effect

Explore the legacy of Pierre Boulez in this afternoon symposium at Milton Court.

Citra Sasmita stands in a lush, green garden
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Art & design Talks & events

Artist Talk: Citra Sasmita

Free

Join us to hear from artist Citra Sasmita and curator Lotte Johnson about the thinking and inspiration behind  Into Eternal Land.

In Conversation with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover
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Talks & events

In Conversation with Jane Garvey and Fi Glover

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Join Jane Garvey and Fi Glover, the charismatic and dynamic duo behind the knockout Times Radio show, Off Air and BBC Radio 4 podcast, Fortunately as they take to the stage live.

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Talks & events Theatre & dance

BFT turns 20: democracy and human rights on the world stage

Sir Stephen Fry joins Belarus Free Theatre for this in-conversation event about democracy and human rights on the world stage.

Kristiaan Borret standing on a waterlogged building site, wearing a bright yellow jacket.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Kristiaan Borret

Kristiaan Borret, City Architect of Brussels (2015–2024), looks back at a decade when the city gained international recognition for the exceptional quality of its new architecture and urban planning.

Citra Sasmita, Act One (detail), 2024, from Into Eternal Land, The Curve, Barbican, 2025 © Citra Sasmita
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Art & design Talks & events

Somatic Cosmologies

A conversation with poets and writers Nikita Gill, Daisy Hildyard and Ariana Reines on how mapping the body can help to understand and even change the world.

Christmas in the Conservatory
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Talks & events

Concrete Garden: Imagining Worlds

Free

Explore words and worlds at this day of pop-up readings, live events and workshops, nestled among the plants in our living, breathing conservatory. 

A headshot of Season Butler.
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Talks & events

Season Butler Speculative Fiction Writing Workshop

Downfall: It's over. An empire falls, a tree is felled and spores disperse. Join Season Butler for this workshop about focus, tension, action and anticipation.

A group of people sit beside each other on the floor, drawing, colouring and collaging.
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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Figure and Portrait Drawing Workshops

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Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

Two headshots: One person in a purple scarf sits in front of a tree and poses for the camera and another person in a suit stands in front of a red background.
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Talks & events

Barbican Community Choir

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Do you enjoy singing? Would you like to share the joy and enrichment of singing with others? Join our new community choir that comes together every week on a Thursday evening. 

A man stands leaning against a desk. The wall behind is filled with images.
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Cinema Talks & events

Experiments in Film: Kevin Jerome Everson In Conversation

Join acclaimed filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson and artist, writer, and curator Morgan Quaintance for an engaging conversation exploring the intersections of film, art and storytelling.

Wavy pink and white lines across spanning the length of the image, suggestive of sound waves. In the centre of the image is the outline of a quaver. Around it are blue circular swirls.
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Symphonic Electronics: Meet Steven Daverson

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Steven Daverson, creative sound engineers and others about symphonic electronics.

A headshot of Shiva Feshareki, with circular blue swirls around her. In the background are black, wavy shapes suggestive of soundwaves.
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Symphonic Electronics: Meet Shiva Feshareki

BBC Radio 3’s Tom Service talks to composer Shiva Feshareki and sound systems designer Daniel Hulme about Feshareki’s new work Bab-Khaneh: Gatehouse of Memory.

Imitation of Wealth (2013)
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Art & design Talks & events

When Artists Curate: Noah Davis and the Artist-Curator

Join artists Alvaro Barrington and Allison Katz with writer and podcaster Helen Molesworth for a panel discussion moderated by art historian Dorothy Price, inspired by the work of Noah Davis. 

A photo of the Farmworker's House in Cornwall. It is a single storey, with a lime render and a pitched roof with three roof windows on the right side. On the left is a large chimney. It is surrounded by a large meadow of grass.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Hugh Strange

Explore the work of Hugh Strange, whose buildings are rooted in the precise and economic use of low-carbon materials and a sensitivity to the particularities of their sites.