Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Theatre & dance
Dance Umbrella: HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Theatre & dance
Dance Umbrella: Mathroo Basha
Acclaimed visual artist and filmmaker Hetain Patel presents this preview of his latest work which uses movement and audio interviews to explore generational change across his Brit-Gujarati family.
Event
Theatre & dance
Dance Umbrella: HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Theatre & dance
Dance Umbrella: Mathroo Basha
Acclaimed visual artist and filmmaker Hetain Patel presents this preview of his latest work which uses movement and audio interviews to explore generational change across his Brit-Gujarati family.
Event
Classical musicContemporary music
The Expanded Violin/Anselm McDonnell
A deep dive into the potential of the violin, expanding and enhancing the instrument through microtonality, electronics, and the sound of multiple violins.
Event
Classical music
BBC Symphony Orchestra/Sousa
Channel waves, folk rhythms and the heartbeat of the cosmos, as conductor Dinis Souza, pianist Bertrand Chamayou and the BBC Symphony Orchestra play Debussy, Bartók and Unsuk Chin.
Unsuk Chin Alaraph: Ritual of the Heartbeat
Béla Bartók Piano Concerto No 3
Claude Debussy La mer
Maurice RavelBoléro
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Dinis Sousaconductor
Bertrand Chamayoupiano
Event
Theatre & dance
Dance Umbrella: HATCHED ENSEMBLE
Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Contemporary music
Sweet Honey in the Rock
Ever vibrant, versatile and relevant, the African American vocal ensemble mark their 50th anniversary with a celebration that honours its storied past.
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Classical music
The Golden Stool, or the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa
Interweaving singing, dance, and cutting-edge theatre, Gorges Ocloo’s ground-breaking AfrOpera re-examines Nana Yaa Asantewaa’s defiant stance against colonialism and cultural appropriation.
Gorges OclooThe Golden Stool
LOD Musiktheater
Nobulumko Mngxekeza-Nziramasangasoprano
Nonkululeko Nkwintimezzo-soprano
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
Event
Art & design
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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
Classical music
Sinfonia of London/John Wilson with Sheku Kanneh-Mason
Embedding the intricacies of the patter song, Kenneth Hesketh’s orchestral show-stopper prefaces two compelling Russian master works as John Wilson and his Sinfonia of London return.
Kenneth HeskethPatterSongs
Dmitri ShostakovichCello Concerto No 2
Sergei RachmaninovSymphony No 1
Sinfonia of London
John Wilsonconductor
Sheku Kanneh-Masoncello
Event
Art & designTours & 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.
