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Chapelle International Lot 1, Paris (2025)
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Piovenefabi

Architecture studio Piovenefabi talk about their endeavours in Paris's Chapelle International district.

Claudia Rankine sitting on a sofa, resting her head in her hand.
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Art & design Talks & events

Claudia Rankine: New Approaches to Autobiography

Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.

Voices of Faith Festival
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Talks & events

Voices of Faith Festival

A festival that delves deep into the philosophies that form the basis of various theological texts and religious beliefs though conversations, music and healing foods.

A Barbican Young Poet holds a piece of paper and reads into a microphone.
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Art & design Talks & events

Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Noah Davis

Young Barbican

Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.

A black and white photo of Boulez pointing with both fingers. There are blue circular swirls around him.
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Classical music Talks & events

Pierre Boulez - The Man and the Music

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to former members of the BBC SO as well as former Radio 3 Controller Sir Nicholas Kenyon – about their personal experience of working with Pierre Boulez. 

Black and white photo of Boulez conducting, with green circular swirls around him
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Classical music Talks & events

Pierre Boulez – The Legacy

Musicologist Professor Jonathan Cross talks to Gillian Moore CBE – a lifelong advocate for Boulez’s music – about his creative and cultural legacy. 

Barbican Conservatory
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Community meeting: Question time with the Barbican Renewal

Barbican Estate residents are invited to learn more about the history of eco-Brutalism and the plans for future planting of the Conservatory as part of Barbican Renewal.

A person lies down on the beach in a blue dress. Two white walls stand behind them, one with a window. The sea can be seen in the background along with the sky.
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Art & design Contemporary music Talks & events

Listening Session: George Riley and Tabitha Thorlu-Bangura

Join us for a special late opening of the Noah Davis exhibition in the art gallery, the first major institutional exhibition of this groundbreaking LA painter.

Babylon, Coachella by Nebbia Works (photo Lance Gerber)
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: New Architects

A talk from some of the most exciting, emerging architects working in Britain today: Artefact, Brisco Loran, Izat Arundell and Nebbia Works.

Arvind Pal Singh Mandair talking into a microphone
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Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Talk: Exploring Guru Nanak's Philosophy of Oneness

Discover the universal aspects of Guru Nanak’s experiential philosophy of oneness, which underpins Nanak’s entire teaching about the nature of consciousness and reality.

The Rababis of Lahore performing on tablas
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Mardana's Children: The Rababis of Lahore

A short film about a community of Pakistani Muslim musicians with deep-rooted ties to the Sikhs by way of a centuries-old music tradition that originated with Guru Nanak and his disciple Bhai Mardana.

Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji speaking into a microphone, holding his finger up
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Cinema Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Film: Guru Nanak's Message of Peace and Forgiveness

A deep dive into Guru Nanak’s timeless teachings on peace and forgiveness – messages that resonate across cultures even today – in an insightful film and Q&A by Bhai Sahib Mohinder Singh Ji.

Image of a person's hand fixing a n old camera
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Art & design Cinema Talks & events

Film Club Animation Workshop

Join artist Nia Fekri for a week-long workshop exploring drawing and scratching techniques on 16mm film, where you'll create your own animation film from start to finish.

A person lies on the floor on a large piece of white paper. A group of people draw around them using a range of pens and pencils.
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Home: Family Drawing Workshops

Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.

A poet performs on stage, they hold onto a page and speaks into a microphone.
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Art & design Talks & events

Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Citra Sasmita

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Join Barbican Young Poets for an evening of performances and readings inspired by Citra Sasmita's exhibition, Into Eternal Land