Read, Watch & Listen

Scottish multi-instrumentalist and producer Erland Cooper brings a tape machine, a piano and a cello together for an intimate performance in the Barbican Foyer.

We look back at our June 2019 Instagrammer, William Jones to explore his Barbican shots.

The Barbican Conservatory is London's second largest conservatory, with over 1,800 species of plants and trees.

Head Gardener Marta reveals the secrets of this hidden oasis in the heart of the city.
 

With its swirling green hues dancing across the canvas, take a closer look at Lee Krasner's 'Portrait in Green' from 1969.

Take a moment of contemplation with Lee Krasner's 'Kufic' from 1965.

If you have a range of interests and talents, a traditional career path might seem limiting when you could become a ‘slashy’ instead. We find out about the benefits and challenges of wearing different creative hats. 

We meet artist Chantal Joffe in her studio as she talks to Katy Hessel (founder of The Great Women Artists) about Lee Krasner's life, her paintings and what this new exhibition of her works mean for her.

Technology is rewiring our neurons and changing both our physical movements and inner thought processing. Klaas Diersmann presents an experimental and eerie depiction of our intimate yet divisive and compulsive relationships with these technologies.

Cinema curator Tamara Anderson takes us back to the heady days of 1970s France and tells us how the films that came after the Nouvelle Vague were influenced by the turbulent political events of May 1968 – and why these films are still so relevant today.

For our most recent Barbican Session, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and prodigious whistler Andrew Bird performs ‘Sisyphus’ from his latest album My Finest Work Yet. 
 

Vybarr Cregan-Reid considers how the way we use tools changes the way we look.

Japanese sound designer Yuri Suzuki reimagines Raymond Scott's sixty-year-old electronic sequencer machine as a piece of music software that uses artificial intelligence to compose music.