Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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Cinema
Open City Documentary Festival Combined Programme: Availa...
This programme brings together four new works by UK-based artists Chiemi Shimada, Luke Fowler, Morgan Quaintance and Corin Sworn who will all be present for a post-screening discussion.
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Tours & public spaces
Visit the Conservatory
Free
Visit the second biggest Conservatory in London and explore our hidden tropical oasis.
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Contemporary music
Mustafa
Dunya, the breathtaking debut album by Sudanese-Canadian artist Mustafa, means 'the world in all its flaws', and explores themes of devotion, trauma, and intimacy through genre-blending sound.
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Contemporary music
Jason Moran
Join acclaimed pianist Jason Moran for a special one-off concert inspired by Noah Davis's paintings.
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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: Hip Hop Matters
Join Boy Blue for an exciting and thought-provoking conversation on the future of the UK street dance scene, from where we are in 2025 to what the future holds.
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
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Art & design
Noah Davis
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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Cinema
Listen with your eyes 3: Experimental Films for Families
Listen with your eyes is an ongoing series of screenings that aims to create a space for children of all ages to engage with and enjoy experimental forms of cinema.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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Cinema
Henry Fonda for President
A monumental essay-film that proposes a history of the United States through the prism of the life and career of actor Henry Fonda.
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Cinema
The Clock, or: 89 Minutes of 'Free Time'
Curated by Alexander Horwath, this programme is a somewhat surreal – or childlike – attempt at telling a story of the 20th century.
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Contemporary music
Tony Ann
The genre-bending pianist pushes the limits of neoclassical and pop music with his latest project, themed around horoscopes.
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Theatre & dance
Generation Blue: A Night With Boy Blue
Mixing exuberant hip hop dance displays, a joyful sense of community and the heart-thumping rhythms of an eclectic score, Boy Blue’s company showcase always culminates in uproarious applause.
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Art & design
Noah Davis
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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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: BB – Frontline Battle
Join Boy Blue at this explosive dance battle event, with an electric atmosphere provided by a line-up of guest judges and DJ's.
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Art & design
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
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Talks & events
Concrete Garden: Listening to Images
Free
Join us for a day of pop up readings, discussions, performances and workshops centred around Tina Campt's idea of 'listening to images'.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Talks & events
In conversation: Black Worlding
Grammy Award-winning artist and director Jenn Nkiru joins other artists, musicians and cultural mavericks for a talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding".
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Classical music
BBC Singers: Songs from the Shows
Following the success of the BBC Singers previous visit to the West End and Broadway, Owain Park conducts BBC Singers and BBC Concert Orchestra in more music from some of our best-loved musicals.
to be announced
BBC Concert Orchestra
BBC Singers
Owain Parkconductor
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Cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough
Join David Attenborough in this breath-taking documentary, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
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Cinema
Oyoyo
Filmed entirely within a student hall of residence in East Berlin, Chetna Vora captures the conviviality of a community of international students through conversation, studying, and dancing.
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Cinema
Queer East: Floating Between Frontiers + ScreenTalk
A programme of short experimental films from directors Futoshi Miyagi, Chikako Yamashiro, Dan Taulapapa McMullin, Daphne Xu and Pom Bunsermvicha.
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Theatre & dance
Generation Blue: A Night With Boy Blue
Mixing exuberant hip hop dance displays, a joyful sense of community and the heart-thumping rhythms of an eclectic score, Boy Blue’s company showcase always culminates in uproarious applause.
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Classical music
The English Concert/Bicket: Giulio Cesare
A runaway hit at its 1724 premiere, Louise Alder stars in Giulio Cesare - arguably Handel’s most popular operatic creation – a drama teeming with passion and political skulduggery.
George Frideric HandelGiulio Cesare
The English Concert
Harry Bicketconductor
Louise AlderCleopatra
Christophe DumauxCesare
Paula MurrihySesto
Beth TaylorCornelia
John HolidayTolomeo
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Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
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Cinema
Senior Community Screening: Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
A riveting historical rollercoaster from Johan Grimonprez detailing the key events that led up to the 1961 assassination of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba.
