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Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
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Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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 with large hair reclines on a chaise lounge with drawn stars and a sun behind him.
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Cinema

Silent Film & Live Music: The Blood of a Poet

An artists steps through a mirror into another realm in the iconic experimental film by Jean Cocteau, with a score by Paul Robinson performed live.

Photo of band Pallet sitting on sofa
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Contemporary music

Pallett

Pallett, the Iranian alternative pop sensation make their London debut.

An example of work by the group Phoenix Contemporary Textiles showing a cityscape
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London Lives

Phoenix Contemporary Textiles is a group of twelve artists living in and around London, each with their own diverse textile- inspired art practices which encompass a variety of media. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

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.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Margaret Tait stands by two large, old fashioned cameras with a man next to her in an image from the 1970s.
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Cinema

Experiments in Film: The Poetic Lens of Margaret Tait

A special programme presenting a selection of Margaret Tait's evocative films, all screened in their original 16mm format.

An example of work by the group Phoenix Contemporary Textiles showing a cityscape
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London Lives

Phoenix Contemporary Textiles is a group of twelve artists living in and around London, each with their own diverse textile- inspired art practices which encompass a variety of media. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

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.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A group of people i =n traditional Yugoslavian dress pose together for a photograph.
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Cinema

Slike iz života udarnika (Life of a...) + ScreenTalk

This screening celebrates the release of Esther Kinsky's new book, with a screening of the once banned Yugoslavian film on workers and socialism. 

An example of work by the group Phoenix Contemporary Textiles showing a cityscape
Event

London Lives

Phoenix Contemporary Textiles is a group of twelve artists living in and around London, each with their own diverse textile- inspired art practices which encompass a variety of media. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

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.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man stands in front of a new house in the desert.
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Cinema

House + ScreenTalk with Film Director Amos Gitai

The first film in Amos Gitai's trilogy follows the residents of a home in West-Jerusalem from Palestinians forced to leave after the 1948 war, to Jewish Algerian immigrants, to its new Israeli owners.

Big Band image of Guildhall School student playing saxophone
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Contemporary music

Guildhall Jazz Ensembles

Join us for a celebratory showcase of the talents of Guildhall Jazz department's sensational ensembles.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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 building site has building men standing on the top of a building.
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Cinema

House: A House in Jerusalem + Intro

Eighteen years after House, Amos Gitai returns to the setting of his first film to observe the changes in the new residents as well as in the neighbourhood.

Sakari Oramo conductor
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Classical music

Oramo conducts Mahler

Sakari Oramo conducts the BBC Symphony Orchestra in Mahler’s tragic Sixth Symphony: a powerful opening to our new concert season.

Gustav Mahler Symphony No 6
Sakari Oramo conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Two people stand on stage with a minimal set of furniture while tall scaffold towers line the edge of the stage.
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Cinema Theatre & dance

House:  La Colline – théâtre national (Paris)

La Colline – théâtre national in Paris presents a large-scale, international ensemble theatre production based on the historic documentary film trilogy by Amos Gitai.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

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.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum_Dynasty
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

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.

Event
Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Inside Out 2

Ayo Edebiri, Maya Hawke and Adèle Exarchopoulos star in this heart-warming animation about anxiety and emotional maturity.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.